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Eizo Shows HDR Prototype

by Chris Chinnock

Professional monitor maker, Eizo, was at NAB and showed a prototype of an HDR monitor. This uses an LCD panel and reaches 1000 cd/m² of peak luminance. They are working to achieve 90% of …

Christie Launches Pro HDR Projector

by Chris Chinnock

We met with Christie at NAB where we had a chance to see their HDR projector in action in the Christie Innovation Theater and more. But first, we wanted to clarify some of the …

Fusion is New Company with OLED Grading Monitor

by Chris Chinnock

Fusion is a new UK-based company founder by two longtime broadcast industry professionals, Carl J. Dempsey and Steve Farmer. Their first product, a 55” OLED 4K-UHD monitor, is aimed at broadcast and movie production …

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Flanders Scientific Shows HDR Prototype

by Chris Chinnock

Flanders Scientific showed an interesting demo in their booth at NAB. They took one of their standard OLED monitors, the CMS 250, that has a peak luminance rating of 100 cd/m² and they ran …

KVM Switch News from NAB

by Chris Chinnock

Adder debited its DDX KVM switch at InfoComm last year and has been getting great sales ever since, the company told us. It is a lower cost option than their Infinity product, but nearly …

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IHS Upbeat About AMOLED

by Tom Allen

While LCD remains the dominant display technology today, IHS predicts that AMOLED shipments will climb 40% this year, to 395 million units. At the same time, revenues will rise 25%, to $15 billion. Falling …

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LG Electronics Result 28/04/16

by Tom Allen

LG Electronics reported an operating profit of 505.2 billion Won ($420 million) on sales of 13.36 trillion Won ($11.12 billion). Profit was up 65.5% on the same period last year. Home entertainment sales were …

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AUO Result 28/04/16

by Bob Raikes

AUO said that its revenues were down 14.7% from last quarter at NT$71.14 billion ($2.2 billion) with a gross margin of just 0.5%. The operating loss was NT$5.1 billion ($158 million) and net loss …

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A New O-Leap for OLED

by Ken Werner

Information Display Magazine‘s Jay Morreale loves to repeat the old bromide, “Even a broken clock is right twice a day.” In that spirit, even an Apple rumor that has proved to be wrong for …

Barco Appoints CEO Designate

by Bob Raikes

Barco has appointed Jan De Witte, a former corporate officer of the General Electric Company, as CEO-designate. The current CEO, Eric Van Zele, plans to retire later this year. De Witte will join Barco’s …

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Sony Pictures Television has New President

by Tom Allen

Sheraton Kalouria has been promoted from his role as executive VP and CMO of Sony Pictures Television; he is now the president of SPT, in addition to his CMO role. In his new role, …

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Intel Working on USB Digital Audio

by Tom Allen

We have already seen the first smartphone with a USB-C port instead of a headphone jack, from LeEco (LeEco Beats Apple…But Why?). There are also rumours that Apple will replace the port in its …

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