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Blackberry and Sony Could Leave Smartphones in 2016

by Tom Allen

The CEOs of Blackberry and Sony have expressed doubts about their stay in the smartphone market. Blackberry CEO John Chen has said that the company could withdraw from making smartphones altogether next year. He …

Tags:BlackBerry| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| sony| Vol 22 - Issue 41

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 41

by Tom Allen

Panasonic‘s curved UltraHD TVs (Panasonic Goes All-Out With UltraHD) are now being shipped in Europe. The CR850 starts at £1,480 ($2,290); the CR730 starts at £1,080 ($1,670); and the CR430 starts at £960 ($1,485). …

Hamlet Broadcast Live Across the UK

by Tom Allen

Benedict Cumberbatch stars as HamletThe 12-week run of Hamlet, now ongoing at London’s Barbican Theatre, is being broadcast live, in DCI-4k resolution, to cinemas across the UK. Much as it did with War Horse …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| sony| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 41

Sony Teaches World About UltraHD

by Tom Allen

Sony Professional Solutions Americas division has launched a new ‘Sony 4k’ YouTube channel. As well as a variety of UltraHD content (from Sony cameras, of course), the channel will also host tutorials and testimonials …

Sony and Epson Battle at 4,000+ Lumens

by Tom Allen

PMA Research has announced the top-selling projectors in the USA in August. The company divides the results into three categories: ‘pico and personal’, ‘mainstream’ and ‘4,000+ lumen’. Epson had a pair of best-selling 4,000+ …

Microsoft HoloLens – the Savior for the AR / VR Market?

by Norbert Hildebrand

By now, most technology analysts, writers and bloggers have realized that Google Glass is no longer aiming at leading the charge of introducing augmented reality to the average consumer. Even with a revamped model, …

Sony Shares Big Plans for Laser

by Tom Allen

Sony was the first meeting of the day, taking place at the Brooklands Museum, next to Mercedes-Benz World. Rob Meakin, European product marketing manager for professional projectors, was discussing the company’s work with laser …

Sony’s UltraHD Phone Isn’t Always UltraHD

by Tom Allen

When Sony introduced the Xperia Z5 Premium smartphone (Sony Enhances Mobile Display – Will it be Enough?), we wondered how the company would achieve the ‘up to two-day’ battery life claim with an UltraHD …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| sony| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 38

Sony Electronics Launches High Dynamic Range Video Support on 2015 4K Ultra HD TVs This Fall

by Tom Allen

Sony Electronics today announced that it is bringing High Dynamic Range (HDR) support to more of its 4K Ultra HD televisions. In addition to the previously announced X930C and X940C models, Sony is also …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| LCD TVs| sony

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 …

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 37

by Tom Allen

Three Asus Republic of Gaming monitors will be on sale in the UK soon, through online outlet Overclockers.com. The PG279Q (Asus Focuses on Colour at Computex) and PG278Q (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 3) …

Dolby Expands Studio Partners

by Tom Allen

Several companies have signed deals with Dolby, to produce films using the high-end Dolby Vision HDR format. Sony Pictures, Warner Brothers and 20th Century Fox are all part of the move; they will release …