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LeEco: Today Vizio, Tomorrow the World?

When LeEco (Leshi Internet Information & Technology) exhibited at one of the press-and-analyst shows at CES 2016, it had not yet ...

SWIT Electronics Shows Monitors, RF Connectivity

I had a chance to visit with SWIT Electronics USA (San Jose, CA), the US Subsidiary of SWIT Electronics Co. Ltd. ...

AVM Signs New Toshiba Agreement

The UK’s Audio Visual Material (AVM) has signed a new distribution agreement with Toshiba which will see the company offer Toshiba’s ...

Vodafone Launches 4k in Germany

ADSL customers of Vodafone Deutschland are now being offered a new UltraHD STB that can be used to access the company’s ...

Mediatek X30 Struggling against 835?

Digitimes has reported that Mediatek is struggling to ramp up production of its Helios X30 AP (MWC 2017 Round-up) and that, ...

Sharp Wants to Double Global TV Sales

News sources in Japan reported that Sharp intends to double its global TV sales to 10 million by 2018, exploiting the ...

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Swiss Coop Switches to ESLs

by Bob Raikes

Coop Stores in Switzerland has opened the first of what is planned to be an update to its store designs. The new stores use LED lighting and electronic shelf labels – with 865 stores, …

Tags:Electronic Shelf Labels (ESLs)| Large Display Monitor| Retail| Switzerland| Vol 23 - Issue 49

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Global Videoconferencing Growing says IDC

by Bob Raikes

IDC released its data on the videoconferencing market. The company said that the worldwide enterprise videoconferencing and telepresence equipment report showed positive results in Q3 2016 with overall videoconferencing equipment revenue increasing both 7.4% …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| VideoConferencing| Vol 23 - Issue 49

Canalys Says Over 2 Million VR headsets to Ship in 2016

by Bob Raikes

There are lots of reports about VR headset sales and the list of analysts has been joined by Canalys which believes that headset sales will exceed two million units in 2016, with growth forecast …

Tags:Canalys| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 49

Nvidia Working on Google Play Support

by Bob Raikes

Nvidia is reported to be rapidly developing support for the recently announced Google Play 4K service (Google Now Has UltraHD Movies) and is planning a firmware update to ensure compatibility. It seems that the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Nvidia| Vol 23 - Issue 49| VP9

Telefónica Selects Frog Source from Wyplay

by Bob Raikes

Telefónica has started a project to create an Open Middleware solution to integrate in set-top boxes, based on the Frog Source solution from Wyplay. Frog Source brings together more than 200 components powering all …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Software| STBs| Vol 23 - Issue 50

Pokemon Effect is Short-Lived

by Bob Raikes

We reported at the end of October that researchers had found that the Pokemon Go craze had encouraged more movement and excercise (And finally… Pokemon Go Makes You Healthier!). Sadly, the effect has been …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 49

BBC Adds Oculus as Platform

by Bob Raikes

The BBC has put a programme, “We Wait”, an animate film about the dangerous boat journey from Turkey to Greece made by migrants, on the Oculus store so that it can be viewed on …

Tags:AR/VR| BBC| Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus Rift| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 49

S[quadrat] Plans for ISE

by Bob Raikes

S[quadrat] will show its LED walls with pitches from 1.2mm upwards. There will be a highlight of a Sky SI[1.9 SMD] NT V4 LED display integrated into a wall. There will also be a …

Tags:Back Panel| ISE 2017| Large Display Monitor| NEC| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 23 - Issue 49

LG To Unveil Spectacular Monitor Lineup At CES 2017

by Isaac Oburu

Already renowned as an industry leader for integrating cutting-edge technology into premium, high-resolution monitors, LG Electronics (LG) is pushing the industry to the next level with plans to introduce a High Dynamic Range (HDR)-compatible …

Tags:CES 2017| HDR - High Dynamic Range| LG Electronics (LGE)