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Virtual Reality – The New Medium for the Next Generation

When virtual reality appeared in the display world, there was a clear application for the Sony 3D Viewer, the Zeiss Cinemizer ...

Four of Top Monitor Vendors Experience Declines

More than 29 million PC monitors were shipped worldwide in Q1’15, according to IDC. The figure represents a 12% fall YoY, ...

Tivo Introduces Bolt Vox

We have been writing positive things about TiVo’s voice and natural language programming, so it’s no surprise that the company is ...

Liquid Crystal (LC)

Liquid crystal displays (LCDs) are now so common that we take it for granted that people know what we are talking ...

IHS Announces Touch Gesture Motion and Emerging Display Technologies 2015 Conference Agenda

IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of critical information and insight, today announced the agenda for the company’s upcoming ...

Toshiba and Western Digital Agree on Memory

Toshiba has settled its dispute with Western Digital over the sale of the Toshiba memory business and the companies will withdraw ...

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USB Promoter Group Adds New Type-C Specifications

by Raverstead

New USB specifications have been released by the USB 3.0 Promoter Group, and are now available to download from http://www.usb.org/developers/docs. They are USB Power Delivery v2.0 and USB Billboard Device Class v1.0 – said …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Power Supplies| USB| Vol 21 - Issue 45

MDM Product Roundup Vol 21 Issue 44

by Raverstead

Acer describes the Aspire Switch 12 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 35) as a two-in-one notebook, rather than a hybrid tablet, because of its 12.5″ size. The product has 1920 x 1080 resolution, a …

Tags:Acer| Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Samsung| tablets| Vol 21 - Issue 44

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 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor

Immersive Display Solutions Profiles Immersive Solutions

by Raverstead

Immersive Display Solutions, Inc. (IDSI) (Kennesaw, GA) showed several simulation and training solutions at I/ITSEC 2014 and also announced an agreement to take a controlling interest in Bedford, UK-based simulation and visualization specialists, Simulation …

Tags:Blend & Warp| Dome Projection| I/ITSEC 2014| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Simulation| Vol 21 - Issue 49

Acer Monitor Named ‘Best of What’s New’

by Raverstead

Acer’s XB280HK UltraHD gaming monitor has won a Popular Science 2014 ‘Best of What’s New’ award, in the hardware category.

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor

Dolby to Take on IMAX in Large Format Theaters

by Matthew Brennesholtz

On December 3rd, Dolby Laboratories announced Dolby Cinema, a branded premium cinema to compete with IMAX. It will offer moviegoers an experience that combines, Dolby says, “spectacular” image and sound technologies with “inspired” design …

Tags:Cinema IMAX| Dolby| Dolby Atmos| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 48