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China to Push Asian SVOD – No Netflix

by Bob Raikes

The Asia Pacific region will have 157.78 million SVOD [subscription video on demand] subscribers by 2021, up from 41.68 million in 2015 and 76.12 million expected by end-2016. The total will be nudging 100 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 23 - Issue 41

Panasonic Brightest Large Venue Laser Projector

by Bob Raikes

Available from October 2016 in both WUXGA (1920 x 1200) and SXGA+ (1400 x 1050), the PT-RZ31K three 0.96″ chip DLP series will be the brightest in the Panasonic projector range with a compact …

Tags:DLP Projectors| Installation Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Panasonic| Vol 23 - Issue 41

Wikitude’s AR Capabilities Come to Atheer

by Bob Raikes

Atheer and Wikitude have teamed up to enable Wikitude’s capabilities, such as image recognition and tracking, on Atheer’s AiR Glasses and AiR Suite. With this integration, Atheer’s AiR Suite™ software platform enables enterprise customers …

Tags:AR/VR| Eyewear| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 41

Flexenable Develops Flexible Fingerprint Sensor

by Bob Raikes

Flexenable said that it has developed a flexible fingerprint sensor with 500 dots per inch (dpi) image resolution in collaboration with ISORG of France and that it is ready for production and is 0.3mm …

Tags:Fingerprint Recognition| Flexible Devices| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 41

Optoma Has Projection Mapper App

by Bob Raikes

Optoma launched a new app for iOS or Android as well as Amazon Kindle Fire devices, Projection Mapper. The app is intended to make it simpler to create video still image sequences that are …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Optoma| Projection Mapping| Vol 23 - Issue 46

Zytronic and Tangible Collaborate to Detect Table Objects

by Bob Raikes

Zytronic, a specialist in custom designed Projected Capacitive Technology (PCT and MPCT) touch sensors said that, in collaboration with Tangible Display, it is able to offer object recognition capability on its MPCT multi-touch glass …

Tags:Interactive Tables| Large Display Monitor| Touch| Vol 23 - Issue 41

Samsung QD Monitor Officially Launched

by Bob Raikes

Samsung Electronics has formally announced the global launch of its newest curved quantum dot gaming monitor. The CFG70 curved monitor, designed specifically for professional gamers, includes enhanced picture quality and player-friendly features for a …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Quantum Dots| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 41

NEC Rewards Partner Success at Display Trends Forum

by Bob Raikes

NEC Display Solutions Europe today revealed the winners of the 2016/17 Display Trends Forum EMEA Partner Awards ceremony, honouring the achievements of its channel partners over the past 12 months. “Our partners play an …

Tags:Distribution| Large Display Monitor| NEC| Vol 23 - Issue 41

Industry news from Crystal Projection Screens

by Bob Raikes

Crystal Screens by Luminit LLC, a privately held, high technology company specializing in Ambient Light Handling Projection Screens, has added Image marketing West to its manufacturer rep network for the commercial AV market. Specializing …

Tags:Distribution| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Plus Corporation| Projection Screens| Vol 23 - Issue 41

CSP LEDs Are the Next Step in Development

by Bob Raikes

LEDs have been a hot topic in recent years in the display industry (pardon the pun) and there are interesting technical developments that are helping to drive the adoption of finer pitch LEDs. The …

Tags:LED| MicroLED| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 23 - Issue 42

SES Adds UHD and 360 VR in the US

by Bob Raikes

SES has done a deal with C4K360 to broadcast the UltraHD channel in North America on the SES-1, SES-3 and AMC-18 satellites at the centre of the orbital arc over North America. C4K360 wants …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UltraHD| USA| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 41

Misfit Adds Analogue-face Smartwatch

by Bob Raikes

Fossil bought the Misfit brand last year and now it has released a new analogue watch. The Misfit Phase is now available for pre-order and includes fitness tracking, and call and text notifications as …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 23 - Issue 41