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Vuzix Announces Safety Glass Platform with M100 Smartglasses

The M100 smartglasses platform has been in the market for quite some time and has been offered in a wide range ...

Display Summit Open for Registration

The Display Summit will take place on 4th and 5th October in Sterling Virginia at the Rockwell Collins facility. Presentation and ...

Forrest Continues to Spread Roots in Scotland

Forrest Media has continued to roll out its Cityscreen digital screen network in Scotland. The company’s latest installation is a 50m² ...

CE Companies Move Away from CE

Our front page story this week is about Toshiba and its travails. It’s not the first of the big Japanese CE ...

Get Oculus Rift & Touch for $399

Consumers can currently pick up an Oculus Rift & Touch for the bargain price of $399 as part of the Summer ...

Gartner Survey Shows Wearable Devices Need to Be More Useful

Gartner said that it has surveyed 9,592 online respondents from Australia, the U.S. and the U.K. between June and August 2016, ...

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Apple Supply Chain Rushed After Redesign

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Apple suppliers are ‘scrambling’ to ready screens for the iPhone 6, says Reuters, after a late component change required a redesign. The website’s sources said that Apple wanted to use a single layer of …

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Japan Adds Features to UltraHD

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Japan is ready to announce its latest roadmap towards 8k (Super Hi-Vision, or SHV) broadcasting, according to Advanced Television. The roadmap – unannounced at the time of writing – will require three UltraHD channels …

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Innolux Beats Rivals to Lead Automotive Market

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Innolux was the world’s largest supplier of automotive displays last year, says NPD DisplaySearch. The company beat former leader Japan Display and rose ahead of Sharp, with a 24.5% market share. Several European car …

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LG Bridges TV-Signage Gap

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LG announced a new monitor series at ISE this year, and the range has now been launched in Germany. The LS33A digital signage displays, which will roll out to other markets over the next …

Tags:Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| LG Displays (LGD)| Vol 21 - Issue 34| Volume 21

Microsoft Close to Producing Large Touch Displays

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Microsoft’s EVP of Devices Stephen Elop has said that the company is getting close to mass production of large-screen touch displays, using technology it gained through its acquisition of Perceptive Pixel (PPI) two years …

Tags:Camera-based Touch| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Touch Displays| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21

Fujitsu Decodes HEVC, Encodes H.264

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The MB8AL2030 (aka HD62) is a SoC supporting HEVC decoding, from Fujitsu Semiconductor Europe. It is intended for use in home entertainment and in-care infotainment systems. An H.264 encoder is also built in. The …

Tags:Chips| HEVC (H.265)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Processors| SOCs| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21

KT Makes Ambitious Claims

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An UltraHD IPTV service will be launched by Korean mobile carrier KT this month. ‘Olleh Giga UHD TV’ will be available through a set-top box, which will feature voice command and the ability to …

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GTDC Hires Regional Deputy Chairman

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The Global Technology Distribution Council (GTDC) has appointed Alessandro Cattani as its first regional deputy chairman for Europe. Cattani, the CEO of Italian broadliner Esprinet was named a member of the GTDC’s executive council …

Tags:Broadcast| Europe| GTDC - Global Technology Distribution Council| Large Display Monitor| People| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21

Wi-Fi Alliance Celebrates 15 Years of Wi-Fi

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This year, the Wi-Fi Alliance is celebrating 15 years of connecting people and improving everyday lives with Wi-Fi. The Alliance was founded by six companies to develop and validate multi-vendor interoperability and over the …

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Funai Outsources Production to Asia

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Funai Electric has been experiencing problems selling TVs produced at its factory in Poland into the European market. Europe is a challenging TV market, as many countries have different requirements and licensing laws. To …

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Retail Sales in August Best Since January

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According to the latest BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor, UK retail sales last month were up 1.3% on a like-for-like basis from August 2013 and 2.7% on a total basis, the best performance since January. …

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HUD Lowers Crash Chance by 70%

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A head-up display, developed at Scotland’s Glasgow Caledonian University, alerts drivers to the location of other cars in poor visibility conditions. In a simulation, the HUD highlights other vehicles within a 400m distance on …

Tags:Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21