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Imagining the Personal Companion of the Near Future

Our friend, Dr Jon Peddie, sent us this article, which he sub-titled “My smartphone helps me get through the day, and ...

Broadpeak Claims 90% Latency Drop for OTT

Broadpeak, of Rennes, France and a supplier of content delivery network (CDN) technologies and live and VoD servers for content providers ...

Another Inflection Point for Samsung

There was no question about the Samsung story going on the front page. I regularly talk about ‘inflection points’. Cinema is ...

Invitation Hints at Another Curve for Samsung

Samsung has sent out invitations to its Galaxy Unpacked event, which will take place on the 13th August – two weeks ...

Samsung Goes for Design

Click for more and larger imagesSamsung has added new “Serif” TVs designed by French designers, Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, that is ...

Desktop Monitor Market Up on 2015 in Q3

According to Meko’s DisplayCast market research service, sales of desktop monitors in Europe, Middle East and Africa were 4.4% up on ...

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Canon Adds More HDR Support

by Bob Raikes

Canon was showing a number of different displays including HDR reference monitors and an LCOS projector with HDR support. Products shown included the existing DP-V2420 which was introduced last year at IBC. The company …

Tags:Broadcast Monitors| Canon| IBC 2017| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 35

BBC Updates on HLG Status

by Bob Raikes

Andrew Cotton from the BBC’s R&D department is one of the developers of the HLG EOTF and gave an update on the development of support for the technology as one of SES’s excellent technical …

Tags:BBC| HDR - High Dynamic Range| IBC 2017| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 35

Comwave Partners with Abox42 on New TV Service

by Andrew Fenn

Canadian communications firm Comwave has selected German set-top-box provider Abox42 and its M30-series STB for the launch of brand new IPTV service, ComwaveTV ComwaveTV, which launched on September 25th, is Comwave’s first television platform. …

Tags:Germany| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 37

System Plus Releases Analysis Report on LG Automotive Display

by Andrew Fenn

System Plus Consulting has released a new report analysing the LG LA080WV3 8″ in-car touch display and taking an in-depth look at why LG Display is one of the driving forces in the automotive …

Tags:Automotive| Back Panel| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| Teardowns| Vol 24 - Issue 36

Vivitek Projector Produces 12,000 Ansi Lumens

by Bob Raikes

Vivitek has a new laser projector high brightness projector, the DU8193Z which produces 12,000 Ansi lumens of output with 10,000:1 contrast and 1920 x 1200 (WUXGA) resolution. The unit uses a single 0.67″ DLP …

Tags:DLP Projectors| Installation Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Vivitek| Vol 24 - Issue 36

Poundland Updates POS Technology

by Bob Raikes

Low price retailer Poundland in the UK has installed 1,400 NCR self-service kiosks to speed up check out. 15 stores per week were upgraded over the 16 week project period.

Tags:Kiosks| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 37

USB 3.2 Announced

by Bob Raikes

USB 3.2 has now been published by the USB 3.0 Promoter Group. The new standard can deliver double the throughput of USB 3.1, by using dual lanes. Both source and devices need to support …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| USB| Vol 24 - Issue 36

Render of Samsung Windows Mixed Reality Headset Leaked on Twitter

by Andrew Fenn

Images have surfaced on Twitter of a Samsung VR headset displaying the Windows Mixed Reality symbol. Infamous technological whistle-blower @WalkingCat leaked the images out into the wild earlier this week, but elected not to …

Tags:AR/VR| Mixed Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 36

Thinfilm NFC Scanner App Released for iOS

by Andrew Fenn

With the release of iOS 11, Apple has extended the range of the iPhone’s near-field communication capabilities. A platform previously reserved for Apple Pay, near-field communication can now be used to deliver digital experiences …

Tags:Apple| Mobile Display Monitor| NFC| Vol 24 - Issue 35

Royal Institute of British Architects Transitions to Ultra HD

by Andrew Fenn

London’s Royal Institute of British Architects is in the process of updating its audiovisual infrastructure to UHD technology with the help of long-time AV partner Panasonic. The RIBA is one of London’s largest conference …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Projectors| UK (United Kingdom)| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 35

Qualcomm Extends Offer for NXP

by Bob Raikes

Frankly, the deal was done so long ago that it had slipped our minds, but now Qualcomm has extended its offer to buy NXP, a deal that was due to be concluded by Oct …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Vol 24 - Issue 36