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Mitsubishi Cube has 15 Year Life

by Bob Raikes

Mitsubishi Electric said that it has now upgraded the lifespan of its WE120 video wall cube to 130,000 hours, even in 24/7 operation – that’s 14.8 years by our calculation. The cubes previously were …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mitsubishi| Projection Cubes| Vol 25 - Issue 11| warranty

DVB Needs to be More Open

by Bob Raikes

The DTG in the UK published a short summary of the recent DVB World 2018 event and said that it was clear that DVB needs to get beyond its traditional standards in the physical …

Tags:DVB| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 25 - Issue 11

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AUO Developing MiniLED Backlights

by Bob Raikes

We recently saw reports from Taiwan that AUO has showcased a 27″ gaming monitor, a 15.6″ gaming notebook display and a 2″ VR display all based on miniLED backlight technology. We checked out the …

Tags:AUO| Direct Backlights| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 11

The Biggest VR Display?

by Bob Raikes

This was one of those weeks when there wasn’t a lot of news that was suitable for the front page. Still, we found plenty to talk about. I had hoped to get the report …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Editorial| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 10

Samsung Starts to ship Galaxy S9 and S9+

by Bob Raikes

Samsung Electronics has officially launched the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ in markets around the world. The company’s latest flagship smartphones are now available in stores in approximately 70 countries, including Korea, the U.S., …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 11

ViewSonic Joins UHD DLP Trend

by Bob Raikes

ViewSonic will start shipping a new home cinema projector, the PX7470-4K at the end of Q1. The unit has an UltraHD imager based on a DC3 0.47″ DLP with 3,500 Ansi lumens of output …

Tags:DLP Projectors| Home Theatre| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD| ViewSonic| Vol 25 - Issue 11

Toshiba AR100 is ‘Powered by Vuzix’

by Bob Raikes

We reported on a deal between Vuzix and Toshiba at the end of last year (Vuzix Signs Exclusive Supply Agreement with Toshiba) and now Toshiba has introduced dynaEdge AR glasses. The glasses can be …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| toshiba| Vol 25 - Issue 10| Vuzix

Lenovo Mirage Solo Launch Set

by Bob Raikes

The Lenovo Mirage standalone VR headset that was launched at CES (Lenovo Maintains Innovation at CES) is now available for pre-order at $399.99 and will start to ship immediately after the Google I/O conference …

Tags:AR/VR| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 10

Fitbit Versa Uses LCD Display

by Bob Raikes

Fitbit has created a new metal-cased smartwatch, the Fitbit Versa. As you would expect, Fitbit highlighted the health-related features and the company said it has a 4+ days battery life. The display is a …

Tags:Fitbit| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 25 - Issue 10

Asus ProArt PA32UC Finally Ships

by Bob Raikes

The much previewed and trailled Asus ProArt PA32UC monitor has finally been released after more than a year since the first sighting. The unit has a 384 zone FALD HDR monitor with 1,000 cd/m² …

Tags:Asus| Colour Critical Monitors| Desktop Monitors| High Brightness Displays| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 10

AGC To Show Glass for Flexible Displays at SID

by Bob Raikes

Asahi Glass (AGC) said that it has developed a very thin glass (0.07mm) that is flexible enough to allow it to be used as a cover glass for flexible displays as it is said …

Tags:Asahi Glass Corporation (AGC)| Flexible Displays| Glass| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 10

KVMs Important in ATC

by Bob Raikes

The ATC industry, of course, has to have a lot of resilience and so KVMs to support duplicate and redundant systems are very important. There were several suppliers at the show and we spoke …

Tags:KVMs| Large Display Monitor| Video over IP (VIP)| Vol 25 - Issue 10| World ATM Congress 2018