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GFU Expects 2.4 Million UHD Sales

Hans-Joachim Kamp, chairman of the GFU in Germany, has said that HDTV has prevailed very quickly among customers due to the ...

LETI Shows First WVGA microLED Display

CEA-LETI presented two papers at DisplayWeek and showed a demo in their booth on the show floor. Their papers described a ...

XL Video UK Makes Projector Investment

XL Video UK has invested £1.2 million ($1.8 million) in 30 new Barco HDX-W14 projectors, including a quantity of Barco’s TLD+ UST ...

Samsung Back at SID – but ‘No Meetings’

Samsung Display was missed at the SID event last year (it was concentrating on promoting its branded products last year, rather ...

New Slingbox M2 announced for $200

Slingbox has announced the M2 box, an upgrade on the M1, launched last year. Pricing has risen from $150 to $200 ...

ECN Expands into Germany

ECN (Executive Channel Network) has been running a digital signage network in the UK (since 2009) and France (since 2013) and ...

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Canatu Raises Light Transmittance

by Tom Allen

Canatu announced a new generation of high-optical-transmittance carbon nanobud (CNB) films at Printed Electronics Europe last month. The Generation 6 film features ‘significantly improved’ light transmittance over previous products, as well as zero haze …

Tags:Canatu| CNTs (Carbon Nanotubes)| ITO Replacement| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 18

Rice Uni Bringing Touch to Gaming in a Whole New Way

by Tom Allen

The USA’s Rice University is developing haptics for virtual reality, to provide gamers with physical feedback. The Hands Omni glove is a prototype, sponsored by VR company Virtuix. The glove inflates bladders underneath the …

Tags:Haptics| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 18| Wearables

Albis Focuses on IPTV

by Tom Allen

Albis Technologies showed its Scenegate set-top boxes. These are designed to support both traditional (IPTV, broadcast and VoD) and value-added services (OTT, interactive, media sharing). The Scenegate 8073 is Albis’ newest STB, introduced at …

Tags:IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| STBs| TV Connect 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 18

Amino Rolls Out Smart Home to Non-IP Customers

by Tom Allen

Multiscreen solutions were the highlight of Amino’s stand. The company is an IPTV specialist and was highlighting the technology’s distribution capabilities. Amino was showcasing an UltraHD HEVC platform using its Aminet software, as well …

Tags:IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Smart Home & Home Networks| STBs| TV Connect 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 18

UltraHD Dominates TV Connect

by Tom Allen

The Display Monitor team has not visited TV Connect since it rebranded from IP&TV World Forum after the 2012 show. At the time, the buzz was about the replacement of set-top boxes by home …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TV Connect 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 18

Anga Com Replaces STB Vendors

by Tom Allen

Anga Com 2015 will take place in Cologne, Germany from the 9th – 11th June, and bookings have exceeded expectations. 440 exhibitors from 35 countries have booked space so far. Anga Com managing director, …

Tags:Back Panel| Broadcast| Cable| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| STBs| Vol 22 - Issue 18

Clear Channel’s Storm Spreads Over Midlands

by Tom Allen

Clear Channel has launched two new sites, under its Storm brand. The first, the Hammersmith Tower, is on the Hammersmith Flyover in London – the sixteenth location in the city for the Storm network. …

Tags:ClearChannel| Digital Signage| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 18

DisplayLink Dock Accepts Multiple Device Types

by Tom Allen

At the recent Interop Las Vegas Expo, DisplayLink showed a dock that connected to a new Macbook, Chromebook Pixel 2 and Windows notebook via USB-C, and existing notebooks, tablets and Android smartphones through USB-A. …

Tags:Back Panel| DisplayLink| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Smartphones| tablets| USB| Vol 22 - Issue 18

Kopin Chosen for Follow-On Order

by Tom Allen

Kopin has secured a $1.8 million follow-on production order from the US government, for a high-brightness microdisplay. The displays, which will be supplied over a 15-month period, will be used in the F-35 Helmet-Mounted …

Tags:Aviation| Back Panel| Kopin| Microdisplays| Military & Defence| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 18

Tianma Takes SFT2 to UltraHD

by Tom Allen

A 19.5″ LCD module, using Tianma’s SFT2 technology, will be presented at Embedded Systems Expo 2015 in mid-May. SFT2 is a new version of SFT, which is comparable to IPS panels. NLT says that …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD Modules| NLT| NTSC| Tianma| Vol 22 - Issue 18