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HUD Lowers Crash Chance by 70%

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A head-up display, developed at Scotland’s Glasgow Caledonian University, alerts drivers to the location of other cars in poor visibility conditions. In a simulation, the HUD highlights other vehicles within a 400m distance on …

Tags:Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21

Canon Germany Names Marketing Director

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Canon Germany has appointed Marco Gottschalk as the new marketing director for Canon’s consumer imaging group (CIG).

Tags:Canon| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| People| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21

Christie Names New Home Entertainment Director

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Christie has announced that George Walter has joined the company in the role of director, home entertainment, reporting to Tony Barton, senior director, Americas Sales. Walter most recently served as VP of home cinema …

Tags:Christie| Large Display Monitor| People| USA| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21

B&O Hopes to Move You…to a Larger Size

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Earlier this year (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 19), Bang & Olufsen launched its new Beovision Avant 55 TV: ‘The one that moves’. Designed to fade into the background of the room when not …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| TVs (TV Sets)| UltraHD| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21

Asus Beats Competitors in Smartwatch Stakes

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Asus did not have a stand at IFA, but did take the stage at a pre-show event to introduce its latest products. It beat LG, Sony, Samsung and Apple to the post with a …

Tags:Asus| IFA 2014| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21

Plastic Logic Follows Through on Graphene Partnership

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As part of their partnership formed last year (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 26), the Cambridge Graphene Centre and Plastic Logic have demonstrated a flexible display using graphene in the pixels’ electronics. It is …

Tags:Backplanes| Graphene| Large Display Monitor| Plastic Logic| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21

Smart Signage Expands With Samsung

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Smart Signage is a Samsung digital signage offering first seen at ISE 2013 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 4). Smart Signage displays do not require an external media player; all of the electronics are …

Tags:Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Samsung| Vol 21 - Issue 36

Optoma…And Cinema Speeds to Gaming Projector

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Optoma unveiled its new HD141X DLP projector at the UK gaming festival, Insomnia, last month. Being announced at a gaming event, the projector naturally features a gaming mode, which optimises response times, contrast and …

Tags:DLP Projectors| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Optoma| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21

Optoma Brings High Brightness to the Home…

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Optoma has lifted the embargo on a home cinema projector that we heard about in July, with a cinematic 24fps mode and a gaming mode that lowers response times and raises the contrast ratio. …

Tags:DLP Projectors| Home Cinema| Large Display Monitor| Optoma| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21

NEC Daisy Chains Projectors Through Screen Splitter

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NEC’s new generation of PA-series 3LCD projectors, for corporate and education use in medium and large venues, can be daisy-chained to create an UltraHD image. NEC claims that this feature is an industry first …

Tags:Business Projectors| Large Display Monitor| LCD Projectors (3LCD)| NEC| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21

Lang Dims LED to Raise Contrast

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Lang AG has improved black levels on its Leyard LED displays. At ISE this year, the company showed the Leyard TV 1.9 LED display; now it has added the Leyard RTV 1.9 to its …

Tags:Lang| Large Display Monitor| Leyard| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21

Dell Stitches Images to Move Past UltraHD

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Dell has unveiled a host of new laptops and a very interesting monitor, which goes beyond UltraHD. Part of Dell’s Ultrasharp line-up, the UP2715K is still under development – a full specification list has …

Tags:Dell| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Resolution| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21