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Beyond Festival Looks to Post-Consumer 3D

The Beyond festival in Karlsruhe, Germany, is now in its third year. Running in early October (I attended on the show’s ...

Alltron to Distribute ZTE Smartphones

Alltron will start distributing ZTE smartphones in Switzerland, followng a distribution deal it entered with ZTE. Alltron will initially stock the ...

Epson Now Shipping Laser Display Solutions for Corporate and Education

Epson, the number-one selling projector brand worldwide, announced it is now shipping the BrightLink® Pro 1470Ui, and BrightLink 710Ui – the ...

Tianma Highlights Automotive at SID

Tianma had plenty new to show us, even though we have met up with the firm at CES and MWC already ...

Samsung Electronics Launches Quantum Dot Curved Gaming Monitor

Samsung Electronics today announced the global launch of its newest industry-leading gaming monitor. The CFG70 curved monitor, designed specifically for professional ...

Aibo is Back—Sony Has New Robot Dog

After over a decade off the market, Sony’s robotic dog companion Aibo is making a comeback. The Aibo reboot uses artificial ...

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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

Vodafone Mulling Liberty Global Acquisition

by Raverstead

There have been unconfirmed reports that Vodafone is considering making an offer to acquire Liberty Global and Tesco’s loss-making online video business, Blinkbox. Reuters said that Vodafone is reviewing potential acquisitions in order to …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Liberty Global| Mergers & Acquisitions| OTT Video| VOD| Vodafone| Vol 21 - Issue 48

Fitness Wearables to Treble in Four Years

by Raverstead

Juniper Research has published a new report, predicting that fitness wearable use will rise by almost 300% by 2018. About 19 million such devices are in use today. Fitness products will dominate wearables to …

Tags:Fitness Trackers| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 21 - Issue 47| Wearable Market

Microsoft Rumored to Work on Health and Fitness Wearable

by Raverstead

According to an article in PCR, Microsoft is planning to release a new Xbox connected wearable device in 2015. The article describes a device that, in contrast to the recently released Microsoft Band, will …

Tags:Fitness Trackers| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 48| xBox

Wearable Growth Will Exceed 175% in Germany

by Raverstead

A Samsung-commissioned survey by Germany’s Centre for Retail Research estimates that wearable sales in the country will equal €465 million during the end-of-year shopping season. The figure represents more than a 177% rise. 965,600 …

Tags:Germany| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartwatches| Vol 21 - Issue 48| Wearable Market