With the 4K display revolution in full swing, some consumers are opting to get a toe in the ultra high resolution waters, not with a 60″+ TV for the living room, but a much more manageable 28-inch desktop monitor. Taiwan based Acer is just one of the most recent display makers adding to the availability […]

With its low cost of operation, and lower still failure rates, plus a hand full of other benefits from deployment, to ease of use, traditional consumer tablets are now being found in a host of digital signage (DS) deployments. First look no further than your neighborhood (OK big city) Apple Store to see tablets playing […]

Affordable UHD TV are words not commonly found together as the new cutting-edge ultra high definition TV technology is hardly available from manufacturers, while broadcasters and other content providers are still making efforts to perfect the 4K content capture and workflow needed to deliver a 3840×2160 pixel image refreshing at 120Hz (times per second) on […]

The U.S. FTC (Federal Trade Commission) wants you to know the risks associated with living in an age of converging technologies, specifically cloud computing, social networks and face recognition. Based on a ground breaking study last year from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), a group of researchers at the University’s Heinz College demonstrated the ability to […]

One big focus for TVs at CES this year was a plethora of alternatives to the remote control. Options ranged from voice to smartphone App connectivity to control solutions, but perhaps the most intriguing for its simplicity and ease of operation is the use of hand gestures to replace the IR remote control. As mentioned […]

Fresh out of the gate here at CES minus one, aka, “Press Day,” the hot rivalry between Samsung and LG just turned white-hot at the blockbuster introductions of not one, but two, 55-inch OLED TVs (using two different technologies) from the two Korean CE giants. First came LG’s 55-inch OLED (uses white OLED, plus a […]

It’s a technology characterized by some in the industry as having “weak demand,” and that it “…will go away someday.” In the Insight Media 3DTV Forecast report, we note that for TVs more than 30 inches in diagonal, 108K LCD TVs were sold in 2009 vs. 15.2K PDP TVs. That’s a 7:1 sales ratio. But […]

Want some real proof 3D technology is here to stay? Just type in “3D Glasses” into Google and take a look at the hits… One favorite is 3dglassesonline.com, with a “nifty fifty’s” take-out menu (web page genre) and the classic headline borrowed from McDonalds, claiming “Over One Billion Served!” That’s billion with a “B” and […]

Anyone who recently made the plunge and bought a new flat screen, complete with widgets and built-in LAN connection to the Internet, may have just a modicum of understanding what it might feel like to surf the web in mainland China. For after the newness of the first experience of Netflix, Vudu and YouTube sites […]

Since the 1939 Olympics in Hitler’s Berlin, the worldwide event is a natural draw for new broadcast technology transition. And, like color TV and the more recent HDTV that followed some 40 years later, technology transition for the broadcast industry is often slow in coming, due in part to the expense of ramping up the […]

By Steve Sechrist Editor/Analyst Insight Media Editor’s Note: While some of this article generously contributed by Insight Media is oriented to ProAV, there is much to be learned for HomeAV as well. Business, marketing, and technology leaders from all levels of the big screen display value chain gathered again this year for the seventh annual […]

By Steve Sechrist Luminus Devices announced it is shipping a new LED chip set (PhlatLight PT120) optimized for DLP technology, specifically the xHD5 1080p DLP chip  used in many high-end MDTVs.  The new RGB LED package offers more than 1500 white lumens, suitable for sets up to 62 inches, the company announced.  Luminus said one of […]

By Steve Sechrist One of our European contacts sent over a news tip today confirming rumors that HP is exiting the digital projector market. According to David Edwards, an HP Image and Print Group spokesperson, the company has decided to “shift focus” of its commercial projector business from projection to display solutions. He went on […]