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Lenovo Develops Hybrid Workstation

by Tom Allen

Lenovo has unveiled several new mobile workstations at Autodesk University 2015, including a convertible flagship called the Thinkpad P40 Yoga. It is designed to negate the need for creative professionals to use two systems: …

Tags:Convertible PCs| Large Display Monitor| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 48| Workstations

Display Solutions Offers Complete Marine Solution

by Tom Allen

Litemax has produced an IP65-compliant maritime monitor, which is being distributed in the UK through Cambridge-based Display Solutions. Display Solutions is bundling the monitor with a marine-qualified embedded PC from Avalue, as a complete …

Tags:Field Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Maritime| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 47

Christie Tweaks 4K30, Removes 4K

by Tom Allen

After the successful launch of its six-lamp Boxer 4K30 (Christie & Barco Introduce 30K Lumen Projectors), Christie has returned to the design to develop a 2k version, known as the Boxer 30. Using the …

Tags:Christie| DLP Projectors| Installation Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 47

Sky Transports Viewers to the Front Lines

by Tom Allen

Sky News has published its first news report in virtual reality, and it can be accessed now. The report, ‘Migrants Crisis – The Whole Picture’, takes viewers to the Greek border, to see the …

Tags:Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| Sky| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 47

Asus Begins Skylake/Windows 10 Rollout

by Tom Allen

A host of new notebooks has been introduced by Asus, beginning with three models in the X Series: the X456, X556 and X756 (14″, 15.6″ and 17.3″, respectively). Each of the new products features …

Tags:Asus| Intel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 22 - Issue 47| Windows

Recon Simplifies App Development

by Tom Allen

Recon Instruments has updated its Recon SDK to add new functionality and ‘streamlining’ the platform. The intent is to make app development for Recon’s wearables easier. For instance, a set of APIs have been …

Tags:Eyewear| Mobile Display Monitor| Software| Vol 22 - Issue 47

Eizo Recovers Lost Information From Ageing Panels

by Tom Allen

Eizo’s newest medical monitor, the 3MP (2048 x 1536) 21.3″ Radiforce RX350, is designed to display chest X-rays, CR and DR images in greyscale, and colour images such as 3D renderings and image fusion. …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Eizo| Large Display Monitor| Medical| Vol 22 - Issue 47

Eizo Sharpness Recovery Becomes Clearer

by Tom Allen

A couple of weeks, we wrote a story about a “Sharpness Recovery” system that Eizo has developed in a new medical monitor. (Eizo Recovers Lost Information From Ageing Panels). We couldn’t quite understand what …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Eizo| Large Display Monitor| Medical| Vol 22 - Issue 49

Dell Builds First Medical Monitor

by Tom Allen

Dell has produced its first monitor specifically designed for the healthcare environment. The MR2416 will be shown at RSNA 2015, which begins on the 29th November in Chicago, and is the first in a …

Tags:Dell| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Medical| Vol 22 - Issue 47

MMD Completes Ultraclear Series

by Tom Allen

MMD has developed a new UltraHD Philips monitor, which completes the company’s Ultraclear line-up with a smaller model. The 241P6VPJKEB is a 23.8″ unit, displaying 10-bit colour (8 bits + FRC) and covering 99% …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| MMD (AOC Philips)| Vol 22 - Issue 47

High Resolution Without High Power Draw

by Tom Allen

Japan’s Kogakuin University, working with Fujitsu, has developed software that can scale smartphone video playback to UltraHD at 30fps, without consuming extra power. The new technology has been used in the ‘Xevic’ image processor …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Power Consumption| Smartphones| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 47

Totoku Develops Per-Pixel Gamma Scale

by Tom Allen

Totoku, a division of JVC Kenwood, will be showing a new multimodality breast imaging display at RSNA 2015 (29th November – 4th December, Chicago). The CCL550i2 is a 21.3″, 5MP monitor, and is already …

Tags:Events| JVC| Large Display Monitor| Medical| Vol 22 - Issue 47