Vol 22 – Issue 40 – Page 4

Marvell Wins Chromecast Orders

by Tom Allen

Marvell has announced that its Armada 1500 Mini Plus and Avastar 88W8887 solutions are being used in Google’s Chromecast 2.0 and Chromecast Audio products.

Competitor to Quantum Dots Emerging

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Quantum dots (QDs) are exactly that – microscopic balls of material that are roughly spherical and practically zero-dimensional points. Quantum dots have been hailed as a technology that can bring near-Rec. 2020 colorimetry to …

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Microsoft Announces New Phone, Band, Tablet and Laptop in New York

by Norbert Hildebrand

During a hardware release event in New York, Microsoft showed off a multitude of new devices in what seems to be a complete reset of the Microsoft device line. In the first 10 weeks …

Trilite Prototype Now Full Colour

by Tom Allen

‘Back the Future Day’ is almost upon us. The 21st October 2015 is the day that Marty McFly travels to in Back to the Future Part II, and Trilite is doing its best to …

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AOC Slims Style Line Bezels

by Tom Allen

The asymmetric stand enables tilt angles between -3° and 20°. AOC has created two ‘nearly borderless’ displays in the Style line: the 23.8″ I2481FXH and 27″ I2781FH. They have bezels of 7.5mm and 9.9mm, …

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Philips’ QD Monitor Ignites Controversy

by Tom Allen

The release of Philips’ first QD monitor, the 276E6ADSW (Philips’ High-Concept Ambilight Becomes Reality), in Europe has caused a stir in the market – at least for quantum dot makers! Both Nanoco, which makes …

Roku Goes 4k With Fourth Gen

by Tom Allen

Roku has announced the fourth generation of its media player products, known as the Roku 4 – which, for the first time, can support UltraHD streaming as rumoured. (Is Roku Going to UltraHD?) The …

Whitepaper Argues for Software-Defined HDR Support

by Tom Allen

Digital TV Europe has published a whitepaper arguing the case for software support of HDR, rather than hardware for video providers, while the situation on standardisation remains unclear. Access it at http://tinyurl.com/q7z42d3.

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Software| Vol 22 - Issue 40

Companies Honoured at AV Awards

by Tom Allen

Christie’s Boxer 4K30 projector took home the ‘Projector of the Year’ award at the recent AV Awards in London. Judges observed, “At last there is a 30,000 lumen projector that isn’t the size of …

JDI Unveils First 17” 8k

by Tom Allen

Japan Display said it would show off the ‘world’s first’ 8k 17.3″ display at Ceatec 2015 (7th – 10th October), in Tokyo. The company says that the display, which has about 510 ppi, uses …

LG Continues to Lower OLED Prices

by Tom Allen

LG has cut the prices of several of its flagship OLED TVs. First, the 55″ and 65″ EG9600 UltraHD curved OLED TVs were reduced by $1,000, to $3,000 and $5,000, respectively. The company followed …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLED TVs| Pricing| Vol 22 - Issue 40

Helios Chooses Dolby and Christie

by Tom Allen

Dolby’s Atmos system and Christie’s Vive Audio have been installed in Helios’ new flagship multiplex cinema in Lódz, Poland. The venue has nine screens and 2,000 seats.