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LG Prepares for 1.8mm Bezel in UK Market

by Tom Allen

LG has shown transparent displays before, such as this one at ISE 2015LG Electronics will bring its new 1.8mm-bezel video wall product to the UK market, showing it for the first time at Midwich …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Technology Exposed 2015| Transparent Displays| Vol 22 - Issue 35

Christie’s Laser-Phosphor Projectors Arrive in 2016

by Tom Allen

Christie has shown its first laser-phosphor cinema projector at BIRTV 2015, in China. The CP2208-LP replaces the lamp-based light source in the new CP2208 with solid state illumination, reaching 22,000 lumens and lasting 30,000 …

Tags:Christie| Large Display Monitor| Laser Phosphor Projectors| Vol 22 - Issue 34

Calendars Are Marked for 9th September

by Tom Allen

Apple has sent out invitations to an event on Thursday 9th September, in San Francisco. The company traditionally reveals new iPhone models in the autumn. Unlike previous years, this invitation doesn’t hint at any …

Tags:Apple| Back Panel| Events| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 35

Dell Readies First Gaming and Curved Displays

by Tom Allen

Dell has produced a couple of ‘firsts’, with two new 27″ LCD monitors. Just before gaming show PAX Prime, the company announced its first-ever monitor especially for gamers, with the S2716DG. At the same …

Tags:Curved Displays| Dell| Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 35

Samsung Scores Highly in Germany

by Tom Allen

Samsung’s UE40JU6550 curved UltraHD TV ranked first in Stiftung Warentest’s August TV results, with a rating of ‘good (2.0)’, out of eight different models from four manufacturers. TVs were rated on factors including image, …

Tags:Back Panel| Curved Displays| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 35

Archos’ Tablet is Diamond

by Tom Allen

Although French company Archos specialises in low-cost mobile devices, it still has premium products – most in the Diamond line. Following the announcement of the Diamond S smartphone (Archos ‘Reveals’ Windows 10 Mobile Release), …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 35

Connected TV Ownership Rises in USA

by Tom Allen

46 million internet homes in the USA now own a connected TV device, according to the NPD Group, equal to about half of all households. Smart TVs are a driver: 45% of TVs sold …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Smart TV| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 35

Apple Storms into Wearables Market at Number Two

by Tom Allen

Following the launch of the Apple Watch, Apple entered the worldwide wearable market in second place in Q2’15 – just 4.4% behind market leader Fitbit. IDC says that 3.6 million Apple Watches were shipped …

Tags:Apple| Fitbit| Garmin| IDC| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 34| Wearable Market| Xiaomi

Opera Rolls Out HbbTV 2.0 SDK

by Tom Allen

Opera TV is soon to begin shipping its HbbTV 2.0 SDK to TV makers and STB OEMs, to build the platform into their devices. HbbTV 2.0 is based on HTML 5, which – says …

Tags:HbbTV| Large Display Monitor| Software| Vol 22 - Issue 34

Data Modul Plans for Inter Airport 2015

by Tom Allen

Data Modul will be showing the latest products in its Conrac brand at Inter Airport Europe this year (6th – 9th October, Munich). New hardware and software will be presented. These will include the …

Tags:Aviation| Back Panel| Events| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 34

Colour and Curves Come to the Fore With Philips at IFA

by Tom Allen

MMD has shared details of the desktop monitors that will be shown under the Philips brand at IFA next month. Highlights include new designs, high resolutions and an extension of the Ambiglow system. A …

Tags:Curved Displays| Desktop Monitors| IFA 2015| Large Display Monitor| MMD (AOC Philips)| Quantum Dots| Vol 22 - Issue 34