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Displays Proliferate at Newark Airport

by Helen Vince

ipadusaTablets – The Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey will soon feature iPads in United Airline’s Terminal C. This is United’s main terminal at the Newark Airport and is a critical hub for …

Oculus Rift: Does the Emperor Have Any Clothes?

by Helen Vince

Personal Eyewear – Since 2012, Display Central has published roughly 60 articles that discuss the Oculus Rift. I’ve reviewed most of them and not one of them mentions the terrible image quality produced by …

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Update on 4K Cameras from CCW

by Helen Vince

Camera/Camcorders – I had a chance to visit several manufacturers of 4K cameras at the recent CCW 2014 (Content and Communications World) in New York November 12 – 13 and get updates on cameras …

New Metric for Absolute Color Accuracy

by Helen Vince

Display Metrology – A new display color accuracy metric was developed by DisplayMate and used by the lab, to help identify the mobile display panel with absolute color accuracy. The lab made famous by …

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Samsung Note 4 Wins Display Color Accuracy Shoot-Out

by Helen Vince

Mobile Display – Once again Samsung OLED display panel struts its stuff claiming the top Display Color Accuracy prize in the latest shoot-out data from Dr. Ray Soneira’s DisplayMate labs. Soneira announced: “The Samsung …

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Adder’s IP-based KVM Solutions Solving Post Production Problems

by Helen Vince

Broadcast & Distribution – At CCW (Content and Communications World), we had a chance to take a more careful look at Adder’s KVM (keyboard, video and mouse) extension solutions. KVM extension is needed when …

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The Display Resolution War – How much resolution is enough?

by Candice H. Brown Elliot

Ever since Apple used the marketing moniker, “Retina Display”, the mobile device and display industry has been asking itself: how far will this resolution arms race go? How high do we need to go …

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Quantel Introduces Live Touch for Instant Replay

by Helen Vince

Broadcast & Distribution – Quantel has a nice presence in the sports broadcasting segment where its Enterprise sQ servers are used to store live video feeds on a frame by frame basis. This allows …

Tags:CCW 2014 (Content & Communications World)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Post Production| Vol 21 - Issue 46

ATSC 3.0 Could Make Broadcast Spectrum Auction Attractive to Broadcasters

by Helen Vince

Broadcast & Distribution – At CCW, a panel of experts discussed the details of the ATSC 3.0 development program – an effort to replace the existing over the air system with a new one …

An Interesting Display Application: Virtual Balconies

by Helen Vince

Large Displays – Apparently, cruise ship passengers having an interior room can sometimes find their in-cabin experience a bit claustrophobic. Not surprisingly, one reason for this is the lack of an outside view. Royal …

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eMagin Result 19/11/2014

by Raverstead

Emagin Corporation narrowed its third quarter net loss to $1 million from $4.5 million a year earlier, though turnover declined 9.9% to $5.7 million from $6.3 million. The company’s net loss for the first …

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Engage Expands Flux Lounge

by Raverstead

Engage Productions’ Flux Innovation Lounge, in London, has undergone a refit with nine new LG displays. The 55″ screens form an interactive wall in the venue. An 84″ UltraHD touch display and three additional …