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PlasmaSync 42XM2, 50XM3 & 61XM2
NEC recently announced their new line of high definition Plasma displays – the XM series consisting of the 42-inch PlasmaSync 42XM2, the 50-inch PlasmaSync 50XM3, and the 61-inch PlasmaSync 61XM2. I was fortunate enough to be invited to NEC headquarters in Itasca, IL – a suburb of Chicago – for 2 days to witness and test the newest lineup of NEC’s plasmas a few days before their release. I spent time not only in their plasma lab full of these glorious new PDPs, I also had meetings with their plasma product management team and with the engineers who were responsible for the design and service of the new XM Series plasma displays.
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High end home theater projector, price drops make it a good value
When the InFocus ScreenPlay 7200 projector was first introduced, its list price was a buck short of $10,000. To me, it seemed a bit overpriced for the features it included. But now that you can get the ScreenPlay 7200 for as low as $6800 on the street, it's looking a lot better. Let's take a close-up look at this home theater HDTV projector, and see if it can deliver on its promise of high-end HDTV nirvana.
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Already three years later and still barely any ProAV projectors with a native 16:9 aspect ratio and resolution
ProAV expert Gary Kayye wants projector makers to shed some serious light on the subject of a 16:9 projector with lots of brightness for pro use. Oh, sure, there are plenty of them in the HomeAV market, but they are all 800, 1000, 1100 and 1200 ANSI lumens -- not nearly bright enough for most ProAV installs.
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An exploration of the new functionality, plus a mini-tutorial on dealing with noise
In our last foray into Adobe Photoshop, we discussed alternate tactics for flushing out the detail in the shadowy areas of your photographs. But now that Photoshop CS is out, there's a whole new strategy available for manipulating the darker regions of digital imagery. And so, in the first in our series of explorations of the new features in the Adobe Creative Suite, we venture into the realm of new image adjustment tools, starting with the powerful Shadow/Highlight function.
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A sequel to "Reconstruction & Repair of Heavily Damaged Photos"
A few months ago I wrote an article on the repair of heavily damaged photos. From the responses I got to that article, it has come to my attention that there are some aspects I did not cover, and have thus received requests for further explanation. Recently I received an email from Lonny asking for advise on how to repair an old photo of his "little sister". With his permission, I will use this photo to demonstrate some approaches that can be taken when dealing with discolored, stained and heavily spotted photos. As she clearly means so much to him, we will do our best to bring back her smile.
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All Models Offer Highest Contrast Ratios Available - 4:000:1 for SD, 3000:1 for HD
Panasonic has announced the immediate availability of three new professional plasma displays, the 50" TH-50PHD6UY, 42" TH-42PHD6UY and 37"TH-37PWD6UY, which join the recently-announced 42" TH-42PWD6UY as its sixth-generation plasma family. The three new flat screen displays deliver color reproduction with 1,536 gradation shades and 1,070 million colors.
Sharp Remains Dominant But Sony Climbs to #2
DisplaySearch, a flat panel display (FPD) market research and consulting firm, indicated in its latest Quarterly LCD TV Shipment and Forecast Report that greater than or equal to 10" LCD TV shipments rose 17% Q/Q and 162% Y/Y to 715K units.
U5-111 and U5-112 first in series with two additional XGA models to follow in December
PLUS Vision Corporation of America unveiled today a new line of aggressively priced projectors -- the new U5 Series. These projectors offer features traditionally found only in projectors priced significantly higher, outside of many organization's technology purchasing budgets. The new U5 provides the end-user with choices designed to meet the varied demands of today's presenters.
New versions of Photoshop, ImageReady, Illustrator, InDesign, InCopy and GoLive now shipping
Adobe has now released the individual applications in its new Creative Suite line of graphics and publishing tools. The company yesterday started shipping the entire suite as a single unit. The new applications now available for individual purchase include Photoshop CS (with ImageReady CS), Illustrator CS, InDesign CS, InCopy CS and GoLive CS. They're available for Mac OS X and Windows.
Matrox RTseries editing platforms now Premiere Pro compatible
Matrox Video Products Group today announced that Adobe Premiere Pro drivers for the Matrox RT.X100 and RT.X10 Series real time video editing platforms are now available for download from the Matrox Web site.
Texas Instruments Honored By National Television Academy
Texas Instruments (TI) today announced that its DLP technology had been selected by the National Television Academy to receive the Technology And Engineering Emmy Award for "Pioneering Development of Mass-Produced Digital Reflective Imaging technology for Consumer Rear Projection Television." The Emmy recognizes DLP technology for revolutionizing the world of large screen TV by enabling sets to be slimmer, lighter and more elegant while offering outstanding picture quality and affordability.
20 crayon and chalk brushes
It's been seven weeks since our last set of brushes for Adobe Photoshop, if you can believe it. I thought I'd rectify this now in our fiftieth--yes, fiftieth--free weekly download. This time around, we go back to the basics (the very basics) with a collection of brushes designed to emulate children's crayons, as well as variations on chalk, some similar to the kind you'd use on a chalkboard, others more pastel-like. Read on on for examples and download and installation instructions.
DVD players are one of the most successful consumer electronics products of all time, and the DVD market has seen unprecedented growth since their debut in 1997. Largely driven by rapidly falling component prices, DVD playback has been integrated into a wide array of consumer electronics devices.
CMP Media's Digital Video Media Group today announced the return of Digital Video Expo West to the Los Angeles Convention Center from December 9 - 12, 2003. This seventh annual conference and exhibition is one of the industry's largest and most comprehensive events focused on providing information on cutting-edge tools, techniques, and technologies to the professional digital video community.
With the official recognition of the HDV Format, it has become vital to learn more about existing and proposed workflow solutions for this new Format. Various choices are available to both MAC & PC users and at this event attendees will explore them in depth as part of a two-day JVC HD Workshop slated for Saturday & Sunday November 8-9 at Hollywood Studio Rentals 2400 W. Olive Ave. Burbank, CA.
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