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Irystec Aims to Optimise Displays to People

I’m fond of saying that ‘A display without a person has no purpose’. However, I can get through quite a lot ...

TCL Announces Availability of 4K TCL Roku TVs in the U.S.

TCL®, the world’s third largest television manufacturer, today announced pricing and availability of its 4K Ultra HD TCL Roku TV™ models ...

UHD Channel in Scandinavia!

Danmon Group has finished building Scandinavia’s first UHD TV channel: ViaSat Sport. The channel is now transmitting selected live sport events ...

Over 100 Games Now Support Tobii Eye-Tracking Tech

Over 100 games now support Tobii’s eye-tracking technology, making gaming more accessible than ever for players with disabilities that prevent them ...

Education Market Perspectives: InfoComm 2016

I’ve been an educational technology director for 25 years, with a significant track record in large educational technology and AV purchases. ...

Entatech Solves Dispute

UK distributor, Entatech, has reached agreement after a long running dispute with tax authorities related to a previous subsidiary, ChangTel, that ...

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Survey Finds ATSC 3.0 Features Boost Smart TVs

by Bob Raikes

The results of a US nationwide SmithGeiger consumer survey conducted on the Advanced Television Systems Committee’s new ATSC 3.0 features demonstrate significant increases in willingness to spend more on a smart TV and accelerate …

Tags:ATSC| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| TVs (TV Sets)| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 20

Displays for the Brain – Part 1

by Kenneth Li

I am not a biologist or physiologist and do not know about the brain at any cellular level. My understanding of the brain is from observations of the how human beings interact with real …

Tags:Human Visual System (HVS)| Vol 24 - Issue 20

Subscription Video Spending Will Rise by 78% by 2020

by Yvette Raikes

Consumer spending on home video in Western Europe will increase year by year, so that by 2020 it will be €8.7 billion ($9.7 billion), according to research from IHS Markit. The three top markets …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Pay TV| SVOD| Vol 24 - Issue 21

Nielsen Measures OOH TV

by Bob Raikes

Some six months ago, Nielsen said in the US that it was planning to measure TV commercial viewing in public spaces including hospitality, gyms and transportation sites. ESPN is the first company to use …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Sports and Stadiums| Vol 24 - Issue 20

3D Globe in Stockholm

by Yvette Raikes

Projection mapping is being used to show live data tracking flights to and from Arlanda airport in Stockholm, Sweden, on a 3D globe. The passenger volume to Arlanda has gone up by 30% since …

Tags:Aviation| Large Display Monitor| Rear Projection| Vol 24 - Issue 20

Delta to Trial Face Recognition

by Bob Raikes

Delta Airlines is introducing new self-service bad drop machines at the Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport this summer and one of them will be equipped with a facial recognition system to match the baggage to …

Tags:Aviation| face recognition| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 20

Com Hem Retains Tivo, but adds Android

by Bob Raikes

Broadband TV News reports that at the Connected TV World Summit, Thomas Helbo, the CTO of Com Hem, the Swedish Pay TV operator, said that it will launch an Android-based STB that will be …

Tags:Android| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 20

Mediatek Wins Oppo & Vivo with Helio

by Bob Raikes

Taiwan and blog sources are pointing to a design win for Mediatek’s Helio P30 chips with Oppo and Vivo, both Chinese smartphone brands on the rise. (see MWC 2017 Round-up for comments on the …

Tags:Chips| Mediatek| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductors| Vol 24 - Issue 20

Asus to Drop Smartwatches?

by Bob Raikes

Various sources in Taiwan are saying that Asus is to abandond the smartwatch market as it has seen sale of its ZenWatch 3 at levels lower than it hoped and at just 5,000 to …

Tags:Asus| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 24 - Issue 20

Take a Big Breath, It’s Display Week…

by Bob Raikes

Next week is the annual SID Display Week, the highlight of the display industry and a real pleasure if you are a geek like me. There will be plenty to see and hear. I …

Tags:Flexible Displays| MicroLED| OLEDs| QLED| Quantum Dots| SID Display Week 2017| Vol 24 - Issue 20

GBVI Gets Good References

by Bob Raikes

Both Sony and Canon were keen to mention that they were using optical blending with their projectors that was developed by GBVI of the UK, an unusual accolade from two companies that are very …

Tags:Blend & Warp| ITEC 2017| Large Display Monitor| Projectors| Vol 24 - Issue 19

Rockwell Collins Has Plans to Improve Coalescence

by Bob Raikes

Rockwell Collins showed the Coalescence system that Chris looked at the I/TSTEC show (Rockwell Collins Shows Multiple AR/MR Demos). This is a mixed reality headset made from an Oculus Rift with a camera for …

Tags:ITEC 2017| Mixed Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus Rift| Rockwell Collins| Simulation| Vol 24 - Issue 19