Where the Chips Fell at CEDIA EXPO 2008
By David Keene
In the mind of many die-hard home theater pros Ive talked with over
the past year, the biggest news in the chip world, i.e. the DLP and
3LCD worlds, is news that has not yet arrived: These home video gurus
are clamoring for a 2.35:1 chip from any camp, DLP, 3LCD, or the
smaller but innovative LCoS camp.
Well, 2.35:1 was not here yet, on the floor of CEDIA (unless you do it
with lens attachments), but what was in ample display on the show floor
of CEDIA was an array of new technologies that demonstrates the
resourcefulness of both DLP and 3LCD projector manufacturers. (LCoS
cannot be ...
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CES 08: First Salvos in the New Video Display War
By David Keene
Its been axiomatic in the AV industry for several years that the consumer electronics market is now the driver in the evolution of video displays. This is mainly a matter of the economies of scale on the consumer side overwhelming those of the smaller commercial AV space. So on the supply side, LCD panels, used in everything from cell phone displays to flat panels for the boardroom and classroom, are churned out in numbers so huge that their momentum will threaten to swamp competing flat-panel technologies.
So at CES, the biggest and first AV trade show of the year, it can be hard to ...
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projectiondesign: Thinking Speed
By David Keene
Fredrikstad, Norway, is not the kind of place that springs immediately to mind when thinking about the fast-evolving video projection industry. An idyllic spot that sits near the border of Norway and Sweden, Fredrikstad is, this early May, a welcome respite from the frenetic atmosphere surrounding the industry, as we get ready to head for InfoComm, and as there's a new crop of 1080P projectors waiting in the wings to shake up both the installed commercial AV, and home theater worlds.
And even when planning to head to the farthest-north spot in Europe (well, on the planet come to think of it) ...
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