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Pay TV Booms in DACH

by Bob Raikes

The Association of Commercial Broadcasters and Audiovisual Services in Germany (VPRT) has said that new record figures were achieved in the German Pay TV market. Revenues reached €2.05 billion in Germany, €2.2 billion in …

Tags:Germany| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Vol 22 - Issue 30

Look, Don’t Touch – Gaze Saves Time

by Bob Raikes

In an article in “Ergonomics in Design“, a quarterly peer-reviewed publication of the Human Factors and Ergonomic Society, researchers published a report on a project they undertook at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren …

Tags:Gaze Recognition| HMI| Vol 22 - Issue 30

Feedback on Oculus Controllers

by Bob Raikes

Neil Schneider of “Meant to be Seen” had a chance to try the Oculus half moon controllers – here are his comments. The demo had you standing on a 5-foot floor mat facing away …

Tags:Game Controllers| Large Display Monitor| Oculus VR| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 29

Imagining the Personal Companion of the Near Future

by Bob Raikes

Our friend, Dr Jon Peddie, sent us this article, which he sub-titled “My smartphone helps me get through the day, and night” Today’s PongThe fast developing potential for truly useful applications that can convert …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 30

Phone Thoughts from Abroad

by Bob Raikes

This week, I’m writing my editorial from rural France as I take something approximating to a vacation. At least, the scenery around my computer is different! As usual, when I’m away, I have included …

Tags:Broadcast| Editorial| France| HTC| Intel| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 28

Is Power the Elephant in the Room for Better Pixels?

by Bob Raikes

Over the last year, a lot (or most) of the discussion in the TV business has been around the concept of more, better and faster pixels. We’ve covered UltraHD, high dynamic range (HDR) and …

Tags:Energy Star| Power Consumption| TV (Television)| Vol 22 - Issue 28

LEDs Put The Writing on the Wall for LCD Video Walls

by Bob Raikes

This week has been one of those that makes having a front page something of a problem. As I’ve said before, putting something on the front page makes it important, and that was what …

Tags:China| Editorial| Large Display Monitor| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Video Walls| Vol 22 - Issue 27

Every Business is in the Information Business

by Bob Raikes

Phew…. I have just finished my write up of Infocomm, bringing to an end the peak of news activity in June, when we see both SID and Infocomm. It’s one of three peaks of …

Tags:Editorial| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 26

Unilumin Aims at Control Rooms

by Bob Raikes

Unilumin was showing the 6K set up that it had previously showed at ISE. The company is targeting control room applications and it reckons that it was the first to really develop high grey …

Tags:Infocomm 2015| Large Display Monitor| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 22 - Issue 26

AOTO Aims at Monolithic Displays

by Bob Raikes

AOTO is one of the better Chinese LED brands and it was showing a range of small pitch LEDs that were down to 1.2mm, 1.1mm and 0.75mm. While a number of the companies are …

Tags:Infocomm 2015| Large Display Monitor| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 22 - Issue 26

Multitaction Boosts Software

by Bob Raikes

We last talked to Multitaction at the DSE show in March. (Multitaction Shows Off iWall). At Infocomm, the company was showing a curved wall configuration based on its 55″ modules (which are made from …

Tags:Collaboration| Infocomm 2015| Large Display Monitor| Multitouch| Vol 22 - Issue 26

Smart Adds iQ Displays to Kapp

by Bob Raikes

Smart announced its ‘Kapp’ dry erase whiteboard at last year’s Infocomm and this year it announced the Smart Kapp 84, a larger (84″) version that sells for $1,190. It can capture and share the …

Tags:Collaboration| Infocomm 2015| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Smart Technologies Inc| Vol 22 - Issue 26