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ICDM Works to Revise UltraHD Specifications

We were recently alerted to a move by the SID’s International Committee for Display Metrology (ICDM), which we heard is considering ...

Value Electronics to Host 11th Annual Flat Panel TV Shootout at CE Week NYC, June 24-25

Value Electronics, a leading independent audio video retailer in Westchester County, NY, is bringing its respected, annual TV Shootout evaluation event ...

LG Adds Czech Distributor

LG monitors are now being distributed in the Czech Republic by 100Mega.  

Qualcomm Signs Agreement With Allwinner

Qualcomm has entered into an agreement with China’s Allwinner Technology, to extend the use of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processors in the Chinese ...

Display Driver IC Growth Predicted Despite Tight Supply

By 2018, the market for display driver integrated circuits (DICs) will be worth $7.3 billion, up from $4.6 billion in 2012. ...

Siemens Claims Fastest Tablet

Siemens has launched a new industrial tablet PC that is reported to be the fastest on the market, powered as it ...

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Vufine Enters Crowd Funding for Low Cost Smartglasses

by Norbert Hildebrand

Vufine, a California-based start up has announced its development of a smartglass that provides just the display component without any computer functionality. The company is also entering a crowd funding campaign on Kickstarter, which …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| SmartGlasses| Vol 22 - Issue 26

Correction: Outfront Expands Transport Presence

by Tom Allen

We incorrectly reported recently that Outfront Media had begun working with the Washington Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, to roll out screens in New York City (Outfront Expands Transport Presence). The screens are actually being …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Outfront Media| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 26

Microsoft Shows Off the Surface Hub

by Bob Raikes

Microsoft had a large area that it occupied along with partners, to promote its Surface Hub product. (Maverick: “Surface Hub is a Game Changer”). The product is built around either an 84″ (Intel core …

Tags:Collaboration| Infocomm 2015| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Microsoft| Vol 22 - Issue 26

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Absen Makes Rental/Staging Easier

by Bob Raikes

Absen is one of the better of the LED brands from China and had lots to show us. The company first showed us its X3/X5 LED system which, unusually, it described as indoor/outdoor. The …

Tags:Infocomm 2015| Large Display Monitor| LED| Rental and Staging| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 22 - Issue 26

Kenwood Supports Android and iPhone Connections

by Tom Allen

Two new after-market multimedia receivers, with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, are now being shipped by Kenwood. The Excelon DDX9902S and DDX9702S were introduced at CES 2015. They are in-car modules for entertainment and …

Tags:Android| Automotive| iOS (Apple)| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 26

Mirasol Evolution Produces ‘Any’ Colour

by Tom Allen

Researchers at Qualcomm MEMS Technologies have developed a new display, using a mirror and an absorbing layer to take advantage of the wave properties of natural light. The development is the latest version of …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Reflective Display| Vol 22 - Issue 26

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Philips Sees Positive Response for Ambilight

by Bob Raikes

Philips had one of the smaller booths for what we consider to be a major brand, although it has never been quite such a strong brand in the US as it is in Europe. …

Tags:Infocomm 2015| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Philips| Vol 22 - Issue 26

German Firm to Create Technology Park

by Helen Vince

German technology firm Wammes & Partner says it is aiming to create a technology park in Gundersheim near Worms for high tech companies in the field of applied physics. The company has a 20,000 …

Tags:Germany| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 26

Lattice Provides IR Control to ZTE

by Tom Allen

Lattice Semiconductor has announced that its iCE40 LM field-programmable gate array is being used in ZTE’s Star 2 flagship smartphone. The chipset is used to perform IR remote control and sensor hub functions.

Tags:Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductors| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 26| ZTE

Samsung Scoops Awards at Infocomm

by Tom Allen

Samsung received three awards for its digital signage at Infocomm 2015. Digital Signage Magazine presented the company with its ‘Best of Infocomm’ award; Rave Publications‘ readers voted for Samsung as ‘Favourite Display Manufacturer’; and …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| Infocomm 2015| Large Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 26

DxO Boasts of World’s First ‘Truly Connected Camera’

by Tom Allen

Cameras are not an area that we often delve into, but we wanted to highlight the DxO One – a smartphone companion, billed as ‘the world’s first truly connected camera’. The lens is held …

Tags:Cameras| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 26