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Korea Broadcasters Gear Up For UHDTV

Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) has carried out a number of live 4k terrestrial broadcasts of three major sports events in 2014, ...

Resource Media Adds Viewsonic Projectors

 Viewsonic’s distributor in Russia, Resource Media, is now offering the company’s line of video projectors.

Quanta Suffers Monthly Drops

Quanta has reported consolidated revenues of NT$90 billion ($2.75 billion) in October, down 11.3% MoM but up 9.6% YoY. The company ...

Netflix Allows Downloads to SD cards

Netflix is now allowing subscribers to download content to be saved to SD cards on mobile devices such as phones and ...

Juniper: 2016 Will be ‘Watershed Year’ for VR

Juniper Research has identified the top technology trends for 2016. VR headsets will have a ‘watershed’ year next year, in terms ...

Epson, InFocus and Aaxa Lead in February

PMA Research has announced the top-selling projectors in the USA in February. The company divides the results into three categories: ‘pico ...

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BenQ Shrinks Projector and Eases Set-up

by Tom Allen

The CH100 is a portable 1DLP LED projector, designed for business presentations – emphasising reliability and colour fidelity. sRGB replication is absolutely accurate, says BenQ – good enough that the projector features sRGB certification. …

Tags:BenQ| DLP Projectors| Large Display Monitor| LED Projectors| Vol 23 - Issue 15

TCO Celebrates New Certifications

by Tom Allen

26 new notebook and tablet computers were certified under the new, more advanced TCO Certified sustainability criteria in March and April. These products are recognised as containing fewer hazardous substances, such as heavy metals. …

Tags:Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| TCO Development| Tcons (Timing Controllers)| Vol 23 - Issue 15

Automotive Market Shifting to Capacitive Touch

by Tom Allen

Touch screens are increasingly being seen in vehicles, as consumers become more comfortable with the technology through their mobile devices. According to IHS, the automotive touch panel market is forecast to expand from 28 …

Tags:Automotive| IHS Markit| Mobile Display Monitor| resistive| Touch Displays| Vol 23 - Issue 15

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Barco Enjoys Rising Bookings

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Barco has released a trading update for Q1’16. Incoming orders booked totalled €208.8 million: a 10.3% YoY rise. The order book stood at €350.5 million, up from €339.7 million in Q1’15. Total sales for …

Tags:Barco| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 17

Fraunhofer Shows Ultra-Thin Glass Results

by Tom Allen

Fraunhofer FEP will show off its newest developments in ultra-thin glass at SVC TechCon 2016, held from the 9th – 13th May in Indianapolis, USA. The organisation’s most recent focus is sheet-to-sheet coatings of …

Tags:Back Panel| Events| Fraunhofer| Glass| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 15

Sony Accommodates UltraHD Demand

by Tom Allen

Responding to the growth of UltraHD video, Sony has introduced six new professional Bravia displays with tuners, known as the XD8000 series, at NAB in Las Vegas. Each of the sets (43″, 49″, 55″, …

Tags:business| Hospitality TVs| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| NAB 2016| sony| Vol 23 - Issue 15

Vizio Prepares More SmartCast

by Tom Allen

Vizio has continued to expand the built-in Chromecast functionality (‘Google Cast’) of its TV sets. The P-Series was introduced in early April (Vizio Integrates Google Cast, Scraps Tuner), and now the company has described …

Tags:Google| Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| UltraHD| Vizio| Vol 23 - Issue 15

Netflix Goes on HDR Binge

by Tom Allen

Marco Polo, a Netflix original series, is the only HDR content available todayNetflix has said that is will add more than 150 hours of HDR content this year, in both the HDR10 and Dolby …

Tags:4k| Dolby| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Netflix| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 15

EMEA Decline Reflects World Market

by Tom Allen

The EMEA PC market declined in-line with worldwide totals in Q1’16, with clear splits between the consumer/commercial and regional markets. Shipments were down 10% YoY to 19.5 million units, compared to a 9.6% fall …

Tags:Europe| Gartner| Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Mobile Display Monitor| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| Vol 23 - Issue 15

Hands-on With Optoma’s GT1080

by Tom Allen

I was able to test Optoma’s GT1080 gaming projector recently, which we saw at last year’s Technology Exposed show (Technology Exposed Roundup). Being a gamer, it sounded like a good opportunity to put the …

Tags:Colour Wheel| DLP Projectors| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Optoma| Vol 23 - Issue 15

Crestron Masters Conference Brings Software to the Forefront

by Matthew Brennesholtz

For years, people have been talking about the migration of professional and home audio video, from classic A/V with dedicated video cables, matrix video switchers and RS-232 control to a more IT-centric approach. Some …

Tags:Crestron| Pro AV| Smart Home & Home Networks| Software| Vol 23 - Issue 15