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Dell Boosts its IFA Presence in Displays

by Bob Raikes

Dell had a number of displays at the show and, overall, had more of a presence than it has previously had at the event with additional marketing and advertising as well as a bigger …

Tags:Dell| Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| IFA 2017| Large Display Monitor| Mixed Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 33

The Waiting’s Over:Apple Shows the X

by Bob Raikes

Much of the news from the Apple press event this week was not a surprise as there have been an uncharactertistic number of leaks. However, there were some surprises from the company in the …

Tags:Apple| Apple Watch (iWatch)| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 34

Barco Residential’s new Medea 4K is ‘Entry Level’

by Bob Raikes

Barco has announced a new projector for home use, the Medea 4K, with a new optical engine and light source that is joining the Barco Residential range as an ‘entry level’ UltraHD laser projector. …

Tags:Barco| Home Cinema| Large Display Monitor| Laser Phosphor Projectors| Vol 24 - Issue 34

TI DLP UHD Reference Design Available

by Bob Raikes

Texas Instruments has released the DLP660TE chipset reference design for its UltraHD DLP. The DLP chip is a 0.66″ unit and the reference design can support brightness up to 5,000 Ansi Lumens. TI sees …

Tags:DLP| Large Display Monitor| TI (Texas Instruments)| Vol 24 - Issue 34

European Retailers Look to Video

by Bob Raikes

Brightcove has conducted research among European retailers and has found that they are looking at how to develop their brands using video content. 61% already offer some kind of content services, but a further …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Retail| Vol 24 - Issue 36

Blu-Ray Disk Association Bullish on UltraHD

by Bob Raikes

We met with the Blu-Ray Disk Association on the Philips booth in the well-equipped Philips press area. The Association is doing well with player sales growing well – it claims that they are up …

Tags:Blu-ray Players| HDR - High Dynamic Range| IFA 2017| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 33

UHD Alliance Heads for the Next Phase

by Bob Raikes

We met with the UHD Alliance at the show – it had a meeting room that was in the Samsung area. The group now has 44 members and recently got a new Board of …

Tags:IFA 2017| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UltraHD| UltraHD Alliance| Vol 24 - Issue 33

IBC Catch Up

by Bob Raikes

The organisers of IBC reported that 57,669 visitors attended the event across the six days of the show and conference, a new record in the 50th event. The event will take place next year …

Tags:360 Degree Video| IBC 2017| Large Display Monitor| Samsung| Satellite| Security| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 37

Looking to the East at IFA

by Bob Raikes

In 2015, at the IFA conference run by IHS Markit, I was struck by a talk by Tom Morrod of IHS entitled “China is More Than Just a Factory”. I was reminded of the …

Tags:China| TCL| TV Production| Voice Input| Vol 24 - Issue 34

Lang To Show Live Event Projection

by Bob Raikes

Lang is hosting an event at its premises in Lindlar, Germany, to talk about blending and mapping of projection, with support from Panasonic, d3 and BlackTrax. There will be a big edge-blended projection setup …

Tags:Back Panel| Events| Germany| Lang| Large Display Monitor| Large Venue Projectors| Projection Mapping| Vol 24 - Issue 34

NEC Aims at Meeting Rooms and Education

by Bob Raikes

NEC Display Solutions Europe has launched three new projectors – P554U, P554W and P603X – in its P Series range and aimed at corporate meeting rooms and education. The projectors deliver brightness levels of …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD Projectors (3LCD)| NEC| Vol 24 - Issue 34

Panasonic Whiteboards Arriving

by Bob Raikes

Panasonic has added two large interactive displays to its range that are intended to be more affordable for education, so have infrared touch systems. The 75″ UltraGD direct-lit VA LCD panel (TH-75BQE1) and 65″ …

Tags:Interactive Displays| Large Display Monitor| Panasonic| Vol 24 - Issue 34