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MEA…As Tablets Shift to Tier 2 Vendors

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There was a 2% fall in tablet shipments in MEA between Q1’14 and Q2’14, according to IDC. As well as the expected fall due to the traditionally slow summer season and Ramadan, shipments were …

Tags:IDC| Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| tablets| 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

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

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

Medion Impresses With Specs and Price

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Medion is the consumer brand of Lenovo. This year it was showing several notebook/tablet hybrids designed for mobile and extended use, in the Akoya range. However, our eyes were first caught by the larger …

Tags:IFA 2014| Large Display Monitor| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21

LG Moves Past P-OLED Problems

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LG is obviously deeply committed to OLED TVs, but our first stop on the stand was its OLED smartwatch, the G Watch R. Attracting a lot of attention from consumers, the product is the …

Tags:IFA 2014| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21

Lenovo Gets Tiny

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Lenovo was a bit frustrated at the show. The company had held a press event on the Thursday, but because of the Intel keynote on Friday, could not announce that new systems used the …

Tags:IFA 2014| Large Display Monitor| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| PCs| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21

Haier’s New TV Will be a Doctor on Your Wall

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Haier unveiled a range of new products and – as always – concepts for the future. The company has shown wirelessly-powered and thought-controlled TVs in the past; this year, it demonstrated the U9000 modular …

Tags:Haier| IFA 2014| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TVs (TV Sets)| 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