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Canon Showcases HDR Monitors

by Chris Chinnock

Canon offers two reference displays at 24 inches (DP-V2410) and 30 inches (DP-V3010). Both offer DCI-4K resolution 4096×2160) and a wide color gamut (essentially P3, not 2020). Both are targeted at broadcast and cinema …

Tags:Canon| Canon New York 2015| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 37| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

Canon Reveals 4K Projector Plans

by Chris Chinnock

At InfoComm, Canon was showing a 4K projector but with no information available for the media. At the Canon Expo, it was in plain sight and powering several demos. In fact, according to Canon …

Tags:4K DCI| Canon| Canon New York 2015| Large Display Monitor| LCOS| Mobile Display Monitor| Projectors| Vol 22 - Issue 37

IBC 2015 on Course for Record Attendance

by Bob Raikes

IBC closed with record attendance of 55,128 delegates and 1,800 companies. There were 250 speakers in many sessions, panels and keynotes and the exhibition seems to be on a positive curve. (although we found …

Tags:IBC 2015| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 37

BLU is First With Mediatek Helio X10

by Tom Allen

Mediatek’s premium new Helio X10 chipset is being used to drive BLU Products’ BLU Pure XL smartphone. It is the first US phone to use the 2GHz, 64-bit octa-core chipset. The Pure XL is …

Tags:Mediatek| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 37

CES Asia to Double in Size

by Tom Allen

More than 100 exhibitors have already been confirmed for the next CES Asia show, which will run from the 11th – 13th May 2016 in Shanghai. The current line-up of companies has already exceeded …

Tags:APAC| Back Panel| CTA (was CEA)| Events| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor

Sony Renames VR Headset

by Tom Allen

Less than a week after showing the headset at IFA 2015, Sony has renamed its Project Morpheus VR device. At a press conference ahead of the Tokyo Game Show, Sony announced that the product …

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| PlayStation| sony| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 37

Gaming and Film Drive VR Shipments to 30 Million

by Tom Allen

In a new whitepaper (http://tinyurl.com/nhox467), Juniper Research has predicted that 30 million virtual reality headsets will be shipped by 2020. Film and gaming applications will drive adoption; while adult video is a potentially large …

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 37| Worldwide

Absen Promotes its Broadcast Skills

by Bob Raikes

This photo from an unusual angle shows the wide viewing angle of today’s LEDsWe met with Reuben Rengel of Absen who runs Absen in Europe. Absen, which makes LED displays, was at the show …

Tags:Absen| IBC 2015| Large Display Monitor| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 22 - Issue 37

Apple Set to Beat Last-Gen Sales

by Tom Allen

Apple has said that sales of its iPhone 6S and 6S Plus are on track to beat the 10 million iPhone 6/6 Plus units sold in the phone’s first weekend last year. Analysts have …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 37

Nintendo Promotes Kimishima to President

by Tom Allen

Nintendo has named Tatsumi Kimishima as its new president, succeeding Satoru Iwata. Kimishima is a former banker who joined Nintendo in 2000. http://tinyurl.com/pysbx97

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Nintendo| People| Vol 22 - Issue 37

Ebel Takes on Lenovo’s EMEA Smartphone Business

by Tom Allen

Oliver Ebel is Lenovo’s new VP and general manager of smartphones for the EMEA region. His former post, of VP and GM MEA, has been filled by Marc Godin. http://tinyurl.com/q69wez8

Tags:Europe| Lenovo| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Mobile Display Monitor| People| Vol 22 - Issue 37

Microsoft and LG Fight to be First

by Tom Allen

Two mobile launch events have been announced for October, by Microsoft and LG. Microsoft’s event will be held in New York on the 6th October. Several Windows 10 flagship devices are expected, including new …

Tags:Events| LG Electronics (LGE)| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 37