Vol 25 – Issue 15 – Page 3

Flanders Shows HDR Monitors

by Chris Chinnock

Flanders Scientific was at NAB with a big booth full of monitors, but they mostly wanted to talk about the new 2000 cd/m² reference monitor and the 65” OLED client monitor. The XM310K is …

Epson Debuts New Ultra Short Throw Lens

by Chris Chinnock

Epson announced a new ultra-short throw lens at NAB 2018, the ELPLX02. It delivers a 0.35 throw ratio with a negative offset, which means the image can project below the bottom of the projector. …

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Eizo’s top end grading monitor is the Prominence CG3145, a 31.5” LCD monitor that uses the Panasonic dual-panel architecture. However, the backlight does not include zonal control in this implementation leading to a peak …

Dimenco/KDX Give Simulated Reality Demo

by Chris Chinnock

Dimenco has been a long time developer of auto-stereoscopic lenticular-based 3D displays. They are now owned by China-based KDX which also offers similar 3D products. At CES 2018, the companies announce a new initiative …

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Densitron Intros Wide-Aspect Broadcast Displays

by Chris Chinnock

Densitron is a company that has served the commercial, industrial and broadcast market for many years. But two years ago, they decided to focus more on broadcast. Instead of reacting to customer requests, they …

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Delta/DP Shows 8K Projector

by Chris Chinnock

We had a chance to stop by the Digital Projection demo room at NAB to get a background presentation and see some images on the 8K projector we first saw last December at the …

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Canon Debuts Two New Monitors

by Chris Chinnock

Canon announced the 24” DP-V2421 and the 17” DP-V1711. These augment, but don’t replace similar model DP-V2420 and DP-V1710. The 2421 and the 1711 has been upgraded to add a new input board that …

Bitmovin Using AI for New Encoding Approach

by Chris Chinnock

Bitmovin is a video delivery company. The way the company explained its encoding process is that it is somewhat analogous to the way data is divided into packets and delivered from source to destination …

ABI: AR to Create Market Value of $5.5 Billion for Automotive Industry in 2022

by Andrew Fenn

Many players in the automotive industry are strengthening their activities in AR, especially since it has demonstrated benefits to the whole industry value chain, from design, through production and sales. ABI Research estimates global …

Atomos Shows New 5” Monitor/Recorder

by Chris Chinnock

Atomos has had a very popular line of their Ninja monitor/recorders that are seeing wide use in TV/Film production, especially with mirrorless cameras, as an efficient means to monitor and record content. At NAB …

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Astro Shows 8K Products

by Chris Chinnock

Astro Design was showing a novel lens on its 8K camera, the AH-4801-D. It was coupled to a fisheye lens to capture a 180º view of the immediate environment. This was then coupled to …

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NAB 2018 Introduction

by Chris Chinnock

NAB 2018 was as busy as usual (about 100K attendees), but there was little new from the display perspective. Clearly, 8K continues to be a topic of interest with an 8K displays from Sony, …