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Green Hippo Adds Object Tracking

by Tom Allen

As well as its presence on the PSCo stand (PSCo Expands With Acquisition), Green Hippo had its own location near the front of the hall. Here it was showing off its Hippotizer products, for …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mapping & Cartography| PLASA 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 40

RGBlink is All Modular

by Tom Allen

China’s RGBlink produces a large variety of digital infrastructure products, including scalers, switchers, routers, mixers and video wall matrices. At Plasa, the company was showing two new products: the Venus X3 video wall controller …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| PLASA 2015| Scalers| Switchers| Vol 22 - Issue 40

PSCo Expands With Acquisition

by Tom Allen

UK distributor PSCo was the first we met to comment on the massive growth of LEDs’ popularity in the market. Stuart Holmes, CEO of the company, said that the money that PSCo takes through …

Tags:Absen| Distributors| Large Display Monitor| PLASA 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 40

LEDs Light Up PLASA

by Tom Allen

London’s Excel hosts PLASA every year, a show dedicated to the UK professional light and sound markets. Video, however, is a growing presence at the event, especially with the rise of LED displays for …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| PLASA 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 40

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Clear Channel Takes Absen to New Heights

by Tom Allen

Absen’s LED panels have seen an investment by Clear Channel Norway, which has installed them in three separate airports across the country: Stavanger, Bergen and Trondheim. The Stavanger installation is particularly noteworthy, consisting of …

Tags:Absen| ClearChannel| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| LED| Nordics| Vol 22 - Issue 40

Top-Level Changes at AUO

by Tom Allen

Paul PengThere have been changes at the top level of AUO. Chairman Paul Peng is to resign from his concurrent position as president of the company, and assume the role of CEO. Michael Tsai …

Tags:AUO| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| People| Vol 22 - Issue 40

Qi Will Maintain Lead in Wireless Power

by Tom Allen

ABI Research expects the Wireless Power Consortium’s Qi specification to remain dominant through 2020. ABI expects 713 million Qi chargers to be shipped by the end of 2020, compared to 213 million Powermat/Rezence chargers …

Tags:Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Power Supplies| Vol 22 - Issue 40| Wireless Charging

Microsoft Makes a Splash in Laptop Market

by Tom Allen

Microsoft used an event in the USA to announce its first-ever laptop, which appears to have been well-received by market watchers. We have covered the product, as well as Microsoft’s other announcements, in more …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 22 - Issue 40| Windows

Dolby Vision Arrives With Vizio

by Tom Allen

Dolby Vision, Dolby’s high-end HDR format, has been installed in TV sets for the first time, thanks to Vizio (we saw these TVs in April: Vizio to Bring Dolby Vision to Home Theatre). We …

Tags:Dolby Vision| HDR - High Dynamic Range| LCD TVs| Vizio| Vol 22 - Issue 40

Mediatek Enjoys Slight Sales Rise in September

by Tom Allen

Mediatek has announced net sales of NT$20 billion ($617.6 million) in September, and NT$151 billion ($4.6 billion) for the January-September period. September sales are up 8% from 2014’s NT$18.5 billion ($571.4 million), but the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mediatek| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 40

Sharp’s Phone Dances, Talks and Sings

by Tom Allen

Sharp has created a walking, talking smartphone called Robohon, which will go on sale in Japan in the first half of next year. Unveiled at Ceatec, the ‘smartphone’ (with a 2″ 320 x 320 …

Tags:Back Panel| Ceatec 2015| Embedded Pico Projectors| Microvision| Mobile Display Monitor| sharp| Vol 22 - Issue 40

NOS Chooses Thomson for Trial

by Tom Allen

NOS, the Portugese communications and entertainment group, has launched two trial UltraHD channels in the country, using Thomson’s Vibe VS7000 encoding/transcoding platform. The HEVC-encoded channels are for NOS’s own service, as well as one …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Portugal| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 22 - Issue 40