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AR and VR Sales to Rise 10 Times by 2018

CCS Insight has predicted that 2.5 million VR and AR devices will be sold this year – increasing to 24 million ...

JCDecaux Launches Showcase at Heathrow

At London Heathrow’s airport’s Terminal 5, JCDecaux has positioned its Motion Showcase between Immigration and Baggage Reclaim, making it visible to ...

CEA Re-Christens UltraHD (Again), Brings Back 4k

Multiple trade associations have agreed to use ‘4k UltraHD’ or ‘4k UHD’ as common terminology to describe TVs meeting the CEA’s ...

Bluewater Technologies Receives Samsung Smart Signage Award for Platinum Partner of the Year

Bluewater Technologies has been honored with a Samsung Smart Signage Award for Platinum Partner of the Year at InfoComm16 in Las ...

Arrow ECS Expands Thin Portfolio

Arrow ECS in the Czech Republic has expanded its range of thin computing products with the addition of Igel devices.

EEMEA OTT Market Set to Reach $2.6 Billion

OTT TV and video revenues in the 19 countries of Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EEMEA) will reach $2.6 billion ...

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Notebook Computer Displays Evolve

by Phillip Wright

The new 12″ MacBook (available April 10) announced this week by Apple and the new XPS 13 notebook PC from Dell (available now) that was first shown at CES 2015, are both great examples …

Tags:Apple| CES 2015| Dell| LCD displays| Narrow Bezels| Notebooks| Operating Systems| Touch PCs| Vol 22 - Issue 11

Force Touch Coming to iPhone, Claims WSJ

by Tom Allen

According to the Wall Street Journal, the ‘Force Touch’ technology on the new Apple Watch and Macbook will also make an appearance on the next iPhone. Force Touch can distinguish between the pressure of …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Touch| Touch Pads| Vol 22 - Issue 11

Playstation Vue Coming to East Coast

by Vanessa Browning

Sony’s Playstation Vue service (Sony TV Service Enters Beta) will be rolled out to the USA soon, according to the Wall Street Journal. It will be launched within two weeks in New York, Philadelphia …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| PlayStation| sony| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 11

NEC’s E905 is for Signage and Conferencing (corrected)

by Tom Allen

NEC’s new Multisync E905 is a 90″ display for video conferencing, with an OPS slot to simplify installation. With a 24/7 scheduler built in, as well as commercial-grade thermostatic cooling capabilities, the unit can …

Tags:Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| large displays| LFD - Large Format Display| NEC| Vol 22 - Issue 11

Broadcom Powers First Ultra HD Android TV Set-top Box

by Helen Vince

Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM), a global innovation leader in semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications, today announced it is powering the first Ultra High Definition (Ultra HD) Android TV set-top box (STB). Offered …

Tags:Android| Broadcom| STBs| UltraHD

Protected Displays Important for Data Modul

by Tom Allen

Data Modul absorbed Conrac many years ago (Display Monitor Vol 5 No 48); earlier this year, Arrow Electronics announced plans to acquire Data Modul, in turn (Arrow Electronics to Acquire Data Modul). We hoped …

Tags:Aviation| Distributors| Events| Large Display Monitor| Passenger Terminal Expo (PTE) 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 11

Passenger Terminal Expo 2015 Roundup

by Tom Allen

Unlike its presence at traditional electronics shows, 3M was showing its identity management solutions, rather than touch screens and other components. The company has five huge divisions and multiple sub-divisions in each one, and …

Tags:3M (MMM)| Aviation| Epson| Events| Fingerprint Recognition| In Flight Entertainment| Large Display Monitor| Passenger Terminal Expo (PTE) 2015| Security| Vol 22 - Issue 11

Samsung Operates in Real Time

by Tom Allen

Every display on Samsung’s stand – which was one of the larger ones at the show, but still much smaller than we are used to seeing from the firm! – featured an in-built SoC …

Tags:Digital Signage| Events| Flight Information (FIDs)| High Brightness Displays| Large Display Monitor| Outdoor Displays| Passenger Terminal Expo (PTE) 2015| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 11

Passenger Terminals Take Off in Paris

by Tom Allen

We took some time this week – a traditionally slow part of the year, where everything is just ‘ticking along’ – to visit Passenger Terminal Expo in Paris. The show was described to us …

Tags:Events| Large Display Monitor| Passenger Terminal Expo (PTE) 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 11

NEC and Parity Climb to New Heights

by Tom Allen

Several companies focused on face recognition at the show, but I was particularly impressed by NEC’s offering, which is called Field Analyst for Signage. The full version is in use in Japanese airports, and …

Tags:Digital Signage Software| Events| Flight Information (FIDs)| Large Display Monitor| NEC| Passenger Terminal Expo (PTE) 2015| Video Walls| Vol 22 - Issue 11