Ingram Micro and Tech Partner broaden cooperation to Europe
Ingram Micro is now distributing PC-based PoS systems for Tech Partners Europe GmbH. Ingram is TPE’s first pan-European distributor.
Optoma Promotes Colour With Rebranding
In a bid to focus attention on the colour reproduction of its DLP projectors, Optoma has come up with a new marketing term: Amazing Colour. It is a catch-all piece of marketing, referring to all of the different colour technologies in the products: the (new) colour wheel, different colour modes, colour guarantee and TI’s BrilliantColor … Read more
Barco is Pro-Laser, Anti-Speckle
I had time to sit down with Bill Beck of Barco to talk about speckle, which is inherently related to laser projection – which was a theme at the show for just about everybody! Beck has multiple patents in the area of speckle reduction, and was a founding member of the Laser Illuminated Projector Association … Read more
TI introduces the industry’s lowest-power, low-jitter retimers for 4K UHD video and camera interface
Texas Instruments (TI) today introduced three high-performance retimers which enable an extended signal range over long traces, connectors and cables without degradation of signal integrity. These devices expand TI’s high-performance retimer portfolio, and support flexible, cost-optimized system design, enabling designers to speed their products to market while maintaining optimal performance. With up to 60 percent … Read more
Festo Chooses Dual-Screen Eizo Solution
Industrial control and automation company Festo has used Eizo’s FlexScan EV2450 monitors throughout its new Automation Centre building in Esslingen, Germany. 400 work stations can be found inside, each featuring two of Eizo’s displays. Tobias Reiter of Festo said that the narrow bezel design, price-performance ratio and Eizo’s five-year guarantee were all factors in the … Read more
NEC Ready for “Laser, Laser, Laser”
Gerd Kaiser, senior product manager for large venue projectors, said that the overarching theme for NEC at the show was, “Laser, laser, laser”! This was certainly borne out in the models on display, few of which used lamps. At the front of the stand were NEC’s newest laser models: the 3P NC3540LS (seen as a … Read more
Missed Display Summit ’16? Proceedings Now Available
Proceedings from the Display Summit USA and Display Summit China, organised by Insight Media, are now available. They can be ordered at http://tinyurl.com/hbh3vkx. They would make a good accompaniment to the report in this week’s Infocomm show report, where we give an overview of each of the talks at the event.
Dell Achieves 99% DCI-P3 – With LCD
A new LCD monitor, spotted on Dell’s Chinese website, boasts very wide colour gamut coverage and factory calibration. Known as the UP3017 (not to be confused with the UP3017Q, an OLED monitor seen at CES: Digital Experience Has Lots to See), Dell’s 30″ display covers 99% of sRGB, Adobe RGB, Rec.709 and DCI-P3. It uses … Read more
HP Recalls Batteries Over Fire Risk
HP has issued a recall for laptop batteries, supplied in certain models sold worldwide between March 2013 and August 2015. Affected batteries, which have the potential to overheat and catch fire, may also have been sent out as replacements for compatible computers in this time. The affected models are HP, Compaq, HP ProBook, HP ENVY, … Read more
Monitor Rivals Steal Share From Samsung
More than 29 million PC monitors were shipped in Q1’16, says IDC – up 0.5% YoY, although a 5.7% QoQ fall. IDC expects the monitor market to decline about 3% annually between 2018 and 2020. However, there will be some growth in specific regions, such as MEA. This region grew for the second consecutive quarter … Read more
Christie’s Lasers Create Spain’s ‘Most Advanced Multiplex’
Christie will work with Odeon Multicines to create ‘Spain’s most advanced multiplex’. Christie’s Solaria projectors are set to be installed throughout the 12-screen venue at the Sambil Outlet shopping centre in Madrid. Two screens will use the CP42LH laser projectors, while the rest will use DCI-4k lamp-based models, such as the CP4220. As well as … Read more
A New Way to Create Projected HDR?
With High Dynamic Range (HDR) TVs offering 600 to 1000 cd/m² of peak luminance and various levels of black, many are concerned that the experience in the cinema is starting to lag behind the home experience. IMax and Dolby offer HDR cinematic experiences, but a solution for mainstream theaters is needed, too. But a new … Read more
