Special Report Volume 22 No 24b June 12th 2014

a real education for me. The event had the real feel of an “insider’s” event of industry specialists talking among themselves. There were some very interesting demos and talks and we have a full report in our issue. Colour, high dynamic range and technology were hot topics. just under 40,000 visitors, with a 5% boost At Infocomm itself, we were struck by some from last year. The event took place in At Infocomm, Less is More key trends. One trend was for “simplifica- Orlando, which saw very hot weather and tion” and was led by Microsoft and Smart Infocomm had a good buzz this year. It was some spectacular thunderstorms as visitors with their collaboration products, but ech- the first Infocomm that this reporter has at- were trying to fly out. oed by others. Collaboration software for tended personally for around ten years. The The event was preceded by the traditional meeting room displays has been develop- event now sits in second place after ISE in “Summit” run by Insight Media. This has now ing for a long time, but now Microsoft and terms of importance in the global A/V indus- been re-branded as the Display Summit, but Smart have developed much simpler (to use, try, which is testament to the work that the still has a stronger projection element than at least) software that makes the ISE team has done. However, Infocomm saw many other display industry events and was

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At Infocomm, Less is More Panel Session on WCG ...... 17 Product at Infocomm 2015 ...... 26 1 LED is Now Competitive with LCD FDA Ruling Causing Headaches for Laser Philips Updates on HDR ...... 2 Walls...... 18 Projector Makers...... 27 RealD: 20,000:1 is Enough Contrast .. 3 Event Report Gefen Shows Wireless 4K Transmission Canon Explains HDR Pipeline ...... 4 Absen Makes Rental/Staging Easier . 20 at Infocomm ...... 27 Question Session 1 ...... 5 Adder Debuts DDX KVM Solution .... 20 HDR is a BIG Opportunity for LCOS .. 27 Wavien Wants to Cool Phosphor with AOTO Aims at Monolithic Displays ... 20 Hitachi Shows HLD Prototype “Crystal” Liquid ...... 6 Apantac Shows 4x4 HDMI matrix Switch LED Projector ...... 28 Microlite Brings LCD Approach to at Infocomm 2015 ...... 21 InFocus Highlights LightCast Technology Projection Screens ...... 6 AVB to Become Time Sensitive Network 29 Philips Boosts LED Projection With (TSN) ...... 21 IntoPix Tico Enables AV over IP ...... 29 ColorSpark ...... 7 AVnu Offers IEEE Compliance Testing22 Jupiter Brings Canvas CRS-4K to the US Insight Reports on ColorSpark Testing 8 Barco Shows Laser-Phosphor Retrofit 30 BenQ Wants Brightness Measured with Solution - and More...Contents ...... 22 Leyard Pushing Small Pitch LED ...... 30 sRGB ...... 9 BenQ Pushes Touch to 79 Inch ...... 22 LG Pushes UltraNarrow Bezels Further31 Sharma Calls for Industry to Measure with Bird is New User Interface Option .... 23 Mersive Adds Solstice Pod to its Collabo- L*a*b* ...... 10 Canon Develops Laser-Phosphor ration Solution ...... 32 Digilens Creates Polymer Optics ...... 10 Projector; Works 4K ...... 24 Microlite Screen Enters Production Phase Kverve Has New Optics for AR ...... 12 Christie Emphasises Fill Factor for LED24 for High Gain Screens ...... 32 Day Two of Display Summit Looks at Christie Focuses on Applications at Microsoft Shows Off the Surface Hub32 Connectivity to Start ...... 13 Infocomm ...... 24 Multitaction Boosts Software...... 33 Keep HDMI and Develop MHL Says Coolux Media Systems Comes to NEC Organises Around Applications 33 Lattice ...... 13 InfoComm as Christie ...... 25 NEC Ups Laser Phosphor Projector HDBaseT Needs Better Cables for Coretronic Sells Laser TV in China .... 26 Offerings ...... 34 UltraHD ...... 14 Da-Lite Introduces High-Contrast Screen Optoma and Hitachi to Build ColorSpark ZeeVee Supports Legacy Coax Video 14 ...... 26 Projectors ...... 35 Panel on Digital Cinema...... 15 Display Devices Shows new Kiosk Continued on last page

