ESL Revenues to Climb on Beacon Growth
by Super User
Global electronic shelf label (ESL) revenues will rise almost 600% over the next five years, claims ABI Research. Driven by the desire to operate ‘tightly integrated’ systems with ESLs, Bluetooth beacons, smartphone apps, mobile …
Tags:Electronic Shelf Labels (ESLs)| Forecasts| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21
Optoma Brings High Brightness to the Home…
by Super User
Optoma has lifted the embargo on a home cinema projector that we heard about in July, with a cinematic 24fps mode and a gaming mode that lowers response times and raises the contrast ratio. …
Tags:DLP Projectors| Home Cinema| Large Display Monitor| Optoma| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21
Cypress’ Controller Enables Slim Huawei Tablet
by Super User
The Mediapad X1 is Huawei’s 7″ tablet: the world’s thinnest, the company claims, at 7.18mm. USA-based Cypress Semiconductor says that the thin body is partly enabled by its Truetouch Gen5 TMA568 capacitive touchscreen controller. …
Tags:Back Panel| Huawei| Large Display Monitor| tablets| Touch Controllers| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21
Thoughts after IBC and IFA
by Super User
I’m writing this editorial in the plane on the way back from the Munich Digital Signage conference after spending 14 of the last 15 days at industry events. Add an extra day for travel …
Tags:Dolby Vision| Editorial| Large Display Monitor| Munich Digital Signage Conf 2014| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21
Asda to Scale Back Electricals
by Super User
Asda in the UK says it is to scale back its sales of consumer electronics, blaming fierce price competition on goods such as TVs. Asda’s CEO, Andy Clarke, said that some of its larger …
Tags:Large Display Monitor| Retail Data| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21
JCDecaux Takes Long-Term Tender in Strasbourg
by Super User
JCDecaux has won a seven-year tender, beginning in October, to operate advertising in Strasbourg Airport, Germany. The company will install new digital products as part of the process. These will include 4 70″ iVision …
Tags:Digital Signage| Germany| JCDecaux| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21
Chinese Vendors Drive White-Box Growth
by Super User
Gartner predicts that white-box mobile devices will grow strongly this year: smartphones rising 50% YoY and tablets 15.6%. White-box products are typically aimed at the lower-end of the market, and Gartner expects both established …
Tags:Gartner| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21| Worldwide
DCC Labs Joins HbbTV
by Super User
Poland’s DCC Labs joined the HbbTV initiative in July, it announced earlier this month. The organisation, which licenses software and provides integration and migration services for IPTV, DVB and OTT devices, was previously a …
Tags:HbbTV| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21
Italian Customer Paid to Get Rid of Windows
by Super User
The High Court in Italy has ordered HP to pay a customer
Tags:HP Inc| Large Display Monitor| Litigation| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21| Windows
The Future is Curved, Zytronic Believes
by Super User
Zytronica will present what it calls ‘an insight into emerging trends for human-machine interfaces’ at Electronica in Germany (11th – 14th November). A particular focus will be given to curved screens, with the centrepiece …
Tags:Electronica 2014| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21
Simulated 10-bit and Low Delta E: BenQ’s Prosumer Monitor
by Super User
BenQ’s newest monitor is the SW2401PT, recently shown at Photokina in Germany, for high end amateur and professional photographers. There is an emphasis on colour fidelity, with a 14-bit lookup table and an IPS …
Tags:BenQ| Colour Critical Monitors| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21
