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ACC Liverpool Chooses Christie Projectors

by Tom Allen

ACC Liverpool, an exhibition centre in the city, has upgraded its AV equipment with two Christie Roadster HD14K-M projectors. The projectors were supplied by Preston-based Pure AV. One is permanently installed in the main …

Tags:Back Panel| Christie| DLP Projectors| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 12

Harrods Celebrates Easter With Optoma

by Tom Allen

Projection Artworks and Justso have created a projection mapping demonstration at Harrods in London. For Easter, the department store decided to map a projection onto a 1.5m-tall egg-shaped model, creating the appearance of a …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mapping & Cartography| Optoma| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 12

Titan X: A Low-Cost Answer to Titan Z

by Tom Allen

We heard about Nvidia’s Titan X earlier this month (Nvidia Reaffirms Move to Gaming Products With Streaming Console), when it was previewed at GDC 2015. Now, the company has officially announced the card at …

Tags:Game Playing| GPUs| Large Display Monitor| Nvidia| UltraHD| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 12

WCO Eliminates Tarrifs on Galaxy Gear

by Tom Allen

The World Customs Organisation in Belgium has decided that Samsung’s Galaxy Gear smartwatch is a ‘mobile telecommunications’ device, rather than a smartwatch. The decision means that the product can be exported and imported between …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 12

Latin American Digital TV Doubles to 2020

by Tom Allen

The number of digital TV homes in the LATAM region will double by 2020, according to Digital TV Research. 152 million households will have access to digital TV at this time, representing 93.6% penetration …

Tags:Cable| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| LATAM| Pay TV| Satellite| Terrestrial (DTT)| TV Reception| Vol 22 - Issue 12

Video Conferencing From ViewSonic

by Tom Allen

ViewSonic’s VG2437Smc monitor is designed to support video conferencing, with an integrated 2MP webcam, noise-cancelling microphone and dual 2W speakers. The firm estimates that video conferencing use will grow by 16% this year. Designed …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| VideoConferencing| ViewSonic| Vol 22 - Issue 12

Philips Details Full 2015 TV Lineup

by Tom Allen

Philips released a huge amount of information on its 2015 TVs this week, which we first saw at CES (Philips Goes All-Out With Android). We have collated additional information into tables, below, but Philips …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| Philips| Russia| TPV (TP Vision)| Vol 22 - Issue 12

Liquid Cooling Keeps Panasonic Projectors Quiet

by Tom Allen

Panasonic is preparing to bring the new DZ780 DLP projector series, which was introduced at ISE (Panasonic Emphasises Strength & Reliability), to market in April. These are low-noise 1DLP models with dual lamps. They …

Tags:DLP Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Panasonic| Vol 22 - Issue 12

Canon Brings Interactivity to UST Space

by Tom Allen

A new UST projector, from Canon, has been introduced to the European market. The LV-WX300UST (also available in an interactive version, the LV-WX300USTi) is designed for easy set-up, with +/-40° keystone adjustment, six-axis colour …

Tags:Canon| DLP Projectors| Interactive Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Short Throw| Vol 22 - Issue 12

Eizo Reaches New Pixel Density Record

by Tom Allen

The newest UltraHD monitor from Eizo is the 23.8″ CG248-4K – part of the ColorEdge line, which is aimed at graphics professionals. Because it is for professional use, the display supports 10-bit colour and …

Tags:AdobeRGB| Colour Critical Monitors| Colour Quality| DCI P3| Desktop Monitors| Eizo| Large Display Monitor| sRGB| UltraHD & 4K| Vol 22 - Issue 12

Apple Preparing TV Service (Again…)

by Tom Allen

There have been many rumours about an Apple TV service, stretching back four years or more. Now the all-knowing ‘people familiar with the matter’ have told the Wall Street Journal that the company plans …

Tags:Apple| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Pay TV| TV Viewing| Vol 22 - Issue 12

Sharp’s POS System Uses Dual Flush Displays

by Tom Allen

Sharp Europe has developed a new point-of-sale terminal, with a 15″ colour LCD display. The RZ-X850F is intended to be a simple and reliable system with a modern design, according to Sharp. The display …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| POS| Retail| sharp| Vol 22 - Issue 12