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Panasonic LEDs in Bristol Speedway’s ‘Colossus’

by Tom Allen

Panasonic has supplied the LEDs for Colossus: a set of four large LED screens (6mm pixel pitch) suspended above the Bristol Motor Speedway in the USA. Colossus, which has just been turned on, is …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Panasonic| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 15

Kyocera Lowers Cost of Waterproofing

by Tom Allen

Kyocera is a specialist in producing rugged smartphones, specifically for the US and Japanese markets. The firm’s newest model is the Hydro Reach: a 4G phone with IP57 waterproof certification. Full immersion in up …

Tags:Kyocera| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 15| Waterproof Displays

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

DCS Runs VR Seminar in LA

by Tom Allen

The Digital Cinema Society will hold a half day seminar revolving around virtual reality on the 21st May, at the Creative Technology Centre (Brewery Arts Complex) in Los Angeles. It will be run in …

Tags:Back Panel| Events| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Virtual Reality| 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

Samsung Deepens Facebook Partnership

by Tom Allen

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg made an appearance at Samsung’s MWC 2016 press conferenceSamsung supplied 2,600 Gear VR headsets, with customised Galaxy smartphones, for the Facebook F8 developer conference recently. The intent was to push developers …

Tags:Back Panel| Events| | HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 14

Vaio Signs Three New Partners

by Tom Allen

Vaio has signed with new distributors in the US: two in the New York area and one covering the global market. In New York, B&H Photo Video and DataVision will carry Vaio’s notebooks, while …

Tags:Distribution| Ingram Micro| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| USA| Vaio| Vol 23 - Issue 14

Dish Adds UHD to Hopper

by Tom Allen

Dish’s Hopper 3 DVR can now be used to stream UltraHD content from Netflix.

Tags:4k| Dish Network| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Netflix| Streaming Video| UltraHD (4KTV)| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 14

DirecTV Goes Live With UHD

by Tom Allen

DirecTV in the US has launched its first dedicated UltraHD TV channel, which will be used to show the Master’s gold tournament (DirecTV Brings UltraHD Straight From Amen Corner). Content will be shot by …

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