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Barco Expands Rental Projector Portfolio with 3-chip DLP 4K UHD 19,000-lumen Unit

Global projection technology leader Barco is broadening its successful HDX projector portfolio for large venues and events with a 3-chip DLP®, ...

Large 84″ Diagonal HI-OD Screen Printed Display Glass Solutions

Abrisa Technologies introduces a new line of large HI-OD™ (high optical density) screen printed display glass solutions in sizes up to ...

EU to Review Regulation of Digital Services

Broadcast and Distribution – The new EU Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society, Guenther Oettinger has stated recently that he was looking at creating ...

New Materials Shows Promise for use in Organic EL Displays

There is recent news deriving from a part of the Strategic Basic Research Programs underway at the Japan Science and Technology ...

GPUs Perform Poorly, But Q3 Expectations Are Up

Despite the relative stability of the desktop PC market, and the growth of the technology sector in general, Jon Peddie Research ...

PEW Releases Technical Device Ownership Data

In a new survey, the PEW Research Center released the latest data on technical device ownership in the USA. The survey ...

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HbbTV Changing to Match Multiscreen

by Bob Raikes

The final session of the first day covered service and platform initiatives and the first speaker was Laurent Etienne, the CTT of HTTV, a French middleware company. He has been involved in the standards …

Tags:Broadcast| HbbTV| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SES Industry Days 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 19

Samsung Likes BBC Proposal for Broadcast HDR

by Bob Raikes

John Adam of Samsung was the next speaker and he gave the “set makers’” point of view. He said that consumers are buying UHD sets and that is also driving the growth of sets …

Tags:HFR - High Frame Rate| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| SES Industry Days 2015| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 19

EBU Updates on Standards for UltraHD

by Bob Raikes

Yvonne Thomas is from the EBU and she looked at standards for UltraHD. She said that the aim with UltraHD, as Mark Twain said is to “please some and astonish the rest”. The main …

Tags:EBU| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SES Industry Days 2015| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 19

Lumineq Lengthens Lifetime of EL640.480-AA1 Color Display

by Helen Vince

Continuing the company’s exceptional commitment to extending a product’s lifetime, Lumineq® is offering a limited edition of drop-in replacement units for the previous generation of the colored EL640.480-AA1 display. This enables customers to further …

Tags:Rugged Displays| VGA

Exciting Times for UltraHD – and UK Politics!

by Bob Raikes

It has been an interesting week. I spent a couple of days in Luxembourg at the SES Partner day. There was, of course, lots of talk about UltraHD and HDR and I got my …

Tags:Editorial| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SES Industry Days 2015| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 19

Ikegami Experiences Rapidly Growing Interest in 4K UHD and 8K SHV at NAB 2015

by Vanessa Browning

Ikegami Tsushinki Co., Ltd. (Ikegami), a leader in the design and manufacture of top-quality broadcast cameras and production equipment, reports rapidly growing interest in ultra-high-definition technology at the 2015 NAB Show. Held at the …

Tags:Broadcast| Cameras| NAB 2015| UltraHD & 4K

Fitbit Files For IPO

by Helen Vince

Fitbit has announced plans to raise around $100 million from an initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange, though it has not indicated how many shares it plans to sell, nor …

Tags:Financial Data| Fitbit| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 20

Oculus Concerned About Poor VR Experiences

by Tom Allen

Sharing a little more information about its upcoming (Oculus Rift Set to Arrive in 2016) Oculus Rift headset, Oculus VR has said that it is developing its own virtual reality games. The fear is …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus Rift| Oculus VR| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 20

N1 (Finally) Leaves Chinese Borders

by Tom Allen

Nokia’s N1 tablet was launched in 2014 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 46), but has been confined to China – until now. The tablet has now been rolled out to Taiwan, for NT$7,800 ($255) …

Tags:China| Mobile Display Monitor| Nokia| tablets| Taiwan| Vol 22 - Issue 20

Intel Promises Thunderbolt at Computex

by Tom Allen

Companies have begun to release information about their presence at the upcoming Computex show in Taipei this June. China’s Holitech produces LCD and touch panel products. At Computex, it will focus on mobile devices …

Tags:Computex 2015| Electrochromic Displays| Intel| Large Display Monitor| LCD Modules| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Thunderbolt| USB| Vol 22 - Issue 21

SunBrite Continues Relationship With BJ’s

by Tom Allen

BJ’s Restaurants and Javi A/V, both in the USA, have worked together on digital signage since the late ’90s. Javi has installed screens from SunBriteDS in around 50 BJ’s locations, and recently completed another …

Tags:Digital Signage| DOOH| High Brightness Displays| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 20

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 20

by Tom Allen

Acer has added Intel’s fifth-generation Broadwell processors to its Travelmate P645-S ultrabooks. The new units can have Core i5 or i7 processors and are available in the USA now, starting at $950. Asus has …

Tags:Acer| All-in-ones (AIOs)| Asus| HP Inc| Intel| Large Display Monitor| Notebooks| Streaming Dongles| Vol 22 - Issue 20