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Ebay Uses Face Recognition to Reduce Stress

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Ebay had a two-day pop-up store in Oxford Street, London, comprising four in-store biometric pods with interactive touchscreens. Facial recognition was used to help shoppers to choose gifts. The shoppers were shown product images …

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Christie Projectors Upgrade CGR Cinémas

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French cinema chain CGR Cinémas is upgrading projection in auditoria of around 200 seats to Christie Solaria CP42LH laser units (CGR France Chooses Christie Laser). Installation starts this month, and CGR will be the …

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Visual Art and Jernhusen Media Widen Agreement

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Visual Art and Jernhusen Media have been working together to provide outdoor advertising in Sweden since 2010 and now plan to increase this cooperation, extending their agreement to 2024. Currently Jernhusen advertises at 40 …

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YouTube Launches 4K Live Streaming

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YouTube already boasts of having the largest online library of 4K videos. It has now launched live streaming of videos, including those which are 360º.

Webcast on High Dynamic Range

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Mike Callahan of Elemental and Roland Vlaicu of Dolby Laboratories are leading a webcast discussion on the future of HDR for video, covering standards, single and dual layer implementations and display options. It will …

Sharp, Samsung and NEC Have Best-Selling Large Displays

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In PMA’s October large flat panel tracking for North America, Sharp led the way for 70-79″ displays with its LC-70LE661U. Samsung followed with the DM75E, while NEC was third with its E705. The top …

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NEC’s Touchscreen Overlays Meet TAA Guidelines

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NEC Display Solutions of America’s touchscreen overlays for large displays now comply with Trade Agreements Act (TAA) guidelines. Meeting the requirements means that US government and other federal affiliates can now buy these products.

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Panasonic Recognises Renesas With Three Awards

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Renesas became the first supplier to receive all three of Panasonic’s awards at its Excellent Partners Meeting. Renesas was named as Best Partner, as well as receiving the Contribution to Technology Development award of …

Samsung Offers Showtime

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Samsung is now offering the Showtime streaming service and the Showtime Anytime app on some 2015 and all 2016 smart TV models in the USA. The streaming service will cost $10.99 a month, with …

LG Display is Top Large Panel Supplier – Again

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According to IHS Markit, quoted in the Yonhap News, LG Display is the top supplier of large panels for the 28th consecutive quarter, and is forecast to ship over 51 million next year. This …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 47

Fraunhofer to Promote OLED Making at IDW

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Fraunhofer FEP aims to help European high-tech SMEs to take photonic technology from the lab to market by creating an open access pilot line in Europe which can make flexible OLEDs and integrate them …

CPT to Sell Its Stake in Giantplus

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Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) is selling its 236.982 million shares (a 53.68% stake) in LCD panel and module maker Giantplus Technology. Of these, 152.982 million are going to Japanese display maker Ortus Technology. The …

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