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Userful Updates for Multi-Window

by Bob Raikes

Userful, which has a software-based video wall system, said that it now has a multi-window function that allows users to divide displays and video walls into sections within the bezels of the screens, splitting …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Software| Video Walls| Vol 24 - Issue 31

NCR Introduces Windows 10 IoT Enterprise for ATMs

by Bob Raikes

NCR Corp has used Microsoft’s Windows 10 Internet of Things (IoT) Enterprise software with a “leading European financial institution”. The implementation, a first for the global retail banking industry, will enable banks to future-proof …

Tags:ATMs| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 31| Windows

MoviePass Sees Boom with Price Cut

by Bob Raikes

In the US, movie theatres are clearly seeing the pressure. The Moviepass ‘all you can eat’ monthly pass for film viewing, which was originally launched in 2011, has seen its subscription base jump from …

Tags:Cinema| Cinema going| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 31

Essential Seen in the Wild

by Bob Raikes

Andy Rubin, one of the founders of Android (and who lead the project for eight years), is building a phone called “The Essential Phone”. We spotted an early brief review of the phone that …

Tags:Android| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 31

UX Awards to be Presented at IFA

by Bob Raikes

There will be an award ceremony at IFA to present winners of UX Design Awards which are intended to reward companies that have created good human interfaces that make interaction with products and systems …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| HMI| IFA 2017| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 31

More Details on Tesco Kiosks

by Bob Raikes

We reported last week on a deal by Evoke to put kiosks into Tesco. The company did not reply to our enquiry, but we were able to find out that a total of 250 …

Tags:Kiosks| Large Display Monitor| Retail| Tesco| Vol 24 - Issue 31

Content and Devices

by Bob Raikes

We found plenty of news this week, so we have two separate issues of the newsletters this week. The news is starting to build up towards IFA and IBC, with Gamescon in between, so …

Tags:Apple| Editorial| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Movies & Content| Netflix| Vol 24 - Issue 30

Nikkei Highlights Japanese OLED Players

by Bob Raikes

The Nikkei has published a nice infographic that identifies the Japanese companies in materials and equipment that are profiting from the boom in investment and sales in OLEDs in Korea and China. As well …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| OLED Materials| Production Equipment| Vol 24 - Issue 31

Blur Busters Pushes Refresh Rates

by Bob Raikes

The Blur Busters website has reported on a new Zisworks UltraHD 120Hx monitor that has alternate modes that support frame rates at up to 480Hz, although at that frame rate, the resolution drops down …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| HFR - High Frame Rate| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 31

HMD Global Unveils Nokia 8

by Bob Raikes

HMD Global has released the Nokia 8 flagship smartphone which has a 5.3″ IPS display with 2560 x 1440 (16:9) with Gorilla Glass 5 protection. The Android phone is available in a single or …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Nokia| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 31

Apple Watch 3 in MP in Q4

by Bob Raikes

While some sources suggest that Apple may announce the next Apple Watch Series 3 in September, a Chinese language source has said that mass production will not start until Q4. The report said that …

Tags:Apple| Apple Watch (iWatch)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 31

OLED TV to Dominate High End Says IHS Markit

by Bob Raikes

IHS has said that OLED will grow to dominate the TV market for sets that cost more than $1,000 which took 5% of the overall market in 2016, but more than 20% of revenues. …

Tags:IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| OLED TVs| Vol 24 - Issue 30