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6,000 lumens laser projectors from Canon, Christie, Digital Projection, Epson, Panasonic and Sony were assessed by industry professionals from sectors including education, health and enterprise at the Victoria Warehouse, Manchester. The shootout assessed uniformity, brightness, contrast, colour reproduction and greyscale, with the 1-chip DLP™ Panasonic PT-RZ660 taking first place with a score of 41.2 out … Read more
Analogix Semiconductor, Inc. today announced its collaboration with MediaTek Inc., combining MediaTek’s advanced, feature-rich System-on-Chip (SoC) and Analogix’s DisplayPort™ technology for best-in-class multimedia solutions. “Analogix is excited to combine our industry’s most proven DisplayPort technology with MediaTek’s best-in-class display processing,” said Michael Ching, vice president for Analogix. “There is an ever-expanding range of products and … Read more
Samsung Electronics today announced the global launch of its newest industry-leading gaming monitor. The CFG70 curved monitor, designed specifically for professional gamers, includes enhanced picture quality and player-friendly features for a truly immersive gaming experience. The display was first introduced at the Gamescom 2016 and IFA 2016 conferences. As the industry’s first curved gaming monitor … Read more
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), today announced it is issuing an emergency order to ban all Samsung Galaxy Note7 smartphone devices from air transportation in the United States. Individuals who own or possess a Samsung Galaxy Note7 device may … Read more
The US Department of Transportation (DOT), with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have banned the carriage of Samsung Note 7 devices in aircraft because of the problems of the phone catching fire. Flight crew finding the model have been instructed to keep the phones on their person. Airlines around the world followed the FAA. They … Read more
NOS of Portugal is offering TV content in a form that can be viewed in VR on Micosoft HoloLens headsets. Video can be viewed on the glasses, with content coming from a set top box, PC, tablet or smartphone. Content can be shared between users.
LG was planning to show its ‘wallpaper’ OLEDs, Dual Curved Displays, Dual sided OLEDs and 86” Ultra-stretch Display at the Gitex show. The company also said that it has a new OLED-based Hotel TV that adds hotel features to its current OLED TVs. There were no more details of the hotel TV at publication time. … Read more
JCDecaux has won an extension to its contract with the city of Nice, France for street furniture. Initially the contract will cover 194 street furniture units and may be extended to 358 and 16 without advertising. JCDecaux is planning to replace some of the static displays with 84″ iVision LCD displays. Features will include displaying … Read more
Broadsign said that it has done a deal to work with Pets Central Media to use its players with 50″ and above displays that Pets Central is installing in Vets’ receptions. The company will convert 200 existing sites in Hong Kong, China and the US (especially California), but plans to expand this to 5,000 displays … Read more
Nikkei reported that Sharp will become the main supplier of panels to UMC of Slovakia, which currently runs and makes TVs for the Sharp TV brand in Europe. Sharp is reported to be looking at a ‘capital partnership’ with UMC to help to develop the sales of Sharp TVs in Europe. The report also confirmed … Read more
Epson said that it had won a “Best New Home Entertainment Projector” of 2016 award in the rAVe 2016 Best of CEDIA Awards. The unit uses pixel shifting to make it compatible with UltraHD signals.
Sharp has been on a journey to build its business for touch displays and chose to work with certified value added partners. Now that journey is seeing products come to market. Sharp also showed us how IGZO technology is leading to slimmer borders and better performance.
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