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Barco DP4K-60L Laser Projector Chosen for New Danish Multiplex

by Tom Allen

Digital cinema pioneer Barco announces that Nordisk Film Biografer, the leading developer, producer, distributor and exhibitor of films in the Nordic region, has chosen the Barco DP4K-60L laser projector to power the main premium …

Tags:Barco| Cinema

Epson Expands Large Venue Projector Lineup with PowerLite 4770W

by Tom Allen

Epson, the number-one selling projector brand worldwide, today introduced the PowerLite® 4770W, a widescreen projector delivering brilliant color and amazing image quality for almost any venue. The PowerLite 4770W ($1999) delivers 5,000 lumens of …

Tags:Epson| Projectors

Fotoniks Integrates BAE HUD

by Tom Allen

BAE Systems and Turkey’s Fotoniks are to work together to develop and deliver aircraft display systems. Fotoniks will work to integrate BAE’s LiteHUD head-up display into the HUD system for the Hürkuş training aircraft …

Tags:Aviation| Back Panel| Head Up Displays HUDs| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 19

Shapiro Named As Tech Titan

by Tom Allen

The president and CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association, Gary Shapiro, has been named as a 2015 Tech Titan by Washingtonian magazine. Tech Titans are ‘the most influential and exciting people in the local …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| CTA (was CEA)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 19

Britain’s First Cinema Screen is Reopened

by Tom Allen

The Regent Street Cinema in London – the location of the first public cinema screening in the UK – has re-opened its doors. It is almost 120 years since the inaugural showing, which featured …

Tags:Back Panel| Cinema| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 19

PS4 Reaches UK Milestone

by Tom Allen

GfK Chart-Track data shows that 2 million units of Sony’s Playstation console have been sold in the UK to-date. The console has been on sale for 18 months – reaching the 2-million-unit mark faster …

Tags:Back Panel| Consoles| Large Display Monitor| PlayStation| sony| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 19

Barco Chosen for Danish Multiplex

by Tom Allen

Nordisk Film Biografer, a Nordic film developer, has chosen Barco’s DP4K-60L projector to be used in the main screen of its multiplex in the Field’s shopping centre in Copenhagen. The new 1,500-seat cinema complex …

Tags:Back Panel| Barco| Cinema| Large Display Monitor| Nordics| Vol 22 - Issue 19

Innolux Criticises QDs, Looks to Own Tech

by Tom Allen

At its recent investor conference, Innolux announced that it will not use quantum dots and will instead focus on its own wide colour gamut technology. Chairman of the board and CEO Hsing-Chien Tsuan said …

Tags:Innolux| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Quantum Dots| Vol 22 - Issue 19| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

Leak Shows Samsung’s Z2 Tizen Phone

by Tom Allen

Leaked photos of an unnamed Samsung phone are said to be of the Z2, a Tizen model (New Tizen Phones Under Development at Samsung). The device looks more like Samsung Galaxy phones than the …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Tizen| Vol 22 - Issue 19

Quantum Dots Push LCDs to 90% Rec.2020

by Tom Allen

SPIE, the International Society of Optics and Photonics, has examined the use of a quantum dot enhancement film (QDEF) to cover more of the Rec.2020 colour gamut with an LCD display. Rec.2020 was originally …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD displays| Quantum Dots| Rec 2020| Vol 22 - Issue 19| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

OLED-Info Updates OLED Reports

by Tom Allen

OLED-Info has published a new version of its market reports on microdisplays and flexible OLEDs. Find them (paid) at http://tinyurl.com/k8hsu25 (microdisplays) and http://tinyurl.com/m3r8ksa (flexible OLEDs).

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 22 - Issue 19

Desigual Chooses NEC

by Tom Allen

Spanish brand Desigual has opened a new store in Munich, with digital signage throughout the 650m², four-storey space. As well as LED displays on the upper floors, the entrance to Neuhauser Strasse is flanked …

Tags:Digital Signage| DOOH| Germany| Large Display Monitor| NEC| Retailers| Vol 22 - Issue 19