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It was a combination of sight and sound at the Sama Prosound booth , which distributes brands such as Shure , Allen & Heath , Genelec , HK Audio , TC Electronics , Radial Engineering , Media Matrix and Konig & Meyer .
for companies to determine the extent to which IP-based services are likely to be expanded .”
FOR-A exhibited a wide range of 12G-SDI-based devices and equipment that “ forms the new standard ” for 4K / UHD production , stressing in particular processors , routers , converters and multiviewers that could be used in any production environment , including HD and 4K / UHD .
A spacious , yet crowded , booth that attracted plenty of visitor attention was that of Dongyang Digital , distributors in South Korea for a range of renowned brands , including Harman , Studer , Broadcast Solutions , Fairlight , Riedel , Tamura , Lawo , Wohler and Vista .
A company keen to attract a multinational audience was Sama Prosound , a constituent of the SAMA Group , and distributors in South Korea for global brands such as Shure , Allen & Heath , Genelec ,
HK Audio , TC Electronics , Radial Engineering , Media Matrix and Konig & Meyer .
“ We are showing several new products at our booth this year ,” said Seth Kim , manager , Planning and Marketing Department , Sama Prosound . “ Among others , we are featuring the Shure KSM8 microphone , the Linear 5 LTS A and Lucas Nano 608i custom speakers from HK Audio , the Genelec 8351A speaker , the Allen & Heath DLive 5000 audio mixing console and the Media Matrix Nion n6 .”
Meanwhile , SK Telecom has successfully commercialised fiveband Carrier Aggregation ( CA ) and 4X4 MIMO , which are key technologies of LTE-A Pro , the last stage of the LTE ( long-term evolution ) standard . Engineers from the company are currently checking the telecommunications network for five-band CA in Seoul .
Five-band CA is a core LTE-A
Jaehyeon Ju , manager , Corporate R & D Centre of SK Telecom , told KOBA 2017 visitors : The South Korean telco has successfully commercialised five-band Carrier Aggregation ( CA ) and 4X4 MIMO , which are key technologies of LTE-A Pro , the last stage of the LTE ( long-term evolution ) standard .
Pil Hwan Yoon , chief operating officer of Galaxia Electronics : WinVision is “ the next-generation image display solution which has high colour reproducibility capable of realising a detailed description , such as that of skin texture ”.
Pro technology that enhances data transmission speed and performance by aggregating five component carriers . SK Telecom ’ s five-band CA LTE-A Pro service supports up to 700Mbps data rates , enabling users to supposedly download an HD movie ( 2GB ) within 23 seconds .
“ The five-band CA LTE-A Pro service currently covers 53 cities in South Korea ,” said Jaehyeon Ju , manager , Corporate R & D Centre of SK Telecom . “ We have also launched the 900Mbps LTE-A Pro service by combining three-band / four-band CA and 4X4 MIMO . Our 900Mbps LTE-A Pro service currently covers main areas of six major cities — Seoul , Busan , Daegu , Gwangju , Daejeon and Ulsan .”
“ We expect that the five-band CA LTE-A Pro service and 900Mbps LTE-A Pro service , when combined , will cover more than 50 % of the South Korean population by the end of this year .”
Among the most attractive booths in the exhibition was the one put up by Galaxia Electronics , a subsidiary of the multi-faceted Hyosung Group , which boasts multibillion-dollar annual sales . The company was showcasing its WinVision brand of LED ( lightemitting diodes ) displays in two huge sizes — 300 inches and 150 inches .
“ Ours is the world ’ s first seethrough type high-definition LED display system that is ideal for indoor use in places like shopping malls , auditoriums , company building lobbies and conference rooms , and gives you 4K / UHD quality ,” said Pil Hwan Yoon , chief operating
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