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Death Announced of Crestron Founder

The death has been announced of Crestron’s chairman and founder, George Feldstein, after a year-long battle with brain cancer. In an ...

Eyevis Wins Health Network Order

German display maker, Eyevis, has signed a deal with a medical network operator, Clinic Info, to supply 100 47″ displays based ...

Epson Takes First Place Projector Spot – Again

Futuresource has named Epson as the world’s number one projector manufacturer for the 14th year in a row. The company was ...

LED Videowalls at ISE

Last time I was at ISE (2014), the giant ribbon over the main entrance was driven by ten edge-blended Barco HDQ-2K40 ...

Alliance for Open Media Established to Deliver Next-Generation Open Media Formats

Seven leading Internet companies today announced formation of the Alliance for Open Media – an open-source project that will develop next-generation ...

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Intel Discusses Future Computing at Computex

by Tom Allen

Intel’s Diane Bryant and Navin Shenov will deliver a keynote speech at Computex 2016 (31st May – 4th June). They will discuss personal computing, the IoT, 5G and data centres, as they power new …

Tags:Back Panel| Computex 2016| Intel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 20

Corning Takes SID Award

by Tom Allen

Corning’s Iris Glass light guide plate has won a Display Component of the Year award, from the Society of Information Display.

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| Corning| Glass| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Society| Vol 23 - Issue 20

Userful Turns PC Into Display Controller

by Tom Allen

Userful has released a version of its proprietary software (v8.6), which can be used to turn a standard PC into a video wall controller. The PC will then be able to support 60fps and …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Software| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Video Walls| Vol 23 - Issue 20

Samsung Looks Past OLED to QLED

by Tom Allen

Samsung stopped producing OLED TVs in 2013Korea’s ET News claims that Samsung will skip OLED TVs entirely, to focus on QLED (self-emitting quantum dot) technology. An unnamed Samsung official is quoted as saying, “There …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| OLED TVs| QLED| Quantum Dots| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 20

8k Progress Made in Japan

by Tom Allen

Two of Japan’s three major mobile carriers have announced successful 8k trials. NTT Docomo, with Nokia, transported real-time 8k video over a 5G network. Video was stored on a server, compressed and transmitted to …

Tags:4k| Fibre optics| Japan| Large Display Monitor| NHK| NTT Docomo| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Transport| Vol 23 - Issue 20

Advantech Joins DSS Europe

by Tom Allen

LED maker Advantech has announced that it will be exhibiting at the Digital Signage Summit Europe this year. The event takes place in Munich on the 23rd and 24th June.

Tags:Back Panel| Digital Signage| Events| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 20

Loewe Enters Affordable TV Space

by Milos Pavlovic

Loewe, the premium German TV brand now closely allied with Hisense, has previewed a new TV series. Known as the Loewe One, it will be the company’s first series with ‘mainstream’ pricing. 40″ and …

Tags:Germany| Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| Vol 23 - Issue 20

RuggON Produces First Passport-Reading Tablet

by Tom Allen

A durable Windows tablet called the PM-311B, prioritising a visible image under direct sunlight, has been introduced by RuggON. With 850 cd/m² of brightness, optical bonding and anti-reflection/anti-fingerprint coatings, RuggON says that the tablet …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Rugged Displays| Sunlight Readable Displays| tablets| Vol 23 - Issue 20

Medion’s Mid-Range Tablet Features HDMI

by Tom Allen

Medion of Germany has produced a new 10.1″ tablet, which will be sold in Aldi stores from the 2nd June. Known as the P10506, the tablet has a metal chassis and features a micro-HDMI …

Tags:Germany| HDMI| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 23 - Issue 20

PCs and Tablets Move Towards Hybridisation in Europe

by Tom Allen

Ultraslim convertible and detachable products enjoyed significant growth in the Q1’16 PC and tablet market in Western Europe, says IDC. These products took 18.4% of total consumer PC and tablet shipments and 21.9% of …

Tags:Convertible PCs| Europe| IDC| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 20

Samsung and Igel Produce Thin Client Displays

by Tom Allen

Samsung, working with Igel, has expanded its thin client monitor line, releasing a new unit in two sizes. The TC2x2L line (21.5″ TC222L and 23.5″ TC242L) run Linux and use Igel’s Universal Management Suite …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Samsung| Smart Monitors| Thin Clients| Vol 23 - Issue 20

ASE and SPIL Discuss Holding Company

by Tom Allen

Following the failure of takeover talks earlier this year (ASE Fails in SPIL Bid), Advanced Semiconductor Engineering and Siliconware Precision Industries are discussing the possibility of forming an industrial holding company. Both companies have …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 20