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Stampede Europe Signs Contract with Optoma

by Bob Raikes

Optoma has officially appointed Stampede Europe to distribute its range of DLP business projectors in the UK.

Tags:Distribution| Large Display Monitor| Optoma| Vol 23 - Issue 44

DS Supports ATSC 3.0

by Bob Raikes

DS Broadcast showed a new ATSC 3.0 decoder with both ROUTE (Real-Time Object Delivery over Unidirectional Transport) and MMTP (MPEG Media Transport) support. The BGD4100 Professional Decoder features decoding of UHD HEVC video with …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 45

XFX adds VGA Cards to Asbis Contract

by Bob Raikes

ASBIS will start distributing XFX’s VGA cards on AMD Radeon chipsets and power supply products in Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Slovakia.

Tags:Distribution| Graphics Cards| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 44

PlayStation 4 Pro Now Here

by Bob Raikes

The Sony PlayStation Pro, which has enhanced graphics with 4K/UHD and HDR for streamed video and suitably adapted games, is now going on sale in Europe and the US at €400/$400. (Sony’s PlayStation “Pro” …

Saturn Ingolstadt Has Dedicated VR Space

by Bob Raikes

Saturn, the German retailer, has put a special installation in its flagship Ingolstadt store, that is designed to allow clients to experience VR gaming. The company also uses VR in its kitchen planning department …

VR Threatened by Low Cost

by Bob Raikes

Juniper Research said that nearly 60 million VR headsets using smartphones will ship in 2021, up from around 16.8 million this year. Fewer than 5% of smartphone VR apps are chargeable at the point …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 44

Digital Projection Laser Used for Simulation

by Bob Raikes

Glasgow School of Art’s School of Simulation and Visualisation (SimVis) – formerly The Digital Design Studio – is an immersive visualisation centre for commercial and postgraduate research and has bought Digital Projection’s Insight Laser …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Laser Phosphor Projectors| Simulation| Vol 23 - Issue 44

Asus G701VI Notebook is for VR

by Bob Raikes

Asus has launched the Republic of Gamers G701VI notebook for game players, especially VR. The notebook includes an overclockable Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 GPU with 8GB of VRAM. The PC has a 120Hz 17.3″ …

Planar Systems Agrees to Acquire NaturalPoint

by Bob Raikes

Planar Systems, which is now part of Leyard, is to buy NaturalPoint, a developer of optical tracking and motion capture solutions. The technology is used in CAVEs, drone tracking, sports performance analysis, game play, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Leyard| Mergers & Acquisitions| Vol 23 - Issue 44

Sony Updates TVs for HDR Games

by Bob Raikes

Sony has updated the firmware on its 2015 and 2016 TVs (excluding the Z9D/ZD9 models) that adds an HDR mode that is intended to improve support for game play on the sets, by reducing …

Daktronics Wins 7664 m² of LED in Atlanta

by Bob Raikes

Daktronics has designed and engineered what is claimed to be the largest LED video display in the sports market for the Mercedes-Benz Stadium, home of the Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta United FC. The design …

Tags:Daktronics| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 23 - Issue 44

TUI Trusts NEC for 120 Store Upgrade

by Bob Raikes

TUI in Germany, a major travel agency, is upgrading 450 of its high street branches and 120 of the locations will undergo a major refurbishment to bring them in line with the TUI store …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 45