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EU Looks at Gaze-Contingent Displays

by Tom Allen

The EU began the Deeepview Project in 2012. It proposes the use of gaze-tracking technology to extend the user’s perceptions – for example, directing focus and enhancing colour where the user is looking. The …

Tags:Gaze Recognition| Large Display Monitor| Light Field Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 14

Portrait Supplies DisplayWidget to Asus

by Tom Allen

Portrait Displays has developed its DisplayWidget software for Asus’ newest MG-series gaming monitors (which we have previously reported). The tool provides users with fast access to and management of display settings, and can also …

Tags:Asus| Back Panel| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Portrait Displays| Software| Vol 23 - Issue 14

HDR Seminar Covers Production Chain

by Tom Allen

On the 17th May, AbelCine will run an HDR seminar in Los Angeles called ‘The Merits of the New High Dynamic Range’. It is an evening event that will examine the HDR production chain, …

Tags:Back Panel| Events| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 14

Google Wants to Use OTT to ‘Blow Up’ Current Model

by Tom Allen

Chris Levendos, head of network deployment at Google Fibre, has said that the company would prefer an OTT TV model to its current strategy of fibre TV. Speaking at the Incompas Show in the …

Tags:Google| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 14

Satellite Falls to IPTV in Europe

by Tom Allen

Pay-IPTV homes in Western Europe overtook pay-satellite in 2015, says Digital TV Research – a trend that is expected to continue. While pay-IPTV subscriptions will rise by almost 7 million (27%) between 2015 and …

Tags:Europe| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Satellite| Vol 23 - Issue 14

Swisscom Enables UHD for Euro 2016

by Tom Allen

Swisscom TV customers will be able to watch select games of the European Championship in UltraHD this year; these will include the opening game and quarter-, semi- and grand finals. The games will be …

Tags:4k| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Switzerland| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 14

SEL Will Show ‘Hybrid’ Display at SID

by Tom Allen

Although little information has been released so far, Semiconductor Energy Laboratory says that it has developed a hybrid OLED-and-LCD display. Created in partnership with Advanced Film Device, the prototype uses an OLED display on …

Tags:Japan| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Reflective Display| SID Display Week 2016| Vol 23 - Issue 14

LG to Move to Frankfurt

by Tom Allen

LG Electronics has announced plans to move its European headquarters from London to Frankfurt. The firm’s German branch will also be moved to Frankfurt, from Dusseldorf. LG has said that all employees’ jobs are …

Tags:Europe| Germany| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 14

Sharp Releases More Information

by Bob Raikes

We caught up with Sid Stanley, General Manager, Europe – Visual Solutions, of Sharp to get an update on the Sharp/Foxconn deal. Stanley, who is always very upbeat about the business, was positive about …

Tags:Foxconn (Honhai)| Investment| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| sharp| Vol 23 - Issue 14

Optoma’s Installation Projector is Compact

by Tom Allen

The high-performance WU630 is Optoma’s latest ProScene DLP projector, with a compact design for the pro-AV market. The chassis measures 453 x 390 x 206mm and weighs just under 14kg, easing installation. The WU630 …

Tags:DLP Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Optoma| Vol 23 - Issue 14

NEC Adds New Size in High-Bright Display

by Tom Allen

NEC’s high-brightness displays have gained a new size class, in the 55″ MultiSync X554HB. Like NEC’s other high brightness models, self-diagnosing and real-time temperature sensors are integrated, and linked to five cooling fans to …

Tags:High Brightness Displays| Large Display Monitor| NEC| pixels| Vol 23 - Issue 14

UHD-A Extends Certification to Blu-ray Players

by Tom Allen

Having announced the UHD Premium logo at CES this year (UltraHD Alliance Launches New Logo), the UltraHD Alliance is now extending the branding to Blu-ray players. The aim, again, is to help consumers identify …

Tags:Blu-ray Players| Certification| Large Display Monitor| Panasonic| UltraHD Alliance| Vol 23 - Issue 14