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Google Spins Off Niantic Labs

Google is spinning off its Niantic Labs activity, responsible for the augmented reality game Ingress and a location based mobile app. ...

NHK and Forza Silicon Present 133 Mpixel 60 fps Image Sensor

At the recent IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) held in San Francisco February 22 – 26, R. Funatsu from NHK ...

Celestica Result 21/07/2016

Celestica reported Q2 2016 net profit of $36.2 million, up nearly 50% YoY from $24.2 million. Turnover was $1.49 billion, up ...

LG Display Result 26/04/2017

LG Display announced its FY17 Q1 result with revenue at KRW 7,062 billion ($6.2 billion) and net income at KRW 679 ...

IHS Records First STB Contraction Since 2002

The pay-TV set-top box (STB) market shrank for the first time in over a decade last year, says IHS. From $15.9 ...

UPS Uses HTC Vive for Training

HTC has done a deal with UPS for its Vive VR technology to be used for training couriers at nine training ...

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EC Looks to Limit Display Power Draw

by Raverstead

The European Commission has published a working paper proposing new energy standards for large-screen TVs and monitors, which would cap their energy use. TVs in Europe are currently ranked according to the internal efficiency …

Tags:Large Display Monitor

Netflix Closing in on 17 Million Subs

by Raverstead

After achieving 14.4 million subscribers outside of the USA in September, Netflix has said that it expects to reach 17 million paying customers by the end of this year.

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Netflix| VOD| Vol 21 - Issue 48| Worldwide

AMD’s Omega Upscales to UltraHD for FullHD Display

by Raverstead

AMD has announced a new driver for its GPUs and APUs that challenges Nvidia technologies. Replacing Catalyst 14.9, the Catalyst Omega driver is said to raise GPU performance by up to 19% on high-end …

Tags:5K (5120 x 2880)| AMD| Chips| Game Playing| GPUs| Large Display Monitor| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)| Vol 21 - Issue 49

Dish Subscribers Dip in Q3

by Raverstead

Dish Network of the US said its pay-TV subscribers fell by about 12,000 in Q3. The company reported a rise in churn rate, to 1.67% (versus 1.66% last year) and ended the period with …

Tags:Dish Network| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| TV Reception| USA| Vol 21 - Issue 44

Metropolis Visits The Big Smoke With Broadsign

by Raverstead

Metropolis Digital Media has chosen to use Broadsign’s cloud-based software platform in a new screen deployment on top of black cabs in London next year. 500 screens (the Evolution 2 TXi Media Pod) will …

Tags:Broadsign| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 21 - Issue 49

SkreensTV Brings Multi-Display to Consumer TVs

by Raverstead

A device currently seeking funding on Indiegogo (24 days left of the campaign and 14% funded at the time of writing) promises to bring picture-by-picture functionality to any TV. ‘SkreensTV’ can handle up to …

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Vienna Station Outfitted With 44m² LED Board

by Raverstead

Beginning full operations at the end of next year, the Vienna Main Station will serve more than 1,100 trains each day. Departures will be displayed on a 21m x 2.1m LED board supplied by …

Tags:Austria| Curved Displays| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| LED| Transport| Vol 21 - Issue 44

Christie Shows Benefits of 120fps for Simulation…

by Raverstead

For several years, Christie Digital has showcased demos at I/ITSEC to demonstrate the benefits of moving to 120fps display solutions for reducing motion artifacts. Last year the company had a nice side-by-side demo showing …

Tags:Christie| HFR - High Frame Rate| I/ITSEC 2014| Large Display Monitor| LED Projectors| Simulation| Vol 21 - Issue 49

Thales to Supply Reality H Full Flight Simulators to Boeing

by Raverstead

2014 has been a good year for Thales, explained Vincent Megaides, the business line strategy director for Thales Training and Simulation at I/ITSEC 2014. He noted that Australia’s Army and Navy helicopter pilots will …

Tags:I/ITSEC 2014| Large Display Monitor| Military & Defence| Simulation| Thales| Vol 21 - Issue 49

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

by Raverstead

Multiple trade associations have agreed to use ‘4k UltraHD’ or ‘4k UHD’ as common terminology to describe TVs meeting the CEA’s UltraHD guidelines (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 26). As well as the CEA …

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GfK Releases Digital Media Players 2014 Report

by Raverstead

GfK North America has released the “Digital Media Players 2014” report, looking at the penetration rates and effect on regular TV viewing. The three major companies (Apple, Google, Roku) offering an OTT service to …

Tags:GfK| Large Display Monitor| Media Players| OTT Video| TV Reception| TV Viewing| USA| Vol 21 - Issue 48

New Brightness Level Achieved by NEC

by Raverstead

NEC’s new specialty LCD display, the Multisync X474HB, is designed to adapt to its surroundings. Intended for signage use, the 47″ screen reaches a brightness level almost three times that of other NEC units: …

Tags:High Brightness Displays| IPS| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| NEC| OPS| Vol 21 - Issue 49