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AOC Chooses Adaptive Sync

AOC’s has continued its trend of merging premium technologies in its newest desktop monitor: a 28″ unit called the U2879VF. The TN panel is a gaming display with UltraHD resolution, a 1ms response time and Adaptive Sync (compatible with AMD’s Freesync). Low input lag is a feature of the monitor, says AOC, which also makes … Read more

Epson is Serious About Colour Light Output

To the right of Lang, you can see Epson’s controversial DLP vs LCD demo area. We have a bigger image belowWe stepped on to Epson’s stand in middle of a presentation by Karl Lang, a colour specialist at US-based Lumita Labs. We have met Lang before (Is There a New Number for Projector Performance?), when … Read more

Panasonic Shows Off All B2B Displays

Panasonic began the first day of ISE with a press conference, where Stephen Yeo – marketing director of Panasonic System Communications Company Europe (PSCEU), the company’s B2B arm in Europe – announced a new white paper. Hartmut Kulessa, projector marketing manager, explained that the white paper is derived from the results of a survey on … Read more

TP Vision Wins Best Cinematography

TP Vision’s movie ‘Afterglow’, which was shown at IFA (There’s a Sparkle at IFA…), has been given an accolade with a special feature in National Geographic. The film has also won two awards – for Best Cinematography and as the Best Short Movie – at iF3, the International Freeski Film Festival, in Montreal.

NEC Display Solutions Presents Your World in a Showroom at ISE 2016

NEC Display Solutions Europe kicks off ISE 2016 with a showcase of the world of visual solutions and its benefits demonstrated in real-life and professional display applications. Within the themes of share, present, analyse, review and control, NEC will highlight how display technology can transform and enable a greater visual experience in environments including corporate, … Read more

NetRange and FUNKE Digital TV Guide Cooperate to Bring “watchmi” App to Premium TV Devices

NetRange, the global leader for white label Smart TV portals, and FUNKE Digital TV Guide, provider of solutions for the supply of editorial content as well as for target-oriented, personalized advertising, are joining forces. Thanks to the cooperation, Smart TV users in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Liechtenstein will have access to the “Themenkanäle von … Read more

Peerless-AV® Expands in Eastern Europe

AV technology pioneer Peerless-AV® has announced the appointment of two new distributors in Eastern Europe prior to the forthcoming ISE show in Amsterdam. Stefan Krüger, Peerless-AV’s Director of Sales for DACH and Eastern Europe, said, “We’re very pleased to announce two new distributors in Poland for the Peerless-AV brand. The two new distributors will add … Read more

Pub Company Punch Installs ZeeVee’s Video Technology in U.K. Pubs to Provide a Better Entertainment Experience

ZeeVee , Inc. (Zv) a global manufacturer of video and signal distribution technology, announced today that Punch, one of the largest leased pub and bar operators in the United Kingdom, is rolling out Zv’s coax video encoding products to their pubs as part of a major refurbishment program. Punch sought to enhance their customer experience … Read more

Foxconn Closes in on Sharp Deal

According to Reuters, Sharp has accepted Foxconn’s takeover bid, and the companies are aiming to finalise a deal by the end of the month. Foxconn is said to have been granted preferred negotiating rights. Most of the remaining issues to be resolved are legal and regulatory, president Terry Gou has said. Sources familiar with the … Read more

Optoma With First 4k HLD Projector

Optoma’s focus was on retail digital signage – specifically, the benefits that projectors can bring to this space which FPDs cannot. Examples included mapping and picking out physical products to highlight, rather than displaying them on-screen. A new projector on the stand was the WU1500; a DLP lamp-based model that can be used 24/7. It … Read more

BlackBerry Slims Workforce Again

BlackBerry

Blackberry will cut 200 jobs, in Ontario and Florida, to cut costs, it has said. The smartphone maker is seeking a return to profitability, putting more of its focus on its enterprise software business. The move follows earlier job losses last year (Blackberry Makes Global Job Cuts). Although the company did not state what percentage … Read more

AR, VR, Holodeck or Somewhere in Between

The interaction between marketing and manufacturing is supposed to determine success or failure of products and technologies. At least, this is the basis for every business book I have ever seen. After capitalism achieved victory over communism, we would assume that this is pretty much the basis for worldwide product development. In recent years we … Read more