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Absen Targets LCD Applications

by Bob Raikes

Absen Inc in the US has launched a new fixed indoor LED range that were announced at the WFX Conference and Expo. The die cast aluminium cabinets are available in 1.2mm, 1.5mm, 1.9mm, 2.5mm …

Tags:Absen| Large Display Monitor| LED| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 24 - Issue 38

Any Object Used for Remote Control

by Bob Raikes

The BBC has reported that a researcher from Lancaster University has developed a Matchpoint remote control system that uses a webcam and any object to act as a remote control. The user moves the …

Tags:Gesture Recognition| Large Display Monitor| Remote Controls| Vol 24 - Issue 38

Barco 4K DLP L/P Unit is Quiet

by Bob Raikes

To complete its offer for the fixed installation market, Barco is extending its F-series platform with a flexible new projector, the F80. Billed as “the silent” F”, it brings three powerful assets to museums …

Tags:4K DCI| Barco| DLP Projectors| Installation Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Laser Phosphor Projectors| Vol 24 - Issue 38

Samsung Develops Sensitive X-Ray Detector Material

by Bob Raikes

Samsung has developed a new X-Ray detector material that is said to be 20 times more sensitive than existing detectors and is based on perovskite material as well as being cheaper than existing materials. …

Tags:Dicom Medical Calibration| Large Display Monitor| Medical| Perovskite| Vol 24 - Issue 38

Samsung Considering MicroLED for TV

by Bob Raikes

The Korea Herald reports that Samsung is accelerating its development of TVs based on microLED as its QLED TVs continue to struggle against OLED in the market. A move to microLED would also provide …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MicroLED| OLED TVs| Samsung| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 38

No Negatives from LED Li-Fi

by Bob Raikes

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have found that using LEDs to transmit data (using either on-off keying or modulating brightness by a small degree) do not have an impact on the use of …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Li-Fi| Mobile Display Monitor| R&D (Research & Development)| Vol 24 - Issue 38

New Kindle is Waterproof

by Bob Raikes

Although Amazon didn’t mention the Kindle when it recently updated its Echo line, the company is still developing the eBook range and has updated the top of the range Kindle Oasis. The new version …

Tags:Amazon| EPD (Electrophoretic)| eReaders| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 38

Hitachi Pushes to 5,000 Lumens

by Bob Raikes

Hitachi in the US has announced the CPWX5500, a new 3LCD (0.59″ panels) with 1280 x 800 resolution and producing 5,200 Ansi lumens with 10,000:1 contrast. The lens has a 1.6:1 manual zoom and …

Tags:Hitachi| Large Display Monitor| LCD Projectors (3LCD)| Projectors| Vol 24 - Issue 38

Amazon Working on Wearable Alexa

by Bob Raikes

Amazon is reported by the FT to be working on a version of its Echo devices that would be like a pair of smart glasses and would support the Alexa voice assistant. Amazon wouldn’t …

Tags:Amazon| Mobile Display Monitor| Voice Input| Vol 24 - Issue 38

HP Updates 13.3″ Spectre Portfolio

by Bob Raikes

HP introduced some new notebooks including the second generation Spectre 13 – claimed to be the world’s thinnest touch laptop and with a FullHD display and using the latest 8th Generation Intel core processors. …

Tags:HP Inc| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 24 - Issue 38

Hollywood Directors Abhor Motion Interpolation

by Bob Raikes

A number of Hollywood directors, encouraged by James Gunn who calls the effect ‘Satan’s Spectacles’, has complained about the technology in TVs that smooths out 24fps movie material to higher frame rates. Gunn has …

Tags:Cinema| HFR - High Frame Rate| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 38

Fraunhofer to Show Bidirectional Microdisplays

by Bob Raikes

Fraunhofer FEP is planning to show new bidirectional OLED microdisplays in a VR headset at the AWE Europe event in Munich on the 19th and 20th of October. The group has modified an existing …

Tags:Fraunhofer| Gaze Recognition| Microdisplays| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 38