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Three 60Hz UltraHD Displays, Powered by Skylake?

by Tom Allen

PC World claims that Intel will release the first of its Skylake chips in early September. According to the rumours, these chips will feature fixed-function support for UltraHD video rendering in hardware, as well …

Tags:Chips| Graphics Processing| Intel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 34

IHS Focuses on HD at FPD Conference

by Tom Allen

IHS will hold its annual US FPD conference at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Santa Clara, California on 14th and 15th September this year. This year’s event will focus on the latest trends in …

Tags:Back Panel| Events| IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 34

IHS US FPD 2015 Conference to Focus on HD Technologies

by Tom Allen

IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of critical information and insight, today announced the preliminary agenda for the company’s upcoming US FPD 2015 conference to be held at the Hyatt Regency in …

Tags:Events| IHS Markit

Christie Claims First UST Laser Projector

by Tom Allen

Christie has introduced its ‘Captiva’ series – apparently the world’s first solid-state projectors with an ultra-short throw ratio and more than 3,000 lumens of brightness. First seen at Infocomm this year, the DHD400S (1920 …

Tags:DLP Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Laser Projectors| NEC| Vol 21 - Issue 34

DLNA Announces 3.0 Certification Program and Updated Guidelines

by Tom Allen

The Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA®) today announced it has expanded the DLNA Certification Program to give CE manufacturers more options for certifying their products based on how they plan to differentiate them in …

Tags:Certification| HEVC (H.265)

Razer Brings Realsense to Consumers

by Tom Allen

Razer is using Intel’s Realsense 3D depth camera technology to create its own hardware for gamers. The company is building a consumer-ready camera for desktop and virtual reality use. Game streaming – letting other …

Tags:3D Depth Cameras| Intel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Razer| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 33

Razer Brings Intel RealSense Camera to VR and Game Streamers

by Tom Allen

(Intel Developer Forum) – Razer, a world leader in connected devices and software for gamers, is working with Intel to deliver a consumer-ready desktop and VR-enabled camera based on Intel RealSense technology for a …

Tags:Gamer| Intel| Razer

Japanese Art Gets Contemporary Twist With Panasonic

by Tom Allen

Panasonic has enabled one of the largest-ever water screen projections in the world, outside the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas, earlier this month. 16 of Panasonic’s PT-DZ21K projectors were used to support a Kabuki …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Panasonic| Projection| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 33

Sharp Returns to Munich

by Tom Allen

Sharp has announced, after a one-year absence, that it will return to OVAB’s Munich Digital Signage Conference in 2015. Returning to the show is part of Sharp’s new, aggressive promotion strategy.

Tags:Back Panel| Digital Signage| Digital Signage Federation Europe (was OVAB)| Events| Large Display Monitor| sharp| Vol 22 - Issue 33

Asustek Prepares Second Watch for Q3

by Tom Allen

Asus’ Nick Wu has told the Taipei Times that the company will launch its second-generation Zenwatch this quarter. Wu said that “a few hundred thousand” have been sold since the watch was launched in …

Tags:Asus| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 33

T2 and HEVC Trial Begins in Germany

by Tom Allen

Media Broadcast and public service broadcaster WDR, in Germany, has begun a trial using the DVB-T2 platform and HEVC codec, in Bonn and Cologne. An official launch of these services is expected in June …

Tags:DVB-T & T2| Germany| HEVC (H.265)| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 33