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Today's Top Stories #1 Watch a Japanese pianist battle a holographic version of himself   via Gizmodo   Yoshiki, a Japanese rock pianist, upstaged his own performance when a Pepper's Ghost illusion of himself started a piano piece that he then interrupted. More» Why This Matters: Pepper's Ghosts are having a bit of a comeback driven by news-grabbing "holograms" like Tupac Shakur's performance from beyond the grave. You can take a look at the result here—but you won't learn anything about how it was done, except what you can derive from observation. –Cynthia Wisehart #2 Displays maintain resolution when stretched   Via InAVate   Displays that can stretch while still maintaining pixel resolution could be possible after two researchers at a Korean University detailed research into a new composite for an LED display. More» Why This Matters: The technique is a "hidden pixel structure" with pixels that turn on only when the display is stretched. –Cynthia Wisehart #3 Push for Ultra HD 4K forces picture quality tradeoffs   By Geoffrey Morrison, CNET   Ultra HD "4K" is being pushed by TV makers, studios and everyone else in the industry as the next step forward, but is this new resolution actually hurting picture quality in the short term? In a word, yes. More» Why This Matters: This is a kind of provocative approach for the consumer press--he does bring up some of the well-known tradeoffs of AV that are rarely mentioned—as in a bad 4K signal is not as good as a good HD signal. -Cynthia Wisehart 4. Blackmagic reveals world's smallest live broadcast camera (Meredith Kay, Digphoto) 5. This is the reversible USB cable that will end your frustrations (Vlad Savov, The Verge) 6. Netflix begin 4K streams (David Katzmaier, CNET) 7. Presenting the best new streaming products of NAB 2014 (Troy Dreier, Streaming Media) 8. Cinema Con: Barco, Christie previewing 4K laser projection technology (Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter) 9. Casio launches first ultra short throw lampless projector (via Installation-International) 10. Christie to unveil world's first 6-primary 4K laser projector (Nick Dager, Digital Cinema Report) Find Us Online Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Jobs from TWICE.com Vice President of Sales and Marketing - Russound, FMP Inc. - Newmarket, NJ» VP Sales - Electrical Distributing, Inc. - Portland, OR » International CE Company - Confidential - California » More Listings » Jobs from Eduwire Click here to see all posted positions » Upcoming Events Anatomy of a Network: Crash Course on the Basics of AV over Ethernet, June 3, Online Immersion 2014, June 6-8, Los Angeles AES Conference on Audio Forensics, June 12-14, London InfoComm Show, June 14-20, Las Vegas Almo E4 AV Expo, Aug. 14-16, King of Prussia, PA AES Conference on Spatial Audio, Aug. 27-29, Helsinki, Finland CEDIA Expo, Sept. 10-13, Denver IBC 2014, Sept. 12-16, Amsterdam, Netherlands For more events, see our calendar. Was this copy of Pro AV Today forwarded to you? Start your own subscription by clicking here. Pro AV Today Editorial Team SOUND & VIDEO CONTRACTOR CYNTHIA WISEHART, Editor Phone: (212) 378-0400 x526 | Send Email DIGITAL SIGNAGE DAVID KEENE, Executive Editor Phone: (512) 480-9473 | Send Email RENTAL AND STAGING SYSTEMS DAVID KEENE, Executive Editor Phone: (512) 480-9473 | Send Email

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