Vol 23 – Issue 03 – Page 4

Sony Enjoys Rising Laser Uptake

by Tom Allen

Sony does not traditionally use BETT to show off new products, but has more of a focus on solutions. At the show, the company was showing off its Vision Presenter tool, which can be …

Christie Installs TruLife on Smaller Projectors

by Tom Allen

Following the introduction of the 4K30, Christie has expanded the 3DLP Boxer line with three new models, with the same capabilities as the previous unit. All of the new Boxer models (2K30, 2K25 and …

Optoma Goes Laser Phosphor

by Tom Allen

Optoma’s ZU650 is its first projector using laser phosphor technology. The DLP projector, part of the ProScene range, is suitable for 24/7 use and is filter-free. The light source will last for 20,000 hours. …

Tags:DLP Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Laser Phosphor Projectors| Optoma| Vol 23 - Issue 03

RIF6 Claims ‘First’ Mobile-Focused Projector

by Tom Allen

A company called RIF6 showed a new pico projector at CES that we missed at the show. ‘The Cube’ is said to be the first projector built specifically for smart devices, featuring MHL-HDMI for …

New Ultra HD Channel from Digiturk

by Isaac Oburu

Digiturk has launched a new Ultra HD/4k channel, called Digiturk UHD, on the Eutelsat 7B satellite, home to Digiturk’s pay-TV platform. The new channel can be received free-to-air on Eutelsat 7B at 7 degrees …

Apple Takes On VR Researcher

by Tom Allen

Apple has hired Doug Bowman, a VR researcher who recently went on sabbatical from his post as computer science professor at Virginia Tech. At Virginia, Bowman focused on 3D UI design and ‘the benefits …

Tags:Apple| Mobile Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Vol 23 - Issue 03

Sky Meshes With AirTies

by Tom Allen

Sky will use AirTies’ Mesh technology (designed to increase WiFi coverage throughout the home) to ‘supercharge’ WiFi on its SkyQ devices. Mesh maps the home network as mobile devices move throughout the home, monitoring …

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Westgate in Vegas Creates Huge LED Display

by Isaac Oburu

RP Visual Solutions and Christie have created a curved array measuring 20 feet (6m) tall, 220 feet (66m) wide and comprising 1,640 2.5-millimeter Christie Velvet LED tiles (more than 65 million pixels). The installation …

Solid-State Will be Everywhere at ISE

by Tom Allen

French company Dreamvision (11.C85) has announced a new series of projectors with higher brightness, UltraHD resolution and HDR capabilities. They will be known as the Siglos series (Siglos+1, Siglos+2 and Siglos+3). The projectors reach …

KT Selects Ericsson AVP 4000 Encoders

by Tom Allen

Korean Telecom(KT), the nation’s largest IPTV operator, has chosen Ericsson’s AVP 400 MPEG-4 HD system encoders to enable 20 new HD channels over the next three years. Korean Telecom chose Ericsson’s equipment because of …

RCA Now With UltraHD and Android

by Tom Allen

Activeon of South Korea has announced four new LCD TVs that will be sold under the RCA brand, which it acquired in 2010, in the USA. They will be the first RCA sets with …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 03

Intel’s to Adopt 10nm from 2017

by Isaac Oburu

A report from financial website The Motley Fool via PC Perspective, says that Intel is planning to release three processor families at the 10nm node. The release schedule for Intel’s 10nm line currently includes …