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Optoma Responds to Fringe Star’s Hour of Need

by Tom Allen

Musician, comedian and writer James Veitch was in a tight spot at the opening of his third show, ‘Game Face’, at the Edinburgh Fringe – but Optoma stepped in to help. Veitch contacted the …

Tags:Back Panel| DLP Projectors| Events| Large Display Monitor| Optoma| UK (United Kingdom)| UST Projectors| Vol 23 - Issue 31

Casio Has First TCO-Certified Solid-State Projectors

by Tom Allen

LED-laser projectors from Casio have become the first lamp-free models in the world to achieve TCO 2.0 certification. The projectors are Casio’s XJ-F210WN, XJ-F100W, XJ-F200WN, XJ-V110W and XJ-V100W.

Tags:Back Panel| Casio| Certification| DLP Projectors| Hybrid LED (Laser)| Large Display Monitor| TCO Development| Vol 23 - Issue 31

AMC Speeds Dolby Cinema Deployment

by Tom Allen

US-based cinema chain AMC and Dolby have, due to very positive guest reactions, announced plans to accelerate the deployment of Dolby Cinema technology. The companies will install Dolby systems at 100 AMC locations before …

Tags:Back Panel| Cinema| Dolby Atmos| Dolby Vision| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 31

Asus Sponsors World’s Biggest eSports Event

by Tom Allen

Asus, under its Republic of Gamers brand, is sponsoring “The International” – said to be the world’s most lucrative eSports tournament. The International 2016 has a prize pool of $20 million. Asus is providing …

Tags:Asus| Back Panel| Desktop Monitors| Events| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 31

Schulz Leaves Ingram With Restructure

by Tom Allen

Gerhard Schulz, who worked for Ingram Micro since 2000 and has led the European arm since 2013, is leaving the distributor on the 30th September. Marc Snider, formerly head of the Canadian branch of …

Tags:Germany| Ingram Micro| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Vol 23 - Issue 31

NEC Hosts Training Academy in Germany

by Tom Allen

NEC will hold a training day in Germany at the end of September, at Delo Computer GmbH in Recklinghausen. The day will cover NEC’s projector portfolio, product installation and software solutions, as well as …

Tags:Back Panel| Germany| Large Display Monitor| NEC| Projectors| Training| Vol 23 - Issue 31

Super 8 Chooses Samsung in Spain

by Tom Allen

Super 8, a DOOH company in Spain, has installed a 222m² LED screen in Madrid. The 6m x 37m display, installed on a skyscraper in the Plaza del Callao, has a 6mm pixel pitch …

Tags:Daktronics| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Samsung| Spain| Vol 23 - Issue 31

Panasonic Goes BIG in Olympic Sponsorship

by Tom Allen

Panasonic once again sponsored the displays at the Olympic Games, providing TVs, projectors and LED screens. As an Official Partner of the Games, Panasonic supplied 110 DLP projectors for large ceremonies and an additional …

Tags:Back Panel| Broadcast Monitors| DLP Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Olympics| Panasonic| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 23 - Issue 31

Micro-LEDs on Wearables by 2018

by Tom Allen

Interest in micro-LED as a display technology is rising, helped – at least in part – by interest from Sony (Cledis screens) and Apple (through its LuxVue acquisition). LEDinside, a division of TrendForce, has …

Tags:Apple| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| sony| Vol 23 - Issue 31| Wearables

Samsung Raising Orders With External Firms

by Tom Allen

China’s Economic Daily News claims that Samsung Electronics is seeking to buy panels from Innolux and AUO. This is due to Samsung Display’s closure of a G7 factory this year, which will lower its …

Tags:AUO| Innolux| Large Display Monitor| LCD Panels| Samsung| Supply Chain| Vol 23 - Issue 31

MediaTek Continues to Climb

by Tom Allen

Although Mediatek’s revenues in June reached a record high of NT$24.9 billion ($792.2 million), its July revenues fell 0.2% MoM, to NT$24.8 billion ($789.1 million). However, this still represents a 38.6% YoY increase. For …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mediatek| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 31

HTC Optimistic About Q3

by Tom Allen

HTC’s revenues fell 0.6% MoM and 14.7% YoY in July, to NT$6.3 billion ($200.4 million). Its year-to-date revenues were NT$40 billion ($1.3 billion), down 51% YoY. Despite this, HTC expects its Q3 performance to …

Tags:HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 31