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Acer launches its H9500 projector, now with a number of technologies the company says should enhance the living room movie experience even further, including improvements on its images' blacks.

The projector features DyanamicBlack technology, which Acer says fine-tunes scenes' black levels while making sure images remain bright, with contrast ratios reaching as high as 50000:1.

The company's True Motion technology supposedly enchances the projector's MEMC (Motion Estimation/Motion Compensation), which creates and inserts new frames to reduce motion blur in fast moving scenes. A wall-colour compensation system allows for accurate projection on coloured surfaces, with simple setup through the OSD menu.

It displays images of up to 1080p resolution in 24 fps, with 2000 lumens' worth of brightness. Acer also says that its projectors use ColourSafe II DLP technology (alongside its own colour compensation systems) to make them "virtually immune" to colour decay.

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According to the latest data from Pacific Media Associates, Acer reached (for the first time) 3rd in the worldwide projector market in Q1 2011 with a 7.2% market share.

Acer closed last year with a 6.4% market share and increased its share to 7.2% in Q1 2011, with 19% YOY growth, and achieved 3rd position in the worldwide ranking for the first time.

Acer also confirmed 2nd place in the EMEA ranking, registering 13.8% market share and 4% YOY growth.

Despite showing a Q4 2010 vs.Q1 2011 decline, if we consider the YOY performance, the global projectors market is growing with a 13% YOY growth.

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What HAST man wrought? Ortus creates a Hyper Amorphous Silicon TFT (HAST) screen. Shown at Tokyo’s Embedded Systems Expo, the latest 4.8” LCD screen from Ortus shows 2D images at the 458 pixels per inch rate and shows 3D images at 229 pixels per inch. This rate of pixels per inch will be able to show full HD resolution images with a final resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels.

The 3D does require the use of glasses to see the images (unlike other small format 3D screens such as Nintendo 3DS). The 3D images will have a viewing angle of 160 degrees and will be able to display up to 16.77 million colors.

The 3D effect is created with a circular polarizing film known as Xpol, developed by Arisawa Manufacturing. The film needs to be precisely placed on the screen because this technology shows images for the left and right eye alternately on each line, halving the vertical resolution.

In 2010, Ortus Technology Co., Ltd. was established to develop, manufacture, and conduct sales of small and medium-sized displays. Its shareholders are Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. and Casio Computer Co., Ltd.

Ortus Technology, initially to specialize in the small and medium-sized LCD business it has taken over from Casio Computer, now looks for its future in OLED.

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Nvidia demos a quad-core version of its Tegra processor at Computex 2011, saying devices carrying the processor will start hitting the market in September 2011.

Bearing the codename "Kal-El" (that's Superman's Kryptonian name, won't you know), the quad-core Tegra should first appear in tablets, before showing up in smartphones. Nvidia fails to mention any vendors by name, but one can safely assume the list will include any of Nvidia's current partners (which include Motorola, Dell, Sony and Asus).

The company says the chip is not only be more capable than Tegra 2 but also is more power-efficient, resulting in better game graphics and longer battery lives.

Nvidia says this latest offering is the world's first quad-core tablet chip-- although one doubts Qualcomm and Texas Instruments are sitting on their laurels. In fact, Qualcomm announced a quad-core Snapdragon chip earlier this year at Barcelona's Mobile World Congress (where "Kal-El" was also first announced).

Meanwhile back at Computex, Nvidia also announces Tegra 2 shipments will reach 10m units by June's end. The chipset also receives another accolade at the show-- specifically the "Best Choice" award for smart handheld devices from the Taipei Computer Association.

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