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Panasonic to Add New 65″ at ISE

by Bob Raikes

Panasonic will add a new model to its large format professional display series with the TH-65EF1 at ISE. The unit includes a USB media player and can allow content to be scheduled and controlled …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Panasonic| Vol 24 - Issue 02

VESA Enjoying DP Success – But Lots to Be Done

by Bob Raikes

VESA was at the show to promote, in particular, the DisplayPort standard which can now take advantage of the latest chips supporting HBR3, which was announce back in 2014, going beyond the previous HBR2 …

Tags:Display Stream (DSC)| DisplayPort| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| VESA| Vol 24 - Issue 02

AOpen Claims Smallest Chromebox

by Bob Raikes

AOpen has announced two new Chrome-based boxes. The Chromebase Mini is an interactive 10.1″ all-in-one touchscreen solution. It’s designed to be managed with ease, reliability, and security for high-traffic enterprise environments and applications including …

Tags:Chrome| Chromebooks| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 02

There’s More than One Way to Make a WCG LCD

by Bob Raikes

One of the interesting topics that has developed over the last couple of years has been the development of wider colour gamut (WCG) LCDs. We’ve reported a lot on the QD approach, but QDs, …

Tags:LCD Backlights| Phosphors| Vol 24 - Issue 03| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

Android 7 Gets to Shield and (later) Sony

by Bob Raikes

Google is updating the Android TV platform and Sony will update its sets to use that version of the operating system in the future. Version 6 was rolled out relatively recently by Sony (Android …

Tags:Android| Large Display Monitor| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 02

JCD Develops Business Lounge Network at Heathrow

by Bob Raikes

JC Decaux in the UK said that it has started the roll out of a new digital network, the ‘Business Lounge iVisions’ which use 80″ displays, at London’s Heathrow Airport. Initially, three displays have …

Tags:Aviation| DOOH| JCDecaux| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 02

Sharp To Show New 70″ Video Wall Display

by Bob Raikes

Sharp is expected to show a new 70″ video wall display at ISE next month and will be displayed in a 4 x 1 array, aimed at luxury retailers. The model number will be …

Tags:ISE 2017| Large Display Monitor| sharp| Vol 24 - Issue 02

CES 2017 Round-Up

by Bob Raikes

Analogix was showing how its DisplayPort-based Slimport products could be used for VR applications, especially as it has developed SlimPort to MIPI display controllers that are available in single MIPI, dual Mipi or dual …

Tags:Blue Light| CES 2017| Corning| DisplayPort| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Roku| TCL| Touch| Unipixel| USB| Vol 24 - Issue 02| WiGIG| Xiaomi| ZTE

ViewSonic Boosting Colour Quality

by Bob Raikes

At Digital Experience, we saw a projector TV demo from Viewsonic. The projector is a short throw model with a 1080p imager and is lamp, not laser phosphor based to save money. Viewsonic says …

Tags:Colour Critical Monitors| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Projectors| ViewSonic| Vol 24 - Issue 02

NEC Adds Five Lamp-based Projectors

by Bob Raikes

NEC has added five new lamp-based projectors to its PA series, with resolutions of XGA, WXGA and WUXGA resolutions. All the new models use LCD-based engines and have the latest scaler chip which can …

Tags:Installation Projectors| Large Display Monitor| LCD Projectors (3LCD)| NEC| Vol 24 - Issue 02

NVidia Looking at GPUs to Enable Deep Learning and Autonomous Vehicles – Shows HDR Monitor

by Bob Raikes

The Nvidia keynote was the opening one of CES, so the first section of the talk was a pitch for CES, highlighting the 50 year history. CTA president, Gary Shapiro, then came on to …

Tags:Automotive| CES 2017| Desktop Monitors| HDR - High Dynamic Range| High Brightness Displays| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Nvidia| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)| Vol 24 - Issue 02

CTA Celebrates 50 Years of CES

by Bob Raikes

The CTA held the opening event which followed the traditional format with Shawn Dubravac and Steve Koenig of the organisation giving, first, a view on technology and then a report on global markets. Dubravac …

Tags:CES 2017| CTA (was CEA)| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 02