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Showstoppers is Busy – Blame the Beer!

by Bob Raikes

The first event that we got to at MWC was the Showstoppers event that took place in Central Barcelona. There were plenty of journalists, but not that many exhibitors. Amazing the reaction you can …

Nintendo Switch Goes Global & Hits Complaints about Dead Pixels

by Bob Raikes

Nintendo has launched the Switch console (Nintendo Switch will launch on March 3 for $300 / €300) globally with US pricing at $299. However, the company has hit some complaints about dead pixels on …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Nintendo| Nintendo Consoles| Vol 24 - Issue 09

New Panasonic TV Interface Gets Good Reviews

by Bob Raikes

More information is coming out about the Panasonic 2017 platform for its smart TVs, which is based on Firefox, although Mozilla has abandoned development of the OS. (Mozilla Stops Firefox OS Development). Panasonic is …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Panasonic| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 09

ECR 2017 Round-Up

by Bob Raikes

Last year we reported on the MedTab, the first DICOM-compatible tablet that is certified for diagnostics (IIS Looks for OEMs for Dicom Tablet). The company told us that it remains the only DICOM tablet …

Tags:Dicom Medical Calibration| ECR 2017| Large Display Monitor| Medical| Vol 24 - Issue 09

Jusha Has Unusual 1MP Monitor

by Bob Raikes

Jusha of China had the biggest booth of the Chinese brands, again, and showed us its new C62 monitor that will replace the C61 monitor which is 30″ 6 megapixel monitor. The IPS panel …

Totoku to Shift to JVC Name

by Bob Raikes

Totoku was taken over by JVC a couple of years ago (the companies each had a significant presence in the broadcast monitor market). However, later this year the medical business will adopt the JVC …

Eizo Has New Review and Diagnostic Monitors

by Bob Raikes

The first new monitor that we looked at on the Eizo booth was a clinical review monitor, the MX315W, that we reported on previously (Eizo RadiForce Monitor Has Highest Brightness). The monitor is a …

Barco Still Looking for ‘Better Outcomes’

by Bob Raikes

Barco was showing one new monitor, a 5 (5.8) megapixel monitor that it calls the Nio Color 5MP. This sits in the range below the 12 megapixel Uniti monitor that it showed first a …

ECR Less Interesting than Prior Years

by Bob Raikes

This impressive projection mapped display welcomed delegate at ECR 2017. I’m not sure that the skull gave the kind of positive message, but delegates are mainly radiologists, so may see it differently! Image:MekoThe ECR …

Tags:Dicom Medical Calibration| ECR 2017| Large Display Monitor| Medical| Vol 24 - Issue 09

LG to Launch Steam-based VR Headset

by Bob Raikes

At the Game Developers’ Conference (GDC), SteamVR said that LG is working on a new headset that will use the SteamVR platform. A prototype headset shown at the event used a 1440 x 1280 …

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 09

MWC Lively, but Not Much in Displays

by Bob Raikes

This week’s MWC was a bit of a disappointment from a display and handset point of view. It’s usually the place that Samsung launches its latest flagship smartphone, but the Note7 debacle meant extra …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2017| Vol 24 - Issue 08

Power Is Nothing Without Batteries

by Bob Raikes

I’m writing this editorial on the plane on the way back from the MWC event in Barcelona. My tablet is having to be used with its ‘hunt and peck’ keyboard. Although I’m usually very …