Vol 24 - Issue 17

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HP’s New DreamColor SDR Reference Monitor Debuts

by Chris Chinnock

Greg Staten, HP’s DreamColor Solutions Architect, used ShowStoppers to show off his new baby – the 31″ HP DreamColor Z31x Studio monitor. This is a 4K (4096 x 2160) SDR monitor with wide color …

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Canon Releases Two New HDR Monitors

by Chris Chinnock

Canon announced a new 17” HDR monitor and showed it latest 2000 cd/m² HDR monitor as well. This latter is not based on the Panasonic, million-to-one dual modulation panel. (New Crop of 2000 cd/m² …

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Monitor Round up from NAB

by Chris Chinnock

Marshall Electronics was showing a new 4K SDR monitor dubbed the V-R241-4K. It is 24” with UHD resolution and 4k connectivity is via QuadLink 3G SDI. No other details were available. Borland Communications was …

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TVLogic Releases Two OLED QC Monitors

by Chris Chinnock

Quality control (QC) monitors for content are needed throughout the workflow to check signals and picture quality – but without the need for a high quality calibrated reference monitor. To address this need, TVLogic …

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Flanders Scientific New OLED Monitor and More

by Chris Chinnock

Flanders Scientific Inc. (FSI) introduced some new monitors at NAB including a new 2000 cd/m² HDR monitor, covered in a separate article. (New Crop of 2000 cd/m² HDR Monitors Coming) Also new is the …

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New Crop of 2000 cd/m² HDR Monitors Coming

by Chris Chinnock

NAB was the place where we learned about new reference 31” HDR monitors that will offer a peak luminance of 2000 cd/m². They are all based upon a new dual-panel architecture being produced by …

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Sony Expands UHD HDR TVs with XE70 Series

by Bob Raikes

Sony has announced its XE70 UltraHD HDR TV series set in 43″, 49″, 55″ and 65″. The sets have DVB/T2 and DVB/C tuners, but no DVB/S. There are three HDMI ports and the sets …

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Atmaca Selected Seraphic for Connected TV Platform

by Alan Spencer

Atmaca Elektronik, one of Turkey’s electronics manufacturers, has chosen Seraphic as its TV portal solution provider, in order to be able to launch a new series of smart TVs in Europe, using the brand …

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ThinFilm Smart Label Starts to Ship

by Bob Raikes

ThinFilm Electronics of Oslo, Norway, said that it has completed the first commercial shipment of a novel hybrid temperature sensor smart label, delivering a production quantity to partner, Emerson. The company also expects to …

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Lionsgate to Release First UHD Blu-ray Title in Dolby Vision

by Alan Spencer

Lionsgate is to release its first UHD Blu-ray title in Dolby Vision format with its first release being Power Rangers, 2017 version. Besides Dolby Vision HDR picture quality, the disc will also include a …

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NTT Docomo Spherical Drone Display Due in 2019

by Bob Raikes

NTT Docomo has developed an unusual drone that is fitted with LEDs and that are fitted to an inner frame that rotates rapidly during flight to create a display based on the persistence of …

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Global Semiconductor Sales Rise 18.1% in Q1 of 2017

by Alan Spencer

Global sales of semiconductors reached $30.9 billion for the month of March, which is a rise 18.1% compared to the March 2016 total of $26.2 billion. The March 2017 total was also 1.6% higher …

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