Vol 23 – Issue 16 – Page 4

Sphericam Debuts Baseball-sized VR Camera

by Chris Chinnock

European start-up Sphericam has announced that it’s going into full-scale production in the U.S. this summer with the a 360˚ VR camera capable of live streaming in 4K. The camera, called Sphericam 2, is …

Nokia Offers New VR Solutions: Shows Live VR Experience

by Chris Chinnock

At NAB, Nokia Technologies announced new solutions to complement the company’s OZO virtual reality (VR) camera, including live VR broadcasting, 3D stitching, and a VR player software development kit (SDK). The new tools and …

Canon Shows HDR Projection Demo

by Chris Chinnock

Canon was busy at NAB showing how its cameras can capture HDR content that can be used in movie as well as broadcast production. It had a number of cameras set up including an …

Epson Highlights Laser Phosphor Projectors

by Chris Chinnock

Epson was showcasing their new Pro L25000U, a 25,000 lumen laser phosphor projector at NAB in a big way. Not only was it lighting up a big and visible screen, but the colors were …

Ikegami Developing 4K HDR Professional Monitor

by Chris Chinnock

Ikegami was showing a new DCI 4K (4096×2160) monitor with HDR capabilities. It has a 31” diagonal and is based upon LCD technology. It will have quad 3G and 12G SDI inputs, plus HD/3G …

Sony Debuts New 55” Professional Monitor

by Chris Chinnock

Sony has introduced a new HDR monitor, the 55-inch PVM-X550 OLED monitor, which offers quad view display among its other features, and is aimed at client viewing in UltraHD. The monitor will also be …

Planar/Leyard shows Whopping 8K LED Video Wall at NAB

by Chris Chinnock

The most impressive display at NAB was undoubtedly the giant 8K LED video wall in the Planar/Leyard booth. It was 30’x 18’ (9.1m x 5.5m) and built using cabinets with 1.2mm pitch LEDs. It …

Dolby Proposes New Color Standard for Color Remapping

by Chris Chinnock

One of the more important needs as HDR and WCG content and displays become available is the need to do color remapping. That means taking content from the rec 709 content and expanding it …

Warranty Week Highlights Computer Industry Warranty Gap

by Tom Allen

The computer industry is very warranty-intensive – the most intensive, after automotive, in fact. Despite the fact that the industry accounts for a quarter of all warranty spending in the USA, the warranties provided …

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Celestica Result 21/04/2016

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Celestica reported Q1 net profit of CA$ 25.6 million ($20.3 million), up 30% YoY from CA$ 19.7 million ($15.6 million). Turnover for the period was CA$ 1.3 billion ($1 billion), up 4% YoY. The …

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AMD Result 21/04/2016

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

AMD reported Q1 net loss of $109 million, down 40% YoY from $180 million. Turnover for the period was $832 million, down 20% YoY from $1 billion. Lower product volumes across segments were responsible …

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LG Display Result 27/04/2016

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

LG Display reported Q1 2016 net profit of 1 billion Won ($843,000), down from 476 billion Won ($401 million) in the same quarter for 2015. Turnover was 5.9 trillion Won ($5 billion), down 15% …

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