www.meko.co.uk Special Report - InfoComm 2015 (Roundup) mum. The company can also exploit its driver ports UltraHD resolution. The monitor uses technology to drive just 100 cd/mm² peak metal mesh technology for the touch elec- brightness and the firm is working on bring- trodes and remains "expensive" still, although ing this down to 50. The company can also it won't be in mass production until the end We have lots of videos online for you to get low brightness in the 3200ºK colour tem- of Q3 or Q4. There was also a dual-sided add to our report! perature that is desired in TV studios, where LCD with a single BLU. An UltraHD 75" moni- • Anoto Shows Novel Pen-Display Interface the company's anti-moiré technology also tor has four inputs for video wall replace- with 600 dpi Resolution helps. ment. • BenQ Does Color Accuracy Demo at Dis- SK Telecom from Korea has revealed a After establishing our credentials as display play Summit 2015 new lifestyle brand, United Object, and was specialists, Tovis showed us into the "inner • Christie Shows Fast Calibration Tool For showing the latest version of its micro pro- sanctum" of its booth where it was showing Projection Mapping jector at the show under the name "UO Smart both convex and concave LCDs as well as a • Delta Shows First Laser Cube and Up- Beam Laser". The device is just into mass portrait mode monitor that was vertically dates Interactive Display production and will be available in July. It pro- curved. The convex model was a 55" with a • Hitachi Shows Nice Blended Projector duces 60 lumens and has a two hour battery 600mm (very tight) curve that meant that the Box life. It is based on laser light sources and is a display is bent over 72º, so that five can form • Leyard & Dimenco Show 110-inch cube of 5.5cms and was developed in col- a completely circular display. Glasses-Free 3D LED Display laboration with Korean projector manufac- Czech collaboration display maker, Tri- • Leyard Shows Top Half of an 8K LED Dis- turer Cremotech. It uses an LCOS imager umph Board, was showing its latest soft- play and produces 1280 x 720 images at up to 8' ware, upgraded since we reported on the • NEC Shows Blended Whiteboard Appli- (2.5M) which gives an image size of company at BETT in February. It has a range cation 150".Video input is by HDMI/MHL, Miracast of new features including a floating toolbar • Panasonic and NEC Showcase LED vs. or AirPlay. The company is looking for dis- (so you don't have to keep going to the edge LCD at Display Summit 2015 tributors and partners. Check http:// of the screen), the integration of Google • Panasonic Shows Projection Mapping www.uobeam.com. search, QR code support and a cool meas- • Peerless AV Explains Optical Bonding Ad- Tovis, which made its name by cutting up urement feature. The company has devel- vantages LCDs and is responsible for quite a lot of oped video conferencing add-ons which go • Philips Shows Backward Compatible HDR "stretch" displays started by showing us its up to a system that includes a PTZ camera at Signal Transport at Display Summit 2015 latest 65" procap touch monitor, which sup- the high end. • rpVisuals Shows Ribbon of Content on Multiple Display Technologies • Sony Shows First Laser Phosphor Projec- tor Capable of HDR

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Optoma Shows FHD Short Throw and Projection Screens at Infocomm ...... 39 Videos Highlight Infocomm’s Most LED projector at InfoComm ...... 36 Samsung Pushes LED Again ...... 40 Interesting Tech ...... 44 Panasonic Shows Laser Projector & Screen Innovations Shows Ambient- Vivitek Working on LP Projector ...... 44 Announces 4k Unit ...... 36 Light-Rejecting and Short Throw Wolf Vision Introduces Cynap Collabora- Panasonic Starts with Smart Signage 37 ...... 41 tion System at Infocomm 2015 ...... 44 Peerless AV Impresses with Bonded Sharp Promotes Quality and Touch Wowza Announces Video Streaming Displays ...... 37 Performance ...... 42 from the Cloud as a Service ...... 44 Philips Sees Positive Response for Smart Adds iQ Displays to Kapp ...... 42 Xilinx Has Advantages for UHD & 8K 45 Ambilight ...... 38 Sunbrite DS Shows 2,500 cd/m² Outdoor Roundup Planar Has Configurator for LED ...... 38 Display ...... 42 Mumbo Jumbo: 3D 4D 4K UHD 8K @ PowerTechnology offers RGB Laser Toshiba Rounds Out Range of Public InfoComm 2015 ...... 45 Solution for Cinema Retrofits ...... 39 Displays ...... 43 Visual Tumult Disappears @ Infocomm Primeview Shows OLED and Mirrored Unilumin Aims at Control Rooms..... 43 2015 ...... 46 LCD Displays ...... 39 Visix Shows Newest AxisTV 9.2 at Infocomm Round-up ...... 47 Infocomm 2015 ...... 43

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