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by Tom Allen
Panasonic is now selling its LF8 (500 cd/m²) and LF80 (700 cd/m²) professional displays (seen at ISE: Panasonic Emphasises Strength & Reliability). Available in 42″, 47″ and 55″ sizes, these units are capable of …
Tags:DLP Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Laser Phosphor Projectors| LFD - Large Format Display| Panasonic| sony| Steam Consoles| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 45
by Tom Allen
Although it hasn’t been officially announced yet, a new addition to Acer’s Predator gaming monitor series has been found on some of the company’s regional websites. Importantly, despite being a gaming model, it uses …
Tags:Acer| Desktop Monitors| | Large Display Monitor| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)| Vol 22 - Issue 45
by Tom Allen
JCDecaux ran an advertising campaign in China last month, using iBeacon technology to promote the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament. Passers-by could shake their smartphone to interact with media, access prize draws and more.
Tags:Beacons| China| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 45
by Tom Allen
Hisense has presented three new UltraHD TVs in the K700 series, which feature a shallow depth (35mm), 88% NTSC gamut coverage and two sizes: 58″ and 65″. One of the 65″ sets is curved. …
Tags:Curved Displays| Hisense| Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 45
by Tom Allen
Two new ultra-wide ‘bar-type’ displays have been introduced by BenQ. The 28″ BH280 and 38″ BH380 can be used 24/7, with a 50,000 hour lifetime. Intended use is for areas where space is limited, …
Tags:BenQ| Large Display Monitor| Stretched Displays| Vol 22 - Issue 45
by Tom Allen
China’s Actions Semiconductor has launched the GT7 chipset: a 64-bit octa-core device (quad-core CPU and GPU) for OTT set-top boxes (STBs). Featuring HEVC decoding, the GT7 enables UltraHD playback from online sources. RJ45 and …
Tags:Chips| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SOCs| STBs| Vol 22 - Issue 45
by Tom Allen
Skylanders toys are imported to a game through an NFC code.‘Smart toys’ will generate revenues of $2.8 billion this year, says Juniper Research – driven by those that connect to mobile apps and game …
Tags:Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Toys| Vol 22 - Issue 45
by Tom Allen
‘To overcome [the] economic recession and improve financial performance’, Chungwha Picture Tubes has asked its employees to take unpaid leave. From now until the end of 2016, an unspecified number of workers will be …
Tags:CPT| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Taiwan| Vol 22 - Issue 45
by Tom Allen
Philips has differentiated its newest smartphones – the Sapphire S616 and Sapphire Life V787 – by incorporating its SoftBlue technology in the displays. SoftBlue lowers the blue light output of a screen – by …
Tags:Blue Light| China| Mobile Display Monitor| Philips| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 45
by Tom Allen
French smartphone vendor Wiko has taken on Ingram Micro as a new distribution partner in Italy.
Tags:Distribution| Ingram Micro| Italy| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 45
by Tom Allen
TechniSat is now selling an UltraHD STB in Germany, which can decode HEVC signals. The Digit Isio STC+ is also able to play UltraHD content at 60fps through HDMI, and supports HDCP 2.2. It …
Tags:HEVC (H.265)| Large Display Monitor| STBs| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 45
by Tom Allen
Two new monitor families have been developed by Acer, for professional users such as graphic designers and photographers. The BX0 and CB1 monitors have several resolution options, up to UltraHD, and picture-in- and picture-by-picture …
Tags:Acer| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 45
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