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RealD Says 20,000:1 is Enough Contrast (DS2)

by Bob Raikes

Miller Schuck is from RealD and he talked about contrast in the cinema. Laser projectors are here now – they can deliver good HDR, colour and really black blacks. Can 3D keep pace with …

Philips Updates on HDR (DS1)

by Bob Raikes

The first session at the Display Summit was on “Trends in High Dynamic Range Ecosystem” (sic). The first speaker was Joop Talstra who is from Philips where he is involved with standardisation. He started …

At Infocomm, Less is More

by Bob Raikes

Infocomm had a good buzz this year. It was the first Infocomm that this reporter has attended personally for around ten years. The event now sits in second place after ISE in terms of …

Optoma and Hitachi to Build ColorSpark Projectors

by Matthew Brennesholtz

At Infocomm, Philips announced it’s ColorSpark high lumen density (HLD) LED technology. (See the June 17 Display Daily) At the time, Philips said that both Coretronic and Hitachi would produce ColorSpark-based projectors, with the …

V-Nova Shows Flexibility in Paris

by Tom Allen

V-Nova has demonstrated the practicality of its Perseus signal compression technology in the Airbus Group pavilion at the Paris Air Show 2015. V-Nova wanted to show how Perseus was not limited to broadcasting, but …

AMD Skips HDMI 2.0 Support

by Tom Allen

According to an AMD representative on the Overclockers UK forum, AMD’s new ‘Fiji’ chip (AMD Has Big Plans for UltraHD) does not support an important part of the HDMI 2.0 standard: the ability to …

Toshiba Gets Into Windows 10, Pre-Launch

by Tom Allen

Toshiba has announced a range of laptops that will go on sale at the start of July, just before the launch of Windows 10. Each one uses either a new AMD Carrizo or a …

Romania Trials DVB-T2

by Tom Allen

Radiocom, the Romanian national transmission company, has begun DVB-T2 tests. The tests are taking place in Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Iasi and Timisoara. All transmitters for DVB-T2 should be in place by the end of 2016.

Tags:DVB-T & T2| Europe| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 26

Mind-Control Tested by BBC

by Tom Allen

The BBC is trialing a way for people to control their TV using the power of their thoughts. BBC Digital created the prototype with The Place. 10 BBC employees used a headset, measuring electrical …

Tags:BBC| Large Display Monitor| Remote Controls| Vol 22 - Issue 26

Dolby Vision Expands in Netherlands

by Tom Allen

A second Dolby Cinema (Dolby to Take on IMAX in Large Format Theaters) is to be opened in the Netherlands. The location will be JT Bioscopen’s JT Hilversum theatre, following an opening in Eindhoven …

Sony, Panasonic Not Ready to Give Up on TVs

by Helen Vince

Reuters reports that Sony and Panasonic have no plans to abandon their TV businesses, despite reporting mounting losses in recent years. According to Reuters, both companies believe that retreating from the TV market would …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Panasonic| sony| TV Set Market| Vol 22 - Issue 26

JCDecaux Completes Continental Outdoor Media Acquisition

by Helen Vince

JCDecaux has completed the acquisition of Africa’s Continental Outdoor Media. The company announced in December 2014 that it would acquire Continental Outdoor in partnership with Royal Bafokeng Holdings, a community-owned investment company, with a …

Tags:JCDecaux| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Vol 22 - Issue 26