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AV Stumpfl Resurrects Norway Olympic Highlights

The Norwegian Olympic Museum in Lillehammer, Norway was opened by H.M Queen of Norway at a prestigious ceremony in February 2016. The Museum is a showcase for adventurous video installations, curated exhibits of cultural and historic artefacts and Olympic memorabilia. What makes the Norwegian Olympic Museum a must-see attraction for all is Lysgaardsbakkene roughly translated … Read more

Brightsign Drives Non-Standard Wall

Brightsign media players are being used to drive a curved outdoor video wall, which forms the frontage of the King’s Walk shopping centre in Reading in the UK. Project Audio Visual installed the LED wall, from Linso, which is just under 6m x 5m with a 6mm pixel pitch. Brightsign’s players were able to drive … Read more

Peerless Slims Mount for Signage

Peerless-AV has developed a new universal mounting kit for 46″ – 55″ displays in public areas. The unit (DS-VW655-2×2) features a dual-frame design and can be used to create a 2×2 video wall. The kit replaces Peerless’s existing DS-VW660-2×2 and DS-VW646-2×2. It features two frames that bolt together as one. The frame is 59mm deep … Read more

A New OLED Display Testing Service

OLED-Info and Ray Soneira’s DisplayMate have co-launched a new OLED display evaluation service. Services offered include measuring and checking a display’s objective performance and specifications in a laboratory setting; improving and optimising performance; itemising all of the display’s relative strengths and weaknesses; and comparison tests with competing OLED and LCD displays. More information can be … Read more

Moab Moves Into Solar TV

A company called Moab Power is designing TVs for countries where power supplies are only intermittent. The company’s normal focus is on addressing basic power and lighting needs in developing regions. The Solar TVs, which are charged through solar energy, are the first in a new move towards building off-grid appliances. The Moab TV 60 … Read more

Analogix’s Market Proven DisplayPort over USB-C Solutions are Mobile Industry’s Top Choice, Over 10 Million Controllers and Transmitters Have Been Shipped

Analogix Semiconductor, Inc. today announced that it has now shipped more than 10 million DisplayPort™ over USB-C™ controllers and transmitters into mobile devices and accessories featuring USB-C charging ports, even though the USB Power Delivery Specification (PD) and USB Type-C™ Cable and Connector Specification were just released earlier this year. With manufactures increasingly opting for … Read more

Christie Appoints Stampede Europe to Serve as Distribution Partner

After years of success taking the Christie brand, products and services to the North American market, Christie has appointed Stampede Europe to serve as a distribution partner for its Business Products, LED and Video Wall Solutions. According to Stampede CEO Mark Wilkins, both parties are confident that their successful North American collaboration ensures continued success … Read more

AV Stumpfl Celebrates Norway’s Olympic History

AV Stumpfl’s Wings Engine Raw media servers and Wings Vioso calibration software have been used to resurrect Norway’s Olympic past in the Norwegian Olympic Museum. Opened in February, the Museum features the ‘Lysgaardsbakkene’ (‘Jump Hills’) exhibit in the centre: a 3.5m-diameter circular platform supporting a model of two ski jump hills descending from the ceiling. … Read more

Acer’s X3 Focuses on Security

Acer’s new TravelMate X359 notebook, the first in the X3 series, is designed for portability. It is 14″, weighing 1.5kg and measuring 18mm thick. Intended for professional users, the notebook uses a 6th generation (Skylake) Intel Core processor and features up to 10 hours of battery life. It has 8GB of RAM and an SSD … Read more