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IFA Gets Started

I’m writing this in my hotel room after the first couple of days of press events leading up to IFA. The ...

Christie Updates GM’s Experience Centre Video Wall

Christie projectors have been chosen to modernise a video wall at GM’s Vehicle Engineering Centre. The upgrade, replacing nine non-Christie projectors, ...

SDC Offers Standard AMOLED Solutions

Taiwan-based supply chain makers say that Samsung Display has offered standard AMOLED touch panel solutions for common use, to keep prices ...

Prosiebensat.1, RTL Deutschland Media Group and United Internet Create Log-in Alliance – First Partner: Zalando

Three leading German media and internet companies have established a comprehensive registration and single sign-on service online in anticipation of the ...

GDS Promotes Bonding & E Ink

GDS was showing a range of its more unusual products. First we looked at its ‘floor LCDs’. The company told us ...

iNDemand Broadcasts Live Bout in 4K UHD over SES Platform

SES has announced the first UltraHD live pay-per-view sports event broadcast by iN Demand over the SES Ultra HD distribution platform. ...

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Logitech Responds to Harmony Link Backlash

by Andrew Fenn

Logitech has responded to a wave of negative feedback following the announcement that all Harmony Link products will cease to operate from March 2018. The company had previously offered a 35% discount on the …

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Samsung Trademarks “Direct Full Array Elite”

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung has reportedly trademarked Direct Full Array Elite, suggesting that it plans to return to direct backlighting in the manufacture of its TVs in the future. The KS9500 was the last Samsung set to …

Tags:Direct Backlights| Large Display Monitor| LCD Backlights| LCD TVs| Samsung| Vol 24 - Issue 43

Daktronics Installs LED Display at New York Shopping Center

by Andrew Fenn

Daktronics and Pyramid Management Group have collaborated on a new double-sided digital LED display hanging in the six-storey atrium of the Destiny USA shopping centre in Syracuse, New York. The double-sided display hangs from …

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Elan Unveils Two New Displays at Doha Festival City

by Andrew Fenn

Elan Media has launched two new Digital Out-of-Home assets in Doha Festival City—named The Torch and The Runway. The Torch, claiming to be the largest roadside screen in Qatar, stands at 50m² and faces …

Tags:Digital Signage| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| LED| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Outdoor Displays| Vol 24 - Issue 43

Snap, Inc. Lost $40 Million on Spectacles

by Andrew Fenn

Snap, Inc., the team behind Snapchat, has revealed it has lost $40 million on its Spectacles peripheral due to “excess inventory reserves and inventory purchase commitment cancellation charges”. Originally released in September 2016, Snap …

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TiVo Names Enrique Rodriguez New President and CEO

by Andrew Fenn

TiVo has named Enrique Rodriguez as its new president and CEO. Rodriguez worked for Thomson/RCA in various engineering and executive positions over a 20-year term. He later served as VP of Xbox Partnerships for …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Tivo| Vol 24 - Issue 43

iPhone X Users Report “Green Line of Death”

by Andrew Fenn

Another iPhone X hardware glitch has revealed itself in the past few days and has been titled the “Green Line of Death”. The name pretty much says it all—users have reported a static vertical …

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EOSRL Micro-LED Line to Commence Operations by Q3 2018

by Andrew Fenn

The new Micro-LED project from Electronic and Optoelectronic System Research Laboratories (EOSRL, part of ITRI), in collaboration with PlayNitride, Macroblock and Unimicron Technology, will develop small-scale displays for VR applications, as well as large-sized …

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Apple to Release Three New iPhones in 2018?

by Andrew Fenn

Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities predicts that Apple will launch three new iPhone models in 2018. A 5.8″ OLED model with the same resolution as the iPhone X ((1125×2436, 458 PPI). A 6.5″ OLED …

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Disney Streaming Service Will be “Substantially Cheaper” than Netflix

by Andrew Fenn

Disney has announced that its subscription streaming service will launch in 2019, at a price “substantially cheaper” than Netflix. The DisneyLife app, which features over 400 Disney movies, as well as thousands of episodes …

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Fix On the Way for Xbox One X UHD Blu-ray Playback Issue

by Andrew Fenn

A fix for an issue with Xbox One X’s UHD Blu-ray player is a “few days away” according to Mike Ybarra, Corporate VP of Xbox. Xbox One X owners have reported issues with raised …

Tags:Blu-ray| Consoles| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 43| xBox

Google Launches Data-Driven Digital Ad Campaign for Pixel 2

by Andrew Fenn

Google is launching a “tactical, data-driven” Digital Out-of-Home advertising campaign to promote its new flagship smartphone, Pixel 2 in the UK Created by BBH and produced by Grand Visual, the campaign uses location, audience, …

Tags:Digital Signage| DOOH| Google| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 24 - Issue 43