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NEC Concentrates on Core Lines

by Tom Allen

NEC’s stand was once again arranged by application area, with sections dedicated to broadcast, shopping, education, public displays and more. The focus was on high brightness, high resolution and outdoor displays. Because large screens …

APAC Overtakes Europe in IPTV

by Tom Allen

The worldwide IPTV market will be worth almost $79.4 billion by 2020, exhibiting a CAGR of 18.1% from 2014, says Transparency Market Research. The firm expects APAC to overtake Western Europe as the market’s …

Tags:APAC| Europe| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 08

Valens Extends Video to 800m

by Tom Allen

Valens and Avago Technologies have collaborated on an HDBaseT fibre-transmission solution that can send HDBaseT video up to 800m. It is based on Valens’ Colligo chipsets and Avago’s AFBR-709HDZ transceivers.

Tags:Chips| Fibre optics| HDBaseT| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 08

Atlona Scales and Switches UltraHD

by Tom Allen

Atlona introduced many new distribution products, with a focus on high resolution and framerates. The show marked the company’s largest-ever product launch. Two new HDMI-to-HDBaseT matrix switchers were announced: Atlona’s first able to handle …

Publitec Invests in Christie Products

by Tom Allen

German AV distributor Publitec has invested in Christie’s new Boxer 4K30 projectors, taking 40 units from the company before it was officially launched at ISE (Christie Overcomes Lamp Limitations). Christie’s Klaus Hilles and Andreas …

CDS Reacts Well to Transparent Competition

by Tom Allen

Chris Bartram, MD of Crystal Display Solutions (,CDS) was happy to see Samsung’s exhibit of a square display at ISE. “It draws attention to our own square product”, Bartram told us: an ‘almost-square’ 27.3″ …

Lang Moves, Retains Competencies

by Tom Allen

Due to the expansion of Samsung’s stand, Lang AG and Panasonic had both moved to a different area of Hall 1 this year. The companies work together closely, and Lang had one of Panasonic’s …

Panels Move to Be Largest Factor in Set Prices

by Tom Allen

Changing panel prices are becoming the largest swing factor to TV makers’ profitability, says David Hsieh of DisplaySearch (http://tinyurl.com/ofwz9e6). The LCD module represents between 70% and 80% of the cost of a set, and …

Cricket Cup Broadcast Live in High Res

by Tom Allen

The International Cricket Council has said that the ICC World Cup 2015 will be produced in UltraHD. Seven matches will be broadcast live, using the format, by India’s Star Sports. Analyst Comment I was …

LDM Product Roundup Vol 22 No 7

by Tom Allen

The Zenbook 305, revealed by Asus at IFA 2014 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 36), will be available soon. The 13.3″ unit, which has a Core-M processor and 1920 x 1080 resolution, will cost …

Canonical Promises Break from the Norm With Ubuntu

by Tom Allen

Canonical has revealed the first Ubuntu smartphone, created with Spain’s BQ. Designed to challenge smartphones using existing operating systems such as iOS and Android, the Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition ‘puts content at the heart …

Tags:Europe| Mobile Display Monitor| Operating Systems| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 07

Sinowealth Wins Everydisplay Orders

by Tom Allen

Chinese IC developer Sinowealth has reported a design win, having supplied AMOLED drivers to Everdisplay last year. The drivers are being used in Everdisplay’s first OLED panels. Sinowealth also says that it has received …