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PMA Research Names October’s Best-Selling Projectors

by Andrew Fenn

PMA Research has posted its most recent Projector Tracking Service results to its website. Home Entertainment Projectors: Optoma had a trio of projector make the top five list in October. The Optoma HD142X was …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| PMA Research| Projectors| Vol 24 - Issue 45

NOA Releases First Smartphone with 18:9 Screen Ratio

by Andrew Fenn

The Noa N8 will be the first smartphone from the Croatian manufacturer with an 18:9 screen ratio and is expected to appear in the market at the beginning of December this year. A 5.99″ …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 45

Scala Announces Media Players for Digital Signage Market

by Andrew Fenn

Scala, a part of Stratacache, has unveiled the addition of Scala Media Player hardware to its digital signage portfolio. Scala claims its branded players give customers a comprehensive, end-to-end solution to create, deploy and …

Tags:Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| Media Players| Scala (now Stratacache)| Vol 24 - Issue 45

Xiamen Changelight Expands LED Production with MOCVD Tech

by Andrew Fenn

Aixtron, said that the company has received an order for multiple AIX 2800G4-TM MOCVD cluster tools from Chinese optoelectronic manufacturer Xiamen Changelight, to expand its production capacity for gallium arsenide-based, red, orange and yellow …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Production Equipment| Vol 24 - Issue 45

Velocity Productions Chooses PixelFLEX for Lobby Display

by Andrew Fenn

Equifax is a global information solutions company with offices in 24 countries worldwide. The company recently opened a new facility in Atlanta, Georgia, working with AV Integration firm Velocity Productions. This new facility’s lobby …

Tags:Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| LED| Vol 24 - Issue 45

Automatic Frame Rate and Dynamic Range Switching for tvOS 11.2

by Andrew Fenn

The next update for tvOS (11.2) will add support for automatic frame rate and dynamic range switching to the Apple TV 4K. Once the option is enabled in the settings screen, the Apple TV …

Tags:Apple| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 45

Titanic Remastered in Dolby Vision HDR for 20th Anniversary

by Andrew Fenn

Dolby Laboratories, Paramount Pictures and AMC Theatres announced that Titanic will return to select theatres in the US for an exclusive one-week engagement. In celebration of the film’s 20-year anniversary, audiences across the US …

Tags:3D Cinema| Dolby Vision| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 45

New Daktronics Order from Virginia Department of Transportation

by Andrew Fenn

Daktronics has announced it has been chosen to design and manufacture 229 new displays along I-395 this year for the Virginia Department of Transportation (DOT) in the US. In 2012, the DOT installed 83 …

Tags:Daktronics| Large Display Monitor| LED| Transport| Vol 24 - Issue 45

MCI Choose Barco and Panasonic Projectors for University Project

by Andrew Fenn

Studio Hamburg MCI has released details of its 2017 project, equipping the new 27-hall auditorium centre at Germany’s RWTH Aachen University with a range of media technology. The centre’s three largest halls are all …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Pro AV| Vol 24 - Issue 45

IDC: Phablets to Overtake Regular Smartphone Shipments by 2019

by Andrew Fenn

According to a new forecast from IDC, overall smartphone shipments will steadily grow from 1.5 billion units in 2017 to 1.7 billion units in 2021. Meanwhile, phablets (smartphones with a screen size of 5.5″ …

Tags:Forecasts| IDC| Mobile Display Monitor| Operating Systems| Smartphone Market| Vol 24 - Issue 45

Vizio Brings NBC App to Select SmartCast TVs

by Andrew Fenn

Vizio announced the addition of the NBC app to Vizio SmartCast TV. The NBC app will join other top apps such as Amazon Video, Crackle, FandangoNOW, Hulu, iHeartRadio, Netflix, Pluto TV, Vudu and Xumo …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Smart TV| Vizio| Vol 24 - Issue 45

IDC: PC Device Market Is Expected to Decline Through 2021

by Andrew Fenn

According to the latest forecast from IDC, global shipments of personal computing devices (PCDs)—composed of traditional PCs (desktop, notebooks and workstations) and tablets (slate, detachable)—are expected to decline 2.7% year-on-year in 2017. While this …

Tags:Forecasts| IDC| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| Vol 24 - Issue 45