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by Andrew Fenn
TV review website, HDTVTest, held its 2018 TV Shootout earlier this week. Panasonic’s FZ802 took home two top prizes — including “Best TV of 2018” — and two runner-up accolades, making it the event’s …
Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLED TVs| Panasonic| Samsung| sony| Testing| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 25 - Issue 28
by Arthur Berman
The VisionAR augmented reality safety glasses, produced by Univet S.r.l. (Rezzato, Italy), were designed for industrial applications (and were recently shown at AWE (UniVet Developing AR Safety Glasses). The headset includes a monocular projection …
Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| sony| Vol 25 - Issue 27| Waveguide Display
by Bob Raikes
Christie believes that the future is pure laser and, in contrast to Cinionic and Sony has decided not to offer Laser Phosphor in the cinema market. The company told us that pricing is at …
Tags:3D Cinema| Christie| CineEurope 2018| Cinema| Dolby| Large Display Monitor| NEC| sony| Vol 25 - Issue 26
by Bob Raikes
At CineEurope, there was a 30 minute panel session headed up by David Monk of the European Digital Cinema Forum (EDCF) who also spent some time in the past promoting DLP in cinema for …
Tags:CineEurope 2018| Cinema| Large Display Monitor| LED Cinema| Samsung| sony| Vol 25 - Issue 26
by Bob Raikes
Sony Europe has said that some of its 2018 TVs (AF8, XF90, XF85, XF80, XF75 series) will have support for Google Assistant. The UK will be the first country to get the technology, with …
Tags:Google| Large Display Monitor| sony| UK (United Kingdom)| Voice Input| Vol 25 - Issue 24
by Andrew Fenn
PlayStation VR bundles are being sold at significantly discounted rates this week, as part of Sony’s Days of Play sale. The device retailed at $399 at launch but is now available in bundles priced …
Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| PlayStation| sony| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 23
by Andrew Fenn
Oppo has released a firmware update for its line of Ultra HD Blu-ray disc players, adding support for Sony’s Dolby Vision-compatible TVs. Oppo’s players join a minority of devices that are currently able to …
Tags:Blu-ray Players| Dolby Vision| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| sony| Vol 25 - Issue 22
by Andrew Fenn
Sony has released a Dolby Vision firmware update for its X700 UHD Blu-ray disc player, providing compatibility with the company’s own range of TVs. Sony Dolby Vision TVs support the HDR format natively via …
Tags:4k| Blu-ray Players| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| sony| Vol 25 - Issue 22
by Damir Lokas
Sony has accelerated its vision to redefine workspaces with the global launch of 6 new BZ35F BRAVIA 4K Professional Displays. The slim, energy-efficient series of Professional Displays bring improved brightness of 620 cd/m²* to …
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by Bob Raikes
Sony has a new OLED-based microdisplay, the ECX339A, that has 1600 x 1200 resolution and a 0.5″ diagonal, giving a pixel pitch of 6.3μm (which we calculate at just over 4,000 ppi). Previously, the …
Tags:Microdisplays| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| sony| Vol 25 - Issue 21
by Andrew Fenn
Sony has begun rolling out firmware version 6.560 to its range of Android TVs, which brings Dolby Vision support to its 2018 lines, including the AF8 and XF90, alongside a “My Apps” favourite bar …
Tags:Dolby Vision| Large Display Monitor| Smart TV| sony| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 25 - Issue 21
by Bob Raikes
Sony had a very small booth with just a couple of staff, but did have a couple of new projectors, the VPL-GTZ240 and VPL-GTZ280 which are commercial versions of Sony’s consumer SXRD projectors with …
Tags:ITEC 2018| Large Display Monitor| Laser Phosphor Projectors| LCOS| Simulation| sony| Vol 25 - Issue 20
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