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The USB Implementors Forum (USB-IF) was in a hotel suite in the Venetian hotel and was promoting Type C connectivity. We met with Rahman Ismail who is employed by Intel, but works on the USB project. USB Type C Image:USB Implementer’s ForumIsmail took us through the history of USB and especially the significant change with … Read more
UK video games retailer Game has installed 1,300+ BrightSign digital signage players into its 320 stores. Freehand carried out the work, and players were supplied by Pixels. A mix of XD232 and XD1032 networked players were used, with 40″ – 55″ Samsung screens; a minimum of four per store. Game chose BrightSign’s products based on … Read more
A new, ultra-thin version of 3M‘s (8.350) procap metal mesh technology will be highlighted. It is suitable for up to UltraHD resolution screens and curved displays. The metal mesh is 3 microns thick, and will enable ‘more vibrant’ displays, says the company. It also supports up to 80 simultaneous touch points and features 3M’s palm … Read more
Elo has unveiled a new 55″ interactive display for digital signage. The 5501LT uses IR technology to deliver 10 touch points, and features a low profile for easy integration. It is 87mm thick, and complies with the ADA. Automatic switching between active input sources is built in to the unit, to ease its use in … Read more
ViXS has been through something of a traumatic year. We met with Perry Chappell, VP of Worldwide Sales who filled us in on recent developments. The company has not been bringing in revenues in line with the cumulative investment of $250 million or thereabouts in R&D spending over the years. As a result, the company … Read more
In its suite in the Venetian Hotel during CES, Cima Nanotech (Singapore) showed a 65″ LCD monitor fitted with the company’s projective capacitive touch screen. Also shown was an InFocus 40″ monitor with Cima NanoTech TP, which was launched in autumn 2015 with an MSRP of $1199. Although pro-cap has largely replaced resistive touch in … Read more
Lattice Semiconductor took over the space previously occupied by Silicon Image, which Lattice acquired earlier this year (Lattice Semiconductor Closes Acquisition of Silicon Image). The company was promoting SuperMHL (although the MHL group had its own booth as well) and was showing how HDMI at 4K60 could be sent over HDBaseT using the Display Stream … Read more
We met up with Broadcom, which is in the process of being acquired by Avago Technologies (a deal that should be complete by 1st February). However, the setup was the same as previous years and the firm had a meeting room area at the back of the South Hall. The first system we looked at … Read more
David Haye, the British boxer, has had his comeback fight shown in virtual reality. The match, against Australia’s Mark De Mori, took place in London’s O2 Arena on the 16tth January. It was filmed with 360° cameras and can now be accessed the form of the Hayemaