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Broadpeak Claims 90% Latency Drop for OTT

by Bob Raikes

Broadpeak, of Rennes, France and a supplier of content delivery network (CDN) technologies and live and VoD servers for content providers and pay-TV operators worldwide said that it has a new low latency service …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 09

Ericsson and Vodafone Find Delays Cause Stress

by Bob Raikes

Ericsson and Vodafone have undertaken research in Germany on delays in broadband and have found, using Electroencephalography (EEG) equipment to measure brain activity, that even small delays and disturbances raise the level of tension …

Tags:Ericsson| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vodafone| Vol 24 - Issue 09

Alternative Materials for Thin, Flexible LEDs

by Bob Raikes

An article in Photonics Online has explained research published in Nanoscale Horizons on work by researchers at the Ultrafast Laser Lab at the University of Kansas to use ‘atomically thin’ layers of molybdenum disulfide …

Tags:Graphene| Large Display Monitor| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 07

Google ‘Removes’ Headsets to Improve Shared Experience

by Bob Raikes

In a blog post, Google Research has pointed out that shared VR experiences are less compelling than they might be, because the face of the users are blocked by the use of headsets. Google …

Tags:AR/VR| Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 07

JCDecaux & TfL Celebrate in London

by Bob Raikes

JCDecaux has celebrated the 500th digital installation on the Transport for London (TfL) bus shelter network in London. JCDecaux said that it has a vision to make London a ‘global showcase for digital Out-of-Home’. …

Tags:DOOH| JCDecaux| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 24 - Issue 08

ISE 2017 Grows Again

by Bob Raikes

In some ways, ISE was a bit disappointing from a display point of view, with no really significant breakthroughs, at least none that we hadn’t seen before. Of course, on the other hand, there …

Tags:ISE 2017| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 06

ISE 2017 Round Up

by Bob Raikes

AG Neovo was showing a new 55″ dual sided LCD totem design for indoor use. The unit has an empty base which can be used for a driving PC or system.The company can also …

Tags:Brightsign| HDR - High Dynamic Range| High Brightness Displays| ISE 2017| Large Display Monitor| Leyard| Peerless AV| Sim2| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Touch| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Xilinx Supporting Transcoding

by Bob Raikes

Xilinx didn’t seem sure they wanted to talk to us, but when they decided that we might know something about video compression and FPGAs, they seemed to change their minds! At the show, the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Semiconductors| Transcoders| Vol 23 - Issue 17| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Vestel Promotes Itself as Finlux

by Bob Raikes

Vestel was branded as Finlux at ISE. The company told us that it retains its focus on OEM business, but it owns the Finlux brand, which is widely recognised in Europe and so there …

Tags:ISE 2017| Large Display Monitor| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vestel| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Toshiba Developing Despite Corporate Troubles

by Bob Raikes

Toshiba is having a torrid time at the corporate level, but the professional display business seems to be steadily progressing. Toshiba has a good history in hotel TV (being, I think, the first company …

Tags:Hospitality TVs| ISE 2017| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| toshiba| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Impact of Foxconn Acquisiton Shows at Sharp

by Bob Raikes

Sharp’s new concentration on displays since the acquisition by Foxconn (most of the business in Europe is currently in printing) was obvious at ISE, where the company had a bigger presentation and with six …

Tags:ISE 2017| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| OPS| sharp| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Philips Adds LED to a Strong Mix

by Bob Raikes

Philips organised its booth around vertical markets and applications. Over the last couple of years, the company has started to put together a very solid story in its go-to-market strategy. We heard that Chris …

Tags:Hospitality TVs| ISE 2017| Large Display Monitor| Philips| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Video Walls| Vol 24 - Issue 06