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Freeview Play Partners Expand

by Tom Allen

Manhattan TV is to launch a range of Freeview Play set-top boxes in the UK early next year. There will be a standalone receiver (T3) and two digital recorders (T3-R), with 500GB and 1TB …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| STBs| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 26

Epson’s Latest Moverio Pro BT-2000 Smart Headset for Professionals

by Tom Allen

Epson reveals the latest plans for enhancing the Moverio lineup with the Moverio Pro BT-2000 smart headset, designed to revolutionize visual communications for hard-working professionals. The new Moverio Pro is a high-end device combining …

Tags:Android| Epson| SmartGlasses

Barco Shows Smallest-Ever Cinema Projector

by Tom Allen

Barco’s new digital cinema projector is the company’s smallest ever. The DP2K-6E is 689 x 664 x 369mm and weighs 53.8kg (‘small’ is a relative term… – TA). Featuring Barco Alchemy processing, the new …

Tags:Barco| Cinema Projection| DLP Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 26

KOE Modules Share Brightness

by Tom Allen

KOE Europe, working with Japan Display, has developed three new industrial TFT-LCD display modules. These 7″, 8″ and 10.4″ units feature high brightness (1,500 cd/m²) and an anti-glare coating. All three units will operate …

Tags:Industrial Monitors| Japan Display Inc (JDI)| LCD Modules| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 26

Mobile Panel Market Remains Slow

by Tom Allen

IHS DisplaySearch has released panel data for June, when prices continued to fall. Market demand for notebooks is still weak. Consumers are deferring purchases, preferring to wait for Windows 10 and Intel’s Skylake chips. …

Tags:IHS DisplaySearch| LCD Panels| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Pricing| Smartphones| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 26

AOC Selects Freesync

by Tom Allen

AOC has built Freesync into two new monitors – the company’s first with AMD’s anti-tearing technology. As long as gamers are using a compatible AMD GPU with the 24″ G2460PF or 27″ G2770PF, they …

Tags:AMD| Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| MMD (AOC Philips)| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)| Vol 22 - Issue 26

LG Agrees OLED TV Promotion Deal With Google

by Tom Allen

LG has signed a marketing agreement with Google, which will see the search giant help to promote LG’s OLED TVs on its various platforms, such as YouTube. LG’s Kim Ki-wan (centre left), head of …

Tags:Advertising| Back Panel| Google| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLED TVs| Vol 22 - Issue 26

Lightspeed Renews LC-Tec Agreement

by Tom Allen

Lightspeed Design has renewed its multi-year agreement with LC-Tec Displays. The agreement states that LC-Tec’s Polarspeed technology will continue to be used exclusively in DepthQ 3D passive polarisation products for digital cinema, manufactured by …

Tags:Distribution| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 26

Sony Selects Quantel for 8k Post-Production

by Tom Allen

Quantel is providing a ‘Pablo Rio’ 8k system to Sony PCL, in Tokyo. The system enables high-resolution editing, colour-correction and finishing for the post-production pipeline. This is the world’s first Pablo Rio 8k installation …

Tags:Back Panel| Japan| Large Display Monitor| NHK| sony| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 22 - Issue 26

Second Apple Watch to House Video Camera

by Tom Allen

‘Sources familiar with the matter’ have said that Apple Watch 2 will be launched in 2016, with a video camera supporting Face Time. Rumours also say that Apple will integrate a new chipset that …

Tags:Apple| Apple Watch (iWatch)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 26

Medion Reaches Online Retailers

by Tom Allen

Germany’s Medion (owned by Lenovo) has said that it wants to extend distribution of its smartphone line, with online retailers such as Amazon and Cyberport. Retailers can now take and sell smartphones from the …

Tags:Distribution| Europe| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 26

Apple Could Eliminate Home Button With New Chip

by Tom Allen

Apple is developing a touch and display driver integration (TDDI) single-chip solution for its iPhones, say Asian sources. The solution, being developed inside Apple, will be used in future iPhone designs, with ultra-thin bezels. …

Tags:Apple| Fingerprint Recognition| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Security| Vol 22 - Issue 26