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BenQ Makes Zowie Zone for eSports Centres

by Bob Raikes

BenQ has released the Zowie Zone which it describes as a ‘complete ESports experience’ and will be made available to gaming centres around the world. Features include accessible ports and height adjustment. A single …

Tags:BenQ| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 01

DisplayLink Demos Wireless Connections

by Bob Raikes

DisplayLink is having a good time at the moment. It started by showing us how its data can be transmitted over the Snap 60GHz wireless connection, a proof of concept that could mean wireless …

Tags:CES 2017| DisplayLink| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| USB| Vol 24 - Issue 02| Wireless

Acer Chromebook 11 N7 Is Mil Spec Ruggedised – for Classrooms!

by Bob Raikes

Acer knows that students are tough on technology – its latest Chromebook, the 11 N7 (C731) is built to military specifications (MIL-STD 810G), but is intended for education customers. The device has an 11.6″ …

Tags:Acer| Chromebooks| Education| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 01

Everlight Loses Nichia LED Patent Appeal

by Bob Raikes

The court of appeal in Düsseldorf, Germany, has confirmed that Everlight and its German subsidiary were in breach of Nichia’s patents, so Everlight’s appeal against the early decision in favour of Nichia has been …

Tags:Germany| Large Display Monitor| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Nichia| Patents| Vol 24 - Issue 01

Huawei supports Vodafone Spain’s 4K offer

by Bob Raikes

Vodafone Spain plans to boost the UltraHD content on its network, using Docsis 3.1 technology from Huawei that is said to support up to 1Gbps symmetric speeds. Deployment will start in major cities and …

Tags:Huawei| Large Display Monitor| Spain| UltraHD| Vodafone| Vol 24 - Issue 01

Distec Reinforces Displays Against Fire

by Bob Raikes

Distec of Germany will show fire resistant displays at the forthcoming ISE show, using a new G30 protective glass. The displays, in the POS-Line BLO range, will automatically power off if heat is too …

Tags:Back Panel| ISE 2017| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 01

And finally…. A Braille Joke

by Bob Raikes

Mars has run a campaign that uses Malteser chocolate-shaped braille signs on a bus shelter. The braille said “Caught a really fast bus once, turns out it was a fire engine.”, a joke that …

Tags:Back Panel| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 24 - Issue 01

Some Samsung Wearables Now Support iOS

by Bob Raikes

Samsung has now made some of its Gear smartwatches, the S3, S2 and Gear Fit2, compatible with Apple’s iOS with Gear S and Gear Fit apps available for download from Apple’s App store. Over …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartwatches| Vol 24 - Issue 01

Enterprise Wearables to Shift to Body-worn Devices says ABI

by Bob Raikes

The enterprise wearable market is experiencing a shift from wrist-worn devices to body- and head-worn wearables said ABI Research which forecasts enterprise wearable shipments will grow from 30 million shipments in 2016 to nearly …

Tags:Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 01| Wearable Market

SiliconCore Plans Quick Connect LEDs for ISE 2017

by Bob Raikes

SiliconCore said that it will show a new Quick Connect range of LED displays for rental applications at the forthcoming ISE show. There will be a Peony 2.6mm pitch display with 1.5 x 2.5 …

Tags:ISE 2017| Large Display Monitor| SiliconCore| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 24 - Issue 01

LGD Develops 18:9 QHD+ LCD For LG Flagship Phone

by Bob Raikes

LG Display has developed a 5.7″ smartphone LCD with 1440 x 2880 resolution (18:9 or 2:1 aspect ratio) which means 538 ppi. The display is 1mm thick and the top bezel is 0.2mm (20%) …

Tags:LG Displays (LGD)| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 01

Eurofins Tries 4K HDR Ultra HD Logo

by Bob Raikes

Testing company, Eurofins, has developed a new logo scheme intended to help identify TVs with UltraHD and HDR. The logo is intended to identify products that can correctly display HDR content from broadcast streams …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Testing| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 01