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BenQ Takes Technicolor Certification

by Tom Allen

BenQ’s PV270 LCD monitor (BenQ Combines Technologies for Colour Consistency) has been awarded with the Technicolor Color Certified certification. It is said to be the world’s first display with four accurate Technicolour colour spaces: …

Tags:Back Panel| BenQ| Colour Critical Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Portrait Displays| Technicolor| Vol 23 - Issue 19

Calibre Challenges Gamers at Infocomm

by Tom Allen

To demonstrate its scaling and switching technology, Calibre UK will replicate the installation of retro 80s arcade games that it was showing at ISE 2016 at this year’s Infocomm show (Las Vegas, 4th-10th June). …

Tags:Back Panel| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Switchers| Vol 23 - Issue 19

BBC White Paper Meets Mixed Reactions

by Tom Allen

The UK government has been debating the future of the BBC for several months (talks that we have reported on have revolved around the whether the licence fee is still relevant, and the iPlayer), …

Tags:BBC| Broadcast| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 19

FlexTech Completes US Army R&D

by Tom Allen

FlexTech has completed three flexible hybrid electronics R&D projects, under its US Army Research Laboratory technology investment agreement. They include a project with ENrG (Buffalo, New York) to develop a flexible ceramic substrate (20µm …

Tags:Back Panel| Flexible Devices| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 19

JDI Enters Agreement with SEL

by Tom Allen

Japan Display has announced plans to co-develop a backplane technology called CAAC-IGZO with Semiconductor Energy Laboratory (SEL). ‘Next-generation displays’ are the target market, including OLED displays. According to OLED-Info, SEL’s technology is called C-Axis …

Tags:Backplanes| IGZO| Japan Display Inc (JDI)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 19

InFocus Combines UHD and Capacitive Touch

by Tom Allen

A new InFocus model, the INF7002WB, is part of the company’s ‘JTouch’ interactive whiteboard range, with UltraHD resolution and capacitive 10-point touch: a new combination of features for the JTouch series. Digital pens and …

Tags:Digital Whiteboards| InFocus| Interactive Displays| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Vol 23 - Issue 19

Independent Speakers Form Aiptek’s Boombox Projector

by Tom Allen

Aiptek is now selling a portable DLP projector in Germany called the Flicks Dashbon, which is designed to be a ‘party powerhouse’. The small unit (166 x 299 x 135mm) features a carrying handle …

Tags:DLP Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Portable Projectors| Vol 23 - Issue 19

FCC Shows New Nvidia Shield…Maybe

by Tom Allen

A filing at the US FCC has shown a new Nvidia tablet that is very similar to the existing Nvidia Shield. All that has been revealed is a slightly smaller chassis (120 x 215mm …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Nvidia| tablets| Vol 23 - Issue 19

Digital Penetration Rises to 75% Globally

by Tom Allen

Between the end of 2010 and end of 2015, digital TV penetration jumped from 40.4% to 74.6% of global households, says Digital TV Research. The figure represents an increase of about 584 million homes, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| TV Viewing| Vol 23 - Issue 19| Worldwide

AOC’s Monitor is ‘Borderless’

by Tom Allen

AOC’s Style line is known for being – well, stylish, and the newest monitor in the series follows that trend. The 27″ Q2781PQ features narrow (5.7mm left/right/top, 6.25mm bottom) bezels on all four sides, …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| MMD (AOC Philips)| Vol 23 - Issue 19

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Dell Sticks to Original Acquisition Timeframe

by Tom Allen

Michael Dell has told attendees of EMC World that he intends to close the EMC acquisition (Dell Pays $67 Billion for EMC) by mid-July. Other executives, from both firms, echoed his statement at the …

Tags:Dell| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Vol 23 - Issue 19

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Amazon Aims at YouTube

by Tom Allen

Amazon has introduced a new service competing with YouTube, called Amazon Video Direct. Videos can be rented or purchased, viewed free with adverts or packaged together and offered as an add-on subscription. Several significant …

Tags:Amazon| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 19| YouTube