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EPA Honors LG Electronics USA With Top-Level Gold Award In Electronics Recycling Challenge

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Underscoring its leadership in responsible electronics recycling, LG Electronics USA was recognized today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency with the 2015 Gold Tier Award, the top-level recognition in the EPA’s Sustainable Materials Management (SMM) Challenge. The Gold Tier Award recognizes LG’s significant contributions to the EPA’s SMM Electronics Challenge goals by increasing the amount … Read more

Biometric Smartphones Are Officially “Mainstream”. More Than 200 Models Have Been Introduced Since 2013

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According to new research from Acuity Market Intelligence, biometric smartphones are officially mainstream. More than 200 fingerprint, iris, and eye-vein biometric smartphones have been introduced since Q1 2013 under 70 brand names. This includes market leaders Apple, Samsung, Huawei, Xiaomi, TCL, Oppo, Vivo, and ZTE. Acuity projects that 600 million biometric smartphones are currently in … Read more

NEC has Big Video Wall Plans

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We had a meeting with Tobias Augustin, NEC’s senior product manager for large-format displays. As NEC only had two smaller (single-viewer) displays on its large stand, this felt like a great fit! NEC is moving towards a solutions focus, offering bundled products to its customers. The first permanent bundles, which will be sold for the … Read more

Sony Continues Dual Laser/Lamp Approach

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Sony unveiled two new laser projectors and their lamp-based counterparts – continuing the company’s strategy of producing two versions of all of its installation models. The intent is to provide a lower-cost alternative to laser. The new laser projectors themselves – the VPL-FWZ65 and VPL-FWZ60 – already cost less than Sony’s previous generation, as they … Read more

Hitachi Uses Philips HLD

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Hitachi was promoting the launch of its new 5000 Series, which we have covered before (Hitachi Optimises Installation Images), and showing off a new projector using Philips’ HLD LED technology (Philips Introduces ColorSpark). The 5000 Series consists of five models, each featuring edge-blending, warping and compatibility with remote control systems such as Crestron, AMX and … Read more

InFocus Makes Dual Acquisitions

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InFocus has announced two acquisitions in two days. First, the company bought Avistar: a provider of video conferencing softwware. Second, InFocus acquired Vidco, a provider of multimedia room and building systems. Avistar’s technology is already used in InFocus’ Mondopad video conferencing system, as well as various calling services that the company provides. Meanwhile, the acquisition … Read more

2015 Marks Peak Cinema Attendances in the EU

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The European Audiovisual Observatory (EAVO) has estimated that total cinema admissions in the EU rose slightly in 2015. Admissions were predicted to have increased 7.6% YoY, to 980 million tickets sold: 69 million more than 2014. This was the second-highest level of sales in the past decade, only topped in 2009, with the release of … Read more

Analogue Light Field Displays are More Convincing than Digital

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Light Field Display may not be a familiar term to most people. Instead, most of us may have come into contact with applications such as virtual reality viewers, stereoscopic displays, 3-D televisions, 3-D pictures, etc. Essentially, all these systems are trying to reproduce the “light” emitted by physical objects, or “digital” objects through the use … Read more

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