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LGD Opens First Overseas LCD Panel Plant in China

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LG Display (LGD) held an opening ceremony earlier this week for its first overseas LCD panel fabrication plant in Guangzhou, China, expanding its presence by adding to its existing module assembly plant in the …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| LCD Module Assembly| LG Displays (LGD)| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21

CSR Pursued by Microchip

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Microchip Technology, of the USA, has approached UK-based Cambridge Silicon Radio (CSR) with an acquisition offer. CSR announced that it had rejected Microchip’s preliminary offer as too low, according to the EE Times. Microchip …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21

Acer to Set-Up VC Fund

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Acer is reported to have set up a venture capital fund as it seeks long-term investments to strengthen its technology development. Acer Venture Capital manages more that NT$1 billion ($33.5 million) and is overseen …

Tags:Acer| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21

Vue Cinemas to Upgrade to Sony 3D

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Vue Entertainment International is upgrading around 400 of its Sony 4k projection systems across Europe to Sony Digital Cinema 3D. The conversion process is expected to take three to four years and will be …

Tags:3D Cinema| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| sony| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21

Queues Form Early at Apple’s New York Store

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Apple’s much anticipated media event is not scheduled to take place until 9th September and no-one can be sure what the company will be announcing, but that hasn’t deterred some Apple fans from camping …

Tags:Apple| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21

Pixels Helps Bring About the Digital Revolution

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Pixels, a European distributor of digital media players and AV systems, supplied 50 BrightSign media players for the Digital Revolution exhibition at London’s Barbican Centre. Digital Revolution is described as an immersive exhibition of …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Media Players| Museums & Exhibitions| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21

Panasonic Projectors Chosen for German News Studio

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A TV studio for one of Germany’s most traditional news programmes has been equipped with Panasonic projectors behind an 18 metre media wall, delivering content 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The …

Tags:Back Panel| Installation Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Panasonic| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21

‘G’ by Guess Chooses Casio Projectors

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‘G’ by Guess, a chain of stores in the USA, has installed more than 100 Casio projectors in various locations. More installations across the US are planned this year. Casio’s XJ-H1700 was one of …

Tags:Back Panel| Casio| Hybrid LED (Laser)| Large Display Monitor| Retail| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21

Daktronics’ Displays Chosen for Baku Olympic Stadium

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Daktronics is providing a new LED super-system featuring two HD video displays to the Baku Olympic Stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan. Each display will feature a 15HD pixel layout and measure 10.97 metres high by …

Tags:Back Panel| CEDIA 2014| Large Display Monitor| LED| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21

CEDIA Celebrates 25 Years

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The Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association (CEDIA) is celebrating its 25th anniversary at CEDIA 2014 this month. Formed in Chicago in 1989, the group’s meetings soon moved to Las Vegas. Today, CEDIA takes …

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Microsoft ‘Solves’ Cloud Latency for Gaming

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A white paper by Microsoft Research details a way to lower latency in cloud gaming, using a project called Delorean. In cloud gaming, very little processing is done on the user’s device. Instead, a …

Tags:Cloud Computing| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Vol 21 - Issue 34| Volume 21

Samsung’s TV Monitors Combine Best of Both

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Samsung’s newest TVs, the 24″ T24D310ES LED and 28″ T28D310ES LED, aim to cover all the ways in which users can receive content: be it broadcast TV, PC or console games, Blu-ray films, an …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Samsung| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 21 - Issue 34| Volume 21