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IMDs at an Inflection Point

This week, I spent some time with Sharp in Malta and had a chance to see the Big Pad large interactive ...

iWedia Scores HiSilicon Design Win

iWedia’s Linux-based ‘Teatro 3.0’ software has been ported for Hisilicon’s Hi3798/Hi3796 SoC family. Teatro 3.0 is designed for hybrid (DVB+IP) set-top ...

LGD Moves Forward With OLED Alliance

LG Display CEO Han Sang-beomBack in March, we reported that LG Display was building an ‘OLED alliance’, with companies from Japan, ...

Kiosk London Exhibitors Praise Quality Over Quantity

Every year, HF Media & Events organises two shows in one: Kiosk London and Digital Signage London, which take place in ...

ARM and SMI Collaborate on VR at GDC

We missed an earlier report that Arm and Sensormotoric Instruments (SMI) were planning to collaborate on demonstrating at the GDC that ...

The Open Source Virtual Reality (OSVR) Effort Aims to Speed Adoption

Major gaming peripherals provider, Razer, was at CES to promote its new program called Open Source Virtual Reality (OSVR), which is ...

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Shopping Season is Almost Upon Us

by Raverstead

Black Friday marks the traditional beginning of the end-of-year shopping season in the USA. In recent years, European retailers have also begun to offer promotions in mid-late November. Amazon began its sales earlier in …

Tags:Black Friday| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| PlayStation| Pricing| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 21 - Issue 45

Strategy Analytics Finds Awareness of 4K/UHD Increasing

by Raverstead

According to the latest Consumer Metrix survey from Strategy Analytics the awareness of 4k/UHD technology among US consumers has risen significantly. The US-based market research firm interviewed 2001 US consumers via an online survey …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UltraHD| USA| Vol 21 - Issue 49

Toshiba’s Easyguard Protects its Professional Hybrid

by Raverstead

Toshiba’s new professional laptop, the Portege Z20T, is a Core-M unit that takes aim at Microsoft’s Surface Pro 3 and Dell’s Venue 11 Pro 7000. As a convertible model, the Z20T’s 12.5″ display can …

Tags:Convertible PCs| IPS| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| toshiba| Vol 21 - Issue 45

VESA Seeks Input on DSC Revision

by Raverstead

The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) is examining a refinement to its Display Stream Compression (DSC) standard (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 5). DSC reduces bitrates to enable higher resolution content to be played …

Tags:Display Stream (DSC)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| VESA| Vol 21 - Issue 44

MDM Product Roundup Vol 21 Issue 47

by Raverstead

A variety of tablets have been unveiled by Acer for the Taiwan market. These are the Iconia One 7, Iconia One 8 and Iconia Tab 10, as well as the Iconia Talk S (supporting …

Tags:Acer| Dell| Intel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Security| Smartwatches| tablets| Vol 21 - Issue 47

High-Res Streaming Arrives on Amazon

by Raverstead

Amazon’s preparations (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 48) have now concluded. The company has launched UltraHD streaming on its Prime Instant Video service – although the service is currently only accessible on TVs, not …

Tags:4k| Amazon| Large Display Monitor| VOD in UltraHD & 4K| Vol 21 - Issue 49

Swisscom Launches SVOD Service

by Raverstead

Switzerland’s Swisscom has launched a rival SVOD service to Netflix called Teleclub Play. The service offers films, TV shows, documentaries, sports and childrens’ programming for CHF12.90 ($13.20) a month. Around 5,000 titles are currently …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Switzerland| VOD| Vol 21 - Issue 48

Barnfind at Norwegian National Soccer Stadium

by Raverstead

Barnfind has installed a new fibre optic transport system to connect the Norwegian Nationals Soccer Stadium in Ullevål. The connection sends uncompressed video directly to TV Norge. As well as sending video back to …

Tags:Broadcast| Large Display Monitor| Norway| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 21 - Issue 47

Fransat Commits to MPEG-4

by Raverstead

Fransat, the free-to-air French platform, will move all of its broadcasts to MPEG-4 by 2016. Any customers still using an SD receiver by this point will need to change to an HD- (and MPEG-4) …

Tags:France| Large Display Monitor| MPEG4 (H.264 MVC)| Terrestrial (DTT)| Vol 21 - Issue 48

Pay-TV Rises in Portugal

by Raverstead

Portugese regulator Anacom has said that there were about 3.3 million pay-TV subs in the country at the end of September. The figure represents a net addition of 46,500 QoQ (up 1.4%) and 132,000 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Portugal| TV Reception| Vol 21 - Issue 48

Taiwanese Makers Extend Focus

by Raverstead

Next year, AUO and Innolux will focus on high-resolution and wide viewing angle kiosks, IPC and white board applications, say sources in Asia. Display Daily Comments We saw medical panels from AUO at SID …

Tags:AUO| Innolux| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 49

10 3rd Dimension Shows Sliced Projection 3D Display

by Raverstead

3rd Dimension (Knoxville, TN) gave a paper and had a small demo in the AVT Simulation booth at I/ITSEC that showcased its second generation display technology. The company called it a “holographic” display, which …

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