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AUO Boosts Brightness but Shrinks Bezels

by Bob Raikes

AUO took a meeting room at the Holiday Inn by the RAI to meet with customers (and a small number of others) to show off their latest panels for digital signage and A/V applications. …

Tags:AUO| High Brightness Displays| ISE 2016| Large Display Monitor| Video Walls| Vol 23 - Issue 06

Toshiba Banks on B2B

by Bob Raikes

Toshiba has been developing its signage business. Although Toshiba’s PC and consumer businesses have been under pressure for the last couple of years, the B2B business is the focus for the future and the …

Tags:Interactive Displays| ISE 2016| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Video Walls| Vol 23 - Issue 06

ViewSonic Adds Laser Phosphor

by Bob Raikes

The first product we looked at on the ViewSonic booth was the new PJLS830HDS UST projector which is based around a laser phosphor engine with FullHD resolution and 4,000 Ansi lumens of output and …

Tags:ISE 2016| Large Display Monitor| Projectors| ViewSonic| Vol 23 - Issue 06

Aptovision Developing Plethora 10Gb End-Point Chip

by Bob Raikes

We have reported on Aptovision and its BlueRiver video over IP technology nine times since last year’s ISE show (in brief, if you’ve missed it, the technology uses proprietary technology to deliver video from …

Tags:ISE 2016| Large Display Monitor| Video over IP (VIP)| Video Walls| Vol 23 - Issue 06

Smart Focuses on Business Apps

by Bob Raikes

Smart is having a tough year, as CEO Neil Gaydon revealed in his recent earnings conference call. IWBs have slowed and although flat panels are growing, that growth is not as fast as was …

Tags:Interactive Displays| ISE 2016| Large Display Monitor| Smart Technologies Inc| Vol 23 - Issue 06

Matrox Makes 3 x 3 Video Walls Easier

by Bob Raikes

Matrox had several things to show us at the show. First we looked at a new C900 single slot PCI card that has 9 outputs to allow three possible configurations – 3 x 3, …

Tags:ISE 2016| Large Display Monitor| Matrox| Video Walls| Vol 23 - Issue 06

Sharp Enjoying the Big Pad

by Bob Raikes

Sharp had a number of highlights on its booth at the show. We started by talking about the Big Pad Pro. Sharp has benefited from being one of the only large screen procap-based intelligent …

Tags:Interactive Displays| ISE 2016| Large Display Monitor| sharp| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| UltraHD| Video Walls| Vol 23 - Issue 06

BenQ Shifts to Laser Phosphor

by Bob Raikes

BenQ showed us a new laser phosphor projector, the LU9235 which is a 1920 x 1200 resolution DLP projector with 6,000 Ansi lumens of output and a promised light source lifetime of 20K hours. …

Tags:BenQ| Home Cinema| Installation Projectors| Interactive Displays| ISE 2016| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Vol 23 - Issue 06

Peerless Innovates in All Areas

by Bob Raikes

Peerless is making its kiosks less “square”. Image: MekoPeerless had its usual booth in Hall 11 and we started by looking at kiosks. The company has been making enclosures for a range of displays, …

Tags:Display Mounts| ISE 2016| Kiosks| Large Display Monitor| Peerless AV| Video Walls| Vol 23 - Issue 06

Samsung Looks to Outdoor and LED

by Bob Raikes

We reported on a pre-ISE briefing by Samsung last week and so at ISE we spent most time looking at products (Samsung Heads for eBoards) with the company. We started by looking at outdoor …

Tags:ISE 2016| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Pen Input| Samsung| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Transport| Vol 23 - Issue 06

Entatech Solves Dispute

by Bob Raikes

UK distributor, Entatech, has reached agreement after a long running dispute with tax authorities related to a previous subsidiary, ChangTel, that went into liquidation. The company has also completed an MBO and has been …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 06

Deepsky Challenges Silicon Core at ISE

by Bob Raikes

Up to now, only Silicon Core, with its patented common cathode drive technology, has been able to provide small pitch LEDs at high brightness of up to 2,000 cd/m². Other brands and suppliers have …

Tags:ISE 2016| Large Display Monitor| LED| LED Drivers| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 23 - Issue 06