BenQ Ships LK970 4K DLP Projector With BlueCore Laser Engine
BenQ America said Tuesday that its LK970 4K UHD BlueCore laser projector with 5,000 lumens of peak brightness is now shipping at a $12,999 suggested retail price. Positioned for both home theater and large venue business applications, the BenQ LK970 4K Ultra HD projector is…
Acer Unveils Pair Of 4K DLP Projectors
Acer continued to advance its home-based projector business at IFA this week by unveiling a pair of 4K Ultra HD DLP projectors based on Texas Instruments’ XPR technology and supporting high dynamic range (HDR). The new projectors include the Acer VL7860 (pricing and availability…
LG To Expand Compact Laser, LED Projector Lineup At IFA
Europe’s huge consumer technology trade show IFA starts Sept. 1, 2017 in Berlin, Germany and already LG Electronics is pre-announcing key new home theater technologies slated to debut at the affair. On Monday, LG revealed that it will unveil two compact high-performance video projectors…
LG Unveils ProBeam Mini Home Theater Projector
LG Electronics continued to expand its lineup of diminutive DLP-based home theater projectors Wednesday with the introduction of the “LG ProBeam,” Full HD 1080p model, featuring a laser light engine capable of displaying up to 2,000 lumens of brightness and screen sizes stretching up…
Hisense Gears Up To Seize Opportunities In Changing TV Market
The Hisense H9D 4K Ultra LED LCD TV As other popular television brands are feeling the pinch of failed acquisition plans and under-performing television businesses, China’s Hisense is gearing up for an expansion of business in the United States in 2017. Mark Viken, Hisense…
SI Adds Acoustically Transparent Screens To Slate, Pure Lines
Screen Innovations (SI), developer of acoustically transparent (AT) home theater video projection screens, recently announced that it has developed new hybrid versions of its “Slate” and “Pure” ambient light rejecting screens using the company’s AT perforated material. Screen Innovations said the development will bring…
QLED: Quantum Dot By Yet Another Name
Balls of confusion: Marketing material on Samsung’s own web site still implies `QLED TV’ is a distinct new innovation. Since CES 2017, one of the more confusing new wrinkles in the nomenclature of quantum dot TV technology has been the use of the term “QLED.”…
CTA Objects To Possible ATSC 3.0 TV Tuner Mandate
The Consumer Technology Association Friday called out what it called “troubling language about a TV tuner mandate” included in new Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on voluntary adoption of the next generation ATSC 3.0 television broadcast system….
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