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Wareable Takes a Closer Look at Star Wars VR Experience

by Andrew Fenn

Disney has launched a Star Wars-themed, location-based VR experience called Secrets of the Empire at its Disneyland and Disney World locations in the US. Secrets of the Empire was created by The Void and …

Tags:AR/VR| Location-based Entertainment (LBE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 15

TCL Multimedia Announces LCD TV Sales Volume for 2018 Q1

by Andrew Fenn

TCL Multimedia has announced sales volumes of its TV products during the first quarter of 2018, which continued to grow, rising by 35.6% year-on-year, to 6,374,423 sets. Sales of Smart and Ultra HD TVs …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| TCL| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 25 - Issue 15

Siewert & Kau Signs New Distribution Deal with Vivitek

by Andrew Fenn

IT distribution company Siewert & Kau is further expanding its digital signage range, inking a new deal with manufacturer Vivitek. The agreement covers the company’s NovoConnect, NovoTouch and NovoDS products, as well as its …

Tags:Collaboration| Delta| Distribution| Interactive Displays| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 15

More Ups and Downs for Taiwan Manufacturers in 2018 Q1

by Andrew Fenn

Acer has reported revenues of NT$22.64 billion ($773.5 million) for March, a small growth of 1.42% year-on-year. Revenue in the first quarter of 2018 reached NT$54.77 billion ($US1.87 billion), down 2.28% on the same …

Tags:Acer| Compal| Financial Data| Foxconn (Honhai)| Large Display Monitor| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| ODMs & OEMs| Quanta| Taiwan| TSMC| Vol 25 - Issue 14

New Research Reveals Shift in Worldwide Commercial Display Purchases

by Andrew Fenn

During the next three years, buyers of display products (direct-view and projection) anticipate 20% growth in the number of displays per location, even as replacement cycles grow longer due to more durable technology, according …

Tags:Avixa (was Infocomm)| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Mobile Display Monitor| PMA Research| Vol 25 - Issue 15

Federal Trade Commission Clamps Down on Warranty Void Stickers

by Andrew Fenn

The Federal Trade Commission has decreed that stickers on products that have warnings such as “warranty void if removed” are not valid in the United States and has also prohibited the voiding of warranties …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Vol 25 - Issue 14| warranty

Red Dot Award for Diebold Nixdorf Retail Kiosk Solution

by Andrew Fenn

Diebold Nixdorf has been awarded the Red Dot Product Design Award for its K-two retail kiosk solution. The Red Dot Awards are selected by 40 independent designers, design professors and trade journalists. The K-two …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| Kiosks| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 14

New Toshiba Displays for 120 Supermarkets in Germany

by Andrew Fenn

Toshiba and partner MIB recently completed a project, providing German supermarket chain Edeka and its subsidiaries with 120 new digital displays. The company’s large-format TD-E493 49″ screen has been used, capable of 16 hours …

Tags:Digital Signage| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Retail| toshiba| Vol 25 - Issue 15

IDC: Traditional PC Market Exceeds Expectations in 2018 Q1

by Andrew Fenn

Worldwide shipments of traditional PCs totalled 60.4 million units and recorded flat year-on-year growth in the first quarter of 2018, according to IDC. The results exceeded the earlier forecast of a 1.5% decline and …

Tags:IDC| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| Vol 25 - Issue 14

Gartner: US PC Shipments Declined 2.9% 2018 Q1

by Andrew Fenn

In the US, PC shipments totaled 11.8 million units in the first quarter of 2018, a 2.9% decrease from the first quarter of 2017, according to Gartner. Dell moved into the number-one position in …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| USA| Vol 25 - Issue 14

MaxLinear and Geniatech Target Live TV on Mobile Devices

by Andrew Fenn

MaxLinear, a provider of radio frequency, analogue and mixed-signal integrated circuits for the connected home, wired and wireless infrastructure, and industrial and multimarket applications, has announced that Geniatech has selected its MxL692 ATSC receiver …

Tags:Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| Terrestrial (DTT)| Vol 25 - Issue 14

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Ericsson Media Solutions Launches End-to-End UHD Content Platform

by Andrew Fenn

Media Solutions has announced the launch of its MediaFirst End-to-End Ultra High Definition solution, a software-based, multi-application media processing and encoding platform to deliver UHD content from camera to consumer. The new solution leverages …

Tags:4k| Ericsson| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 25 - Issue 14