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Force Touch Coming to iPhone, Claims WSJ

by Tom Allen

According to the Wall Street Journal, the ‘Force Touch’ technology on the new Apple Watch and Macbook will also make an appearance on the next iPhone. Force Touch can distinguish between the pressure of …

NEC’s E905 is for Signage and Conferencing (corrected)

by Tom Allen

NEC’s new Multisync E905 is a 90″ display for video conferencing, with an OPS slot to simplify installation. With a 24/7 scheduler built in, as well as commercial-grade thermostatic cooling capabilities, the unit can …

Protected Displays Important for Data Modul

by Tom Allen

Data Modul absorbed Conrac many years ago (Display Monitor Vol 5 No 48); earlier this year, Arrow Electronics announced plans to acquire Data Modul, in turn (Arrow Electronics to Acquire Data Modul). We hoped …

Passenger Terminal Expo 2015 Roundup

by Tom Allen

Unlike its presence at traditional electronics shows, 3M was showing its identity management solutions, rather than touch screens and other components. The company has five huge divisions and multiple sub-divisions in each one, and …

Samsung Operates in Real Time

by Tom Allen

Every display on Samsung’s stand – which was one of the larger ones at the show, but still much smaller than we are used to seeing from the firm! – featured an in-built SoC …

Passenger Terminals Take Off in Paris

by Tom Allen

We took some time this week – a traditionally slow part of the year, where everything is just ‘ticking along’ – to visit Passenger Terminal Expo in Paris. The show was described to us …

Tags:Events| Large Display Monitor| Passenger Terminal Expo (PTE) 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 11

NEC and Parity Climb to New Heights

by Tom Allen

Several companies focused on face recognition at the show, but I was particularly impressed by NEC’s offering, which is called Field Analyst for Signage. The full version is in use in Japanese airports, and …

Ad-Skipping Company Develops STB to Enable Service

by Tom Allen

US-based Skipr is developing an Android TV STB with a pass-through function for cable TV. Skipr’s primary offer is an ad-skipping service, redirecting viewers to alternative programming. However, at first this only worked with …

Tags:Android| Google| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 22 - Issue 11

Ateme Claims to Double HEVC Processing Speed

by Tom Allen

Ateme has developed a new transcoder that is claimed to double HEVC file processing speed. The Titan File is applicable to both large and small screens; it ‘improves…video quality and bandwidth efficiency’ of content …

HD Guru Compiles Samsung UltraHD Pricing

by Tom Allen

HD Guru has managed to find prices for all of Samsung’s 2014 UltraHD TVs. These ‘JU’ models are separate to the UN65JS9500 ($8,000) that was introduced at CES. The top-end is the JU7500 series …

Sharp’s Touch Registers Brush Strokes

by Tom Allen

In an event at its headquarters in Tokyo, Sharp has demonstrated a capacitive touch technology that is sensitive enough to register individual brush strokes. Photo credit: IDG News ServiceA special brush, with capacitive fibres, …

Fraunhofer Stacks OLEDs for Colour Tunability

by Tom Allen

Fraunhofer COMEDD has developed colour-tunable OLED lighting panels, and showed them off at the recent LOPEC event in Munich, Germany. Photo credit: OLED-InfoColour tunability is the feature most desired by lighting designers after flexibility, …