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Exertis Boosts Promethean Activity

by Bob Raikes

UK broadline distributor, Exertis, has added new staff to its AV division, Exertis Medium. Steve Shervington has been appointed Exertis Medium, business development manager for Promethean. Shervington joins from Genee World, a manufacturer of …

Tags:Distribution| Exertis| Large Display Monitor| Promethean| Vol 24 - Issue 27

And finally… How Not to Do UltraHD

by Bob Raikes

It’s not too difficult to criticise the efforts of some retailers to sell high specification products, but we couldn’t resist showing this hideous example that was posted on Reddit All that effort by display …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Retail| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 27

Kyulux & Wisechip to Commercialise TADF

by Bob Raikes

Kyulux is to work with WiseChip of Taiwan to commercialise TADF materials. WiseChip plans to be the first producer to use the TADF materials in a commercial product. Kyulux said that the materials will …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Materials| TADF| Vol 24 - Issue 27

Optoma Adds to UltraHD Home Projectors

by Bob Raikes

In addition to the UHD60 and UHD65 (Optoma UHD Projectors are Aggressively Priced), Optoma has released the UHD550X, an UltraHD DLP projector with 2,800 Ansi lumens and Rec 709 colour support. The lamp-based product …

Tags:DLP Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Optoma| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 27

Sigma Adds HDR10+ Support

by Bob Raikes

Sigma Designs said that it would support the HDR10+ HDR specification in its STV7803 and STV7804. The specification is being standardised by SMPTE as ST.2094-40. Sigma said that this is the third version of …

Tags:Chips| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Sigma Designs| Vol 24 - Issue 27

Microsoft to add Deep Neural Networks

by Bob Raikes

The next version of the Microsoft Hololens headset will have a special Deep Neural Network (DNN) chip according to a Microsoft blog. The current version has a Holographic Processing Unit, or HPU that processes …

Tags:AR/VR| Microsoft| Mixed Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 27

UBI Expects OLED to Dominate in AR/VR

by Bob Raikes

UBI Research said that it expects revenues of $58.7 billion for displays for AR and VR headsets by 2021. That will be a lot of growth as it forecasts revenues of just $3.9 billion …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 27

Arris Adds Three TiVo Boxes for Cable

by Bob Raikes

Arris International plc announced three set-top boxes providing the TiVo user experience, that support the NCTC VU-IT! Program, which is focused on enabling independent operators to deliver integrated OTT services alongside standard cable programming. …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 27

Heard of Rolling Shutter?

by Bob Raikes

A hat tip to DPReview, the photography site, for directing me to a really well done demonstration of the ‘rolling shutter’ phenomenon on many video cameras. If you’re not sure what it is, check …

Tags:Back Panel| Digital Photography| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Video Quality| Vol 24 - Issue 27

Global Smartphone Demand Peaks – ASPs Rise

by Bob Raikes

GfK has put out data on regional sales of smartphones and said that sales were 347 million in Q2 2017, up 4% year on year, with Emerging Asia growing 13%, Central and Eastern Europe …

Tags:GfK| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 24 - Issue 27

Littlebit Rolls Out Volvo Project

by Bob Raikes

Littlebit Technology has worked with Volvo in Switzerland to create a new in store presence for Volvo. The company worked in 85 showrooms in the country to add information displays and kiosks using different …

Tags:Automotive| Large Display Monitor| Retail| Switzerland| Vol 24 - Issue 27