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Helsinki University Chooses Sony

by Bob Raikes

17 Sony laser projectors have been purchased by the University of Helsinki, in Finland. Performance, reliability and total lifetime ownership costs were the main reason for choosing the 10 VPL-FHZ55 and seven VPL-FHZ700L projectors.

Tags:Back Panel| Education| Large Display Monitor| Laser Projectors| sony| Vol 21 - Issue 50

Roundabout Invests in Leader for Content Creation

by Bob Raikes

Film and TV production support company Roundabout Entertainment has taken on one of Leader’s LV5490 UltraHD waveform monitors. The unit was adopted due to the growing interest in high-resolution content creation, according to Roundabout; …

Tags:4k| Broadcast| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 21 - Issue 50

QD Forum Set for March

by Bob Raikes

The Quantum Dots Forum 2015 will be held on 16th and 17th March in San Francisco. It is an event dedicated to QDs, described as the only one in the USA. Companies in attendance …

Tags:Back Panel| Events| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Quantum Dots| Vol 21 - Issue 50

NEC Scores Education Win

by Bob Raikes

Tech & Learning magazine has named NEC’s M322W projector as a winner in its Education Awards of Excellence programme.

Tags:Back Panel| Education| Large Display Monitor| NEC| Projection| Vol 21 - Issue 50

Microsoft Invites to ‘Next Chapter’ of Windows

by Bob Raikes

Microsoft will be holding an event to unveil the ‘next chapter’ of Windows 10 on 21st January. Several executives, including CEO Satya Nadella, will be present at the event (at Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 50| Windows

Mervin Encrusts Apple Watch With Diamonds

by Bob Raikes

As if the Apple Watch weren’t expensive enough, how about raising the price to almost 10 times the original? Mervis Diamond Importers, of the USA, will produce its own model using 18ct rose gold …

Tags:Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 21 - Issue 50

Intel Takes to the High Seas

by Bob Raikes

Royal Carribean’s new vessel, Quantum of the Seas, is the world’s first ‘smartship’. Part of the reason for this is the 15,000 Dell Venue tablets positioned around the ship at point-of-sale locations. 40,000 tablets, …

Tags:Back Panel| Dell| Maritime| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 21 - Issue 50

Google Glass Enters San Francisco Fine Arts Museum

by Bob Raikes

While Google Glass is still in extended beta release for consumers, the corporate world seems to take much more positively to augmented reality. The latest announcement shows Google Glass being used in the Fine …

Tags:Back Panel| Google Glass| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Museums & Exhibitions| Vol 21 - Issue 50

Apple 1 Misses Estimate at Auction

by Bob Raikes

A working Apple 1 computer has been sold in London for ‘only’ $365,000. Admittedly this is many times the price of most modern PCs, but is less than the Christie’s valuation of $400,000 – …

Tags:Apple| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| PCs| Vol 21 - Issue 50

Analogix Passes One Billion DisplayPort Devices

by Bob Raikes

Analogix Semiconductor, creator of the DisplayPort interface, said that it has now shipped more than 1 billion DisplayPort devices into the consumer electronics market.

Tags:Analogix| Back Panel| DisplayPort| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 50

Konka Commits To Glasses-Free 3D By Stream TV

by Bob Raikes

 Stream TV Networks™ is pleased to announce that Konka® Group Co. Ltd. has committed to Stream TV’s Ultra-D™ Glasses-Free 3D technology for its television product line in 2015. As one of the world’s top …

Tags:Autostereo 3D| CES 2015| Konka| TVs (TV Sets)