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TechData Expands Distribution Deal with Lenovo

American multinational distribution company TechData is now authorised to distribute Lenovo’s consumer brand line of products in Portugal. TechData is already ...

UniPixel Wins Programs with New Japanese PC OEM Customer

UniPixel, Inc., a provider of advanced touch solutions to the touchscreen and flexible electronics markets, today announced the addition of a ...

Greece Completes ASO

Greece has completed its analogue switch-off. The DTT platform is now available to more than 96% of the country’s population.

FCC Authorizes ATSC 3.0 Broadcast Transmission Standard

The United States Federal Communications Commission has adopted new rules to let television broadcasters use the Next Generation broadcast television transmission ...

Immersion-VRelia Shows VR Headsets at CES 2015

Immersion-VRelia, Inc. has developed a VR headset that uses a smartphone as the imaging device. The “GO” product, featured at CES 2015, ...

Epson Introduces PowerLite 975W Projector with Ultra-Long Lamp Life for K-12 Classrooms

Epson, the number-one selling projector brand worldwide, today announced the PowerLite® 975W projector – Epson’s first classroom projector to offer up ...

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In-Store Experience Moves to Digital

by Tom Allen

A study by IDC (paid: http://tinyurl.com/q6q8twz) has found that retailers in Western Europe are increasingly moving towards in-store digital transformations, to gain a competitive edge. All top retailers in the region are currently evaluating …

Tags:Channels| Digital Signage| IDC| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 32

Notebook ODMs’ MoM Sales Declined in July

by Helen Vince

Taiwan’s main notebook ODMs reported sequential declines in sales for July, as they experienced a slowdown in notebook demand. Quanta Computer said sales were down 21.4% in July from June, to NT$83.6 billion ($2.6 …

Tags:Compal| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| ODMs & OEMs| Quanta| Vol 22 - Issue 32

Nomadic Virtual Reality Opens SIGGRAPH VR Village

by Steve Sechrist

The Virtual Reality Village opened for the first time at the Special Interest Group Graphics (SIGGRAPH for short) conference and Exhibition in Los Angeles. A VR Village highlight included a nomadic Virtual Reality system …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| 3D Content Creation| Augmented Reality| CAVEs| Oculus VR| Siggraph 2015| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 32

TPK Posts 36% MoM Growth

by Helen Vince

Unlike many Taiwanese component makers, TPK Holding posted a healthy 36% month on month growth in sales in July, to NT$9.5 billion ($294.9 million), though this was 10.3% lower than July 2014. For the …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TPK| Vol 22 - Issue 32

Good Month for Taiwan Chip Companies

by Helen Vince

Taiwan’s major chip companies reported strong sales in July, with Mediatek achieving monthly revenue which was the highest in four months. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) saw sales rise 35% sequentially and 24.7% year on …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mediatek| Mobile Display Monitor| TSMC| UMC| Vol 22 - Issue 32

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University of Stanford Shows Light Field Virtual Headset

by Norbert Hildebrand

Gordon Wetzstein, assistant professor at the Stanford University Computational Imaging Group, and his team have developed a new virtual reality headset prototype they call “a light-field stereoscope”. They promise that their headset decreases motion …

Tags:Light Field Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Displays| Virtual Sets| Vol 22 - Issue 32

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Rental And Staging Roadshow Report

by Matthew Brennesholtz

On July 29th, the Rental and Staging Roadshow came to New York. The focus was on professional AV products as used by the rental and staging (R&S) industry. Two panel discussions at the roadshow …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Laser Phosphor Projectors| Media Servers| Rental and Staging| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 22 - Issue 32

Epson to Demonstrate Latest Moverio BT-200 AR Applications at SIGGRAPH 2015

by Helen Vince

Epson America will be demonstrating the latest consumer and enterprise applications on its Moverio® BT-200 augmented reality smart glasses at SIGGRAPH 2015 Aug. 11-13 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Additionally, Epson invites developers …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Epson| Siggraph 2015

EDO Introduces World’s First 6″ 4K AMOLED Panel

by Helen Vince

EverDisplay Optronics (EDO) announced this week the launch of the world’s first 6-inch 4K AMOLED display. Although 4K TV is already commonplace among the consumer market, replicating the same resolution onto a mere 6-inch …

Tags:AMOLED| UltraHD & 4K

Panasonic to Start Mass-Production of Highly Sensitive Curved Touch Panel

by Helen Vince

Panasonic Corporation today announced that it will start the mass-production of the capacitive-type, highly sensitive, multi-touch capable automotive curved touch panel at the end of September 2015. The panels can enhance the design flexibility …

Tags:Panasonic| Touch Displays

Gesture Control Rises With New Applications

by Tom Allen

Gesture-sensing control (‘gesture control’) user interface shipments are forecast to rise 10% YoY this year, to 1.8 billion units. IHS says that touchscreen technology is not suitable for some new and emerging applications, such …

Tags:Gesture Recognition| HMI| IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 32

Promethean Management Recommends Sale

by Helen Vince

Promethean’s directors have unanimously recommended that its shareholders accept Netdragon Websoft’s $130 million offer for the UK-based interactive display vendor and education provider. Netdragon announced its intention to acquire Promethean last month (China’s NetDragon …

Tags:Interactive Displays| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Promethean| Vol 22 - Issue 32