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Russia to Lead SVOD in Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe will have 18.19 million paying SVOD subscribers [for TV episodes and movies – excluding sports, for example] across 18 ...

NAB is All About Codecs

The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) 2016 show will take place in Las Vegas between the 16th and 21st April. There ...

Most Smartphone Users Spend Nothing on Apps

Over half of smartphone users spend no money on smartphone apps (paid-for downloads and in-app transactions) *, according to a new ...

TV Still Dominates

The TV screen is where 92% of all US viewing takes place, according to Nielsen’s Q4 report. Although there are more ...

DSCC Positive on Capex

DSCC has published a blog that highlights that FPD capex is growing very strongly this year, with over 100% growth between ...

Model Defined for Multi-Channel Shopping

Platt Retail Institute, with sponsorship from Tyco, has published a white paper covering the way that retailers use in store signage, ...

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Eizo Upgrades to Colour

by Tom Allen

Eizo’s CuratOR EX190 diagnostic display has high brightness and can show colour – it is designed to display both greyscale tones and colour images in interventional radiology. The integrated stability system maintains luminance stability …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Eizo| Large Display Monitor| Medical| Vol 22 - Issue 46

Acer Scores CES Wins

by Tom Allen

Acer has been named as a CES 2016 Innovation Award Honoree. The three winning products are the Predator 8 gaming tablet; Predator Z850 gaming projector; and Revo Build modular PC.

Tags:Acer| Awards| Back Panel| CES 2016| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 46

Dolby Brings Dolby Vision to the Home

by Tom Allen

Dolby Laboratories has remastered multiple Warner Bros. titles for its HDR technology, Dolby Vision, and mixed in the Dolby Atmos audio technology to complement. Dolby has announced that Vudu customers with a Dolby Vision-enabled …

Tags:Dolby Vision| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 46

Fujitsu Competes With Apple & Microsoft

by Tom Allen

Competing with the iPad Pro and Surface Pro, Fujitsu’s Stylistic R726 is another large hybrid tablet, with a 12.5″ display, pull-away keyboard and up to 12 hours of battery life. Like its competitors, the …

Tags:Convertible PCs| Fujitsu| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 46

Hunt in the Dark With Iiyama

by Tom Allen

When we covered Iiyama’s Red Eagle gaming display (Iiyama is Top of the Food Chain), we knew that it was the start of a new series of monitors. The company has now unveiled the …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| Iiyama| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 46

Channel Islands Store Chooses Matrox

by Tom Allen

Sure International, a telecom company in the UK’s Channel Islands, has installed a new video wall in its store in Saint Helier, using Philips displays and Matrox graphics cards. Six 46″ Philips screens were …

Tags:Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| Matrox| Philips| Vol 22 - Issue 47

Flextronics Expands Polish Presence

by Tom Allen

Flextronics has opened a new logistics and manufacturing facility in Poland. Work started on the building in 2014. It covers more than 9,300m² and is located in Tczew. Focus at the facility is on …

Tags:Flex| Large Display Monitor| LCD Fabs| Mobile Display Monitor| Poland| Vol 22 - Issue 46

Valve Relies on Marvell Components

by Tom Allen

Marvell has announced that its Armada 1500 Mini SoC, Avastar 88W8897 11ac WiFi and BlueTooth chip and power management ICs are all being used in Valve’s Steam Link system. Steam Link is a wireless …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Marvell| Mobile Display Monitor| Steam Consoles| Vol 22 - Issue 46

Resolved! No More Dot Counting!

by Candice H. Brown Elliot

There is a common misconception how resolution in a display is defined, “dot counting”, in which one examines the physical addressable architecture of a display, group a red, a green, and a blue subpixel, …

Tags:Resolution| Sub-pixel Rendering| Vol 22 - Issue 46

A “Goldilocks” Smartphone-Based VR Headset

by Arthur Berman

Virtual reality is well on its way to becoming a commercial reality for consumers. None-the-less, the hardware choices currently available to consumers are somewhat bipolar. In the context of this article, bipolar refers to …

Tags:Smartphones| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 48

The Nissan Smart Rear View Mirror

by Arthur Berman

A new-to-me display application was reported in the news during this past week. It is an improvement to the conventional automotive rear view mirror. The need for an improvement can be illustrated by offering …

Tags:Automotive| Cameras| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 46

Liberty Global Agrees C&W Acquisition

by Tom Allen

Liberty Global is acquiring Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC), in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $5.3 billion. Including net debt, the transaction is valued at $8 billion. CWC is a cable operator in the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LATAM| Liberty Global| Mergers & Acquisitions| Vol 22 - Issue 46