Vol 23 – Issue 15 – Page 5

Vuzix Integrates With GoPro

by Tom Allen

Vuzix has signed an agreement with action camera brand GoPro, gaining access to to the GoPro Developer Programme toolkits. Vuzix has developed the capability to connect its M300 smart glasses to GoPro cameras. Multiple …

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LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 15

by Tom Allen

Crystal Display Systems‘ Lucid Vue transparent OLED display is now in stock. The 55″ display has 45% transmittance, 1920 x 1080 resolution and uses poly-Si TFTs. Peerless AV has developed a new range of …

CN-VOLET AMOLED Will be at SID Display Week

by Tom Allen

CN-VOLET structure diagram. Image: OLED-InfoThe University of Florida developed an organic TFT (OTFT) backplane technology back in 2011, which is especially well-suited for OLED panels. The technology is called carbon nanotube vertical organic light-emitting …

CDS Takes Displax

by Tom Allen

Crystal Display Systems is now a distributor for Portuguese company Displax, which manufactures after-market touch films. CDS will stock Displax products across the UK and the rest of Europe.

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HTC Chooses Himax for HTC 10

by Tom Allen

Himax has said that its HX8396-C display driver IC is being used in the HTC 10 smartphone. The chip is designed for high-end TFT-LCD phone displays. Neither Himax nor HTC said why the IC …

Color Gamuts and Getting To “True” Colors

by Steve Sechrist

A Kingswood, Surrey BBC engineer once told me that in his R&D lab, NTSC was an acronym for “Never Twice the Same Color” (Ha!) and even though this was a light swipe at our …

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Ang Lee Making 120 fps Film – Debuts Clip at SMPTE Event

by Chris Chinnock

Ang Lee looks to be the first major director to get the green light for a Hollywood production using 120Hz frame rates. However, major questions remain about exhibitor’s ability to actually screen the movie …

Netflix Starts Streaming 4K HDR Content

by Chris Chinnock

As has been rumored for some time, Netflix has followed through on its plans to launch HDR 4K content with the reruns of season 1 of Marco Polo. Marvel’s Daredevil should be available soon …

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WeKast Seeks Funds for Wireless Presentation Solution

by Chris Chinnock

WeKast has a Kickstarter campaign to raise $50K to deliver a dongle-like device that is intended to make collaborative meeting go a lot more smoothly. The problem they are trying to solve is the …

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Sony Digital Cinema Not Ready to Embrace Laser Projection Yet

by Chris Chinnock

Sony’s Digital Cinema group was at CinemaCon 2016, but it did not announce any new projection products. While the company says it is working on laser-based solutions for cinema, it says the current lamp-based …

Barco Announces New RGB Laser Projector Wins

by Chris Chinnock

RGB laser projection cinema are increasingly being installed in Premium Large Format (PLF) venues worldwide. These are expensive systems, but exhibitors believe audiences will see the difference and pay more for the improved experience. …

Barco Escape Format Gains Momentum

by Chris Chinnock

The Barco Escape format was introduced two years ago at CinemCon. It is a three–screen format where the side screens can show content related to what is being shown on the main central screen …

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