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Spain Planning for 700MHz Release

by Bob Raikes

The Spanish government is working with interested parties to develop plans for the release of the 700MHz band from DTT by 2020 or 2022. The country continues to roll out broadband connectivity and 98% …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Spain| Spectrum Allocation| Terrestrial (DTT)| Vol 23 - Issue 49

Lenovo Due To Reveal New ThinkPad At CES

by Bob Raikes

Details of an update to the Lenovo X1 ThinkPad has been leaked on an Chinese website. The device is said to be 6% lighter and 8% smaller than last year’s with a 14″ display …

Tags:CES 2017| Large Display Monitor| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 23 - Issue 49

Christie Extreme Series is for Video Walls

by Bob Raikes

Christie has added the Extreme Series to its Aspect family of LCD displays. The new series consists of four models: FHD553-XE (FullHD + 500cd/m²), FHD553-XE-R , FHD553-XE-H (FullHD + 700cd/m²), and FHD553-XE-HR and include …

Tags:Christie| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Narrow Bezels| Video Walls| Vol 23 - Issue 49

PwC Sees OTT as an Add-on

by Bob Raikes

PwC has found that the rate of cord-cutting in the US has slowed down after surveying 1200 US consumers, and it sees OTT services now developing as add-on to traditional Pay TV, rather than …

Tags:Cable Cutting (cord cutting)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Pay TV| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 49

Epson 975W Projector Has 10K Hours Lamp Life

by Bob Raikes

Epson US has announced the PowerLite 975W projector – Epson’s first classroom projector to offer up to a 10,000-hour lamp life in Bright Mode1. The unit features 3,600 lumens of color brightness and 1280 …

Tags:Epson| Large Display Monitor| LCD Projectors (3LCD)| Light Sources & Lamps| Vol 23 - Issue 49

Nintendo Switch Less Powerful than PlayStation 4

by Bob Raikes

Dean Takehashi has made a detailed report on the Nintendo Switch on Venturebeat. He has pointed out that the Switch, which is due in 2017, will not be more powerful than the PlayStation 4, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Nintendo Consoles| Nvidia| Vol 23 - Issue 49

Flexible Displays to See Big Boost in 2017

by Bob Raikes

IHS Markit expects sales of flexible displays to grow from 59 million in 2016 to 139 million in 2017, an increase of 135%. After that, growth will slow, but will be steady to the …

Tags:AMOLED| Flexible Displays| IHS Markit| Mobile Display Monitor| Small Medium Panel Supply| Vol 23 - Issue 49

Sharp Shuns Samsung TV Panel Business

by Bob Raikes

The Nikkei and the Japan Times report that Foxconn has decided that Sharp should stop supplying panels to Samsung’s TV business as the companies have, apparently, been unable to agree on pricing. As a …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| Samsung| sharp| Vol 23 - Issue 49

Synaptics Has New Driver and Fingerprint Chips

by Bob Raikes

Synaptics has a couple of new chips, including the R66452 which is a display driver for OLED smartphones and supports resolutions up to 1080 x 2160, HDR and 90Hz. The higher rate of refresh …

Tags:Chips| Display Drivers| Fingerprint Recognition| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Semiconductors| Synaptics| Vol 23 - Issue 49

B & O Avant NG TVs Support Android

by Bob Raikes

Bang & Olufsen has announced three new TVs in its Avant NG range, in 55″, 75″ and 85″ sizes. The series succeeds the previous Avant range. The new TVs support Android and the BeoRemote …

Tags:Android| Bang & Olufsen (B&O)| Large Display Monitor| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 23 - Issue 49

Clear Channel Adds to Swiss Mall Network

by Bob Raikes

Clear Channel Schweiz said that it has added fifteen new displays in three Manor shopping centres, owned by Maus Frères. They are Centre Manor Chavannes (63,000 visitors per week) Centre Manor Vevey (102,000 visitors …

Tags:ClearChannel| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Switzerland| Vol 23 - Issue 49

Daktronics Installed in West Plains

by Bob Raikes

Daktronics has been busy and has installed ten LED displays in the Westchester County Center in White Plains, New York. The displays had to fit in with the Art Deco architecture of the locations. …

Tags:Daktronics| Large Display Monitor| LED| Sports and Stadiums| Vol 23 - Issue 49