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Panel Non-Adjustments to Cause Notebook Oversupply – MIC

by Tom Allen

There are no plans to lower notebook panel shipments this year, says Taiwan’s MIC. Concerns have thus been raised over excess supply and price competition. A YoY comparison puts the panel/notebook unit shipment declines …

Mexico Gives Away Almost 3 Million Digital TVs

by Tom Allen

Mexico’s Federal Telecommunications Institute has distributed around 2.8 million digital TVs to poor families in the country, as the nation prepares to switch off analogue signals. A total of 13 million TVs and STB …

Tags:ASO (Analogue Switch Off)| Large Display Monitor| LATAM| Vol 22 - Issue 15

Nanolumens Takes on Largest Casino Install

by Tom Allen

The Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino in California has installed a custom visual solution from Nanolumens. The curved LED display, which uses Nanolumens’ NanoCurve product, is 11.5m wide and 6.4m tall.

Tags:Back Panel| Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 15

European Signage Sentiment Rises Through Spring

by Tom Allen

OVAB Europe has released the March/April results for its Digital Signage Business Climate Index (DBCI), which tracks the mood in the signage market in several European regions. The DACH market rose slightly from the …

NeuLion Adds UltraHD Streaming With HEVC

by Tom Allen

NeuLion, owner of an end-to-end distribution platform, has announced support for secure UltraHD streaming using HEVC and MPEG-DASH. Pay-TV operators can use the platform to stream live content to multiple platforms including mobiles, TVs …

And Finally… – Vol 22 No 15

by Tom Allen

Promising to allow a user to ‘dive in’ to the action, Sony’s new wearable – Playstation Flow – completely re-imagines what a swimming level means to gamers. Now, console owners can head to the …

Barco Creates a Fashion ‘Moment’

by Tom Allen

Barco helped Canadian studio Moment Factory to create an installation called ‘The Staircase of the Muses’ for a fashion exhibition in France, by Jean Paul Gaultier. Using an HDX-W20 projector and a Moment Factory/Barco …

Vivitek Projectors Smooth Fast-Pan Artefacts

by Tom Allen

Vivitek’s new DLP home theatre projectors are the H1186 and H1188, with a six segment colour wheel and ISF calibration. The products are very similar, although the H1188 features Vividmotion technology. Vividmotion smooths images …

Tags:DLP Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Projectors| Vivitek| Vol 22 - Issue 15

DisplaySearch Warns of Panel Price Adjustments

by Tom Allen

DisplaySearch’s Deborah Yang has posted an analysis of the firm’s recent MarketWise LCD industry dynamics report on the DisplaySearch Blog (http://tinyurl.com/mtagcxl). As well as LCD panels, she also covers components. Realistic supply and demand …

And Finally… – Vol 22 No 17

by Tom Allen

Germany’s CRN ran its own April Fool’s prank this year, pointing at an upcoming Apple eReader called the ‘iRead’. It certainly sounded promising – an UltraHD display, full Adobe RGB coverage and a pulse …

ViewSonic’s Pro 10100 Makes Installation Projection Easy

by Tom Allen

The new Pro 10100 DLP projector from Viewsonic is a fixed installation model, with remotely-controlled motorised zoom, focus and lens adjustment. Optionally, users can switch out the default lenses to suit the projection environment …

Asus Reveals First Chrome Hybrid

by Tom Allen

Four new Chromebooks have been previewed at a Google event in the USA – including the first convertible device running the Chrome OS. Owners of Asus’ new C100 Chromebook Flip can switch between tablet …