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Epson’s Tom Versfelt Named as CRN Channel Chief

by Tom Allen

Tom Versfelt, VP of channel and commercial sales at Epson America, has been named on the list of 2015 CRN Channel Chiefs. This list represents IT channel leaders holding direct responsibility for driving revenue …

Tags:Back Panel| Channels| Epson| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 09

Merck’s Dammel Takes Frits Zernike Award

by Tom Allen

Merck’s Ralph Dammel has received the Frits Zernike Award for Microlithography. Presented at the SPIE Advanced Lithography conference, the award is presented for outstanding accomplishments in microlithographic technology.

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 09

Vestel Takes Part in New Fatih Tender

by Tom Allen

Vestel took part in a tender for 700,000 tablets recently, as part of Turkey’s Fatih Project. The results of the tender will be announced soon.

Tags:Education| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vestel| Vol 22 - Issue 09

Chinese Panel Share Rising at Korean Expense

by Tom Allen

Sources speaking to Business Korea have said that the Korean panel industry is increasingly being threatened by that of China, due to the Chinese government’s support. The sources said that the combined market share …

Tags:China| Korea| Large Display Monitor| LCD Panels| Market Shares - Panels| Mobile Display Monitor| Small Medium Panel Supply| Supply Chain| Vol 22 - Issue 09

Mediatek Chooses Kopin for Reference Design

by Tom Allen

Mediatek has developed a reference design for a pair of wearable smartglasses. Some features are similar to those in Google Glass, although the hardware is based on Mediatek’s MT2502 SoC and a microdisplay from …

Tags:Kopin| Mediatek| Microdisplays| Mobile Display Monitor| SmartGlasses| Vol 22 - Issue 09

Admirable Chooses Broadsign for 265-Screen Rollout

by Tom Allen

Admirable, a Hispanic signage network in the USA, has deployed 265 new 42″ screens using Broadsign’s cloud-based software. CTO Kristian Diaz said that Broadsign’s platform was “made for ad-based networks such as our own”.

Tags:Broadsign| Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| Software| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 09

15,000 OLEDs Light Up Japanese Festival

by Tom Allen

15,000 OLED lighting panels from Konica Minolta have been used in a Japanese tulip festival, with three panels embedded in each of the 5,000 flowers. The panels were produced on Konica’s new roll-to-roll OLED …

Tags:Back Panel| Japan| Large Display Monitor| Lighting| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 22 - Issue 09

Valve Challenges Oculus

by Tom Allen

Valve, the company behind the Steam gaming platform, is developing its own virtual reality product. The company has said that it will show the ‘SteamVR Hardware’ at the Games Developer Conference, which runs between …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Steam Consoles| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 09| Wearables

Toshiba’s Satellite is Designed for Entertainment

by Tom Allen

Continuing its rapid notebook release schedule, Toshiba’s newest model is the Satellite P50-B-11M: a 15.6″ model that functions as a desktop replacement. An Intel Core i7-4720HQ (Haswell) processor runs 64-bit Windows 8.1, while graphics …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| toshiba| Vol 22 - Issue 09

NEC Prepares for European Roadshow

by Tom Allen

The NEC European Roadshow is due to start on 4th March. Lasting until 7th May, the show will visit locations in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, showcasing NEC’s newest products to its partners.

Tags:Austria| Back Panel| Germany| Mobile Display Monitor| NEC| Switzerland| Vol 22 - Issue 09

Huawei’s Mediapad is for Film Lovers

by Tom Allen

The Mediapad T1 8.0 is a new 8″ tablet from Huawei, apparently covering more than 90% of Adobe RGB. It has an IPS panel with 1280 x 800 resolution, 178 deg viewing angles and …

Tags:Game Playing| Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 09

XL Video Takes On The O2

by Tom Allen

XL Video supplied a bespoke LED screen and camera IMAG package for a recent concert by Alt-J at the O2 Arena in London. 170 tiles of Pixled’s 12mm-pitch F12 LED were used, with 154 …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| LED| Rental and Staging| Vol 22 - Issue 09