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IDC: Global Smartphone Shipments Decline 2.9% Year-on-Year in 2018 Q1

by Andrew Fenn

According to preliminary data from IDC, smartphone vendors shipped a total of 334.3 million units during the first quarter of 2018, resulting in a 2.9% decline when compared to the 344.4 million units shipped …

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Replicating Human Vision for Accurate Testing of AR/VR Displays

by Andrew Fenn

Radiant Vision Systems will host a live demonstration of its solutions for near-eye AR/VR and mixed reality display testing that claim to replicate human vision at Display Week 2018, which takes place between May …

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Industry Roll-Out Round up

by Chris Chinnock

IMax has a new laser projector and 12-channel audio solution (see separate write up) that is getting good acceptance. A pilot system has been installed in LA where exhibitors can see the solution. It …

THX to Offer Certified Theater Option

by Chris Chinnock

THX has certified sound systems in theaters for a very long time and certified HDR TVs as well. Now, they are extending this expertise in image technology to theaters to offer a new program …

Sony Shows New Laser Phosphor Cinema Projector

by Chris Chinnock

Sony used CinemaCon 2018 to introduce the SRX-R815P, a 15K lumen, 10,000:1 laser phosphor projector aimed at the cinema market, along with the SRX-R815DS, the dual stack version that uses two of these 815R …

Sony Shows Off CLED Screen at CinemaCon

by Chris Chinnock

Sony organized a meeting for the media to showcase and discuss their Crystal LED (CLED) screen. Unfortunately, they did not show a version optimized for cinema, but they did say that a version is …

Samsung’s LED Demo at CinemaCon

by Chris Chinnock

Much of the same messaging and information we saw in Los Angeles on our visits to Roundabout and the Winnetka theater (Samsung Launches First U.S. LED Cinema Screen along with Post Production Facility) was …

RGB Laser Sources at CinemaCon

by Chris Chinnock

We saw three companies that were offering RGB laser light sources for cinema projectors at CinemaCon: Power Technologies, Cinemeccanica and Laser Vision Technology. Power Technologies offers an RGB laser source that can be used …

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Opening of Saudi Cinema Market is a Big Deal

by Chris Chinnock

On April 18th, the first cinema to show a movie in Saudi Arabia in 37 years debuted with a special screening for VIPs of the “Black Panther” movie. It was a historic event on …

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NEC Now Shipping NC3541L Cinema Projector; Exploring LED

by Chris Chinnock

At last year’s CinemaCon, Display Solutions of America, Inc. was showing a prototype of their new laser phosphor projector that also featured a red laser, which augments the blue lasers which provide blue light …

Lightspeed Design’s New 3D Modulator and More

by Chris Chinnock

Lightspeed Design has launched a new short throw DepthQ 3D modulator to sit in front of a cinema projector and create polarized left and right eye images. The CineBright Short Throw (CBST) is designed …

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IMax Upgrades Laser Projector

by Chris Chinnock

About two years ago, IMax launched a laser projector solution call GT that is a dual laser solution for the large screens in an IMax theater. At CinemaCon, they announced the next generation of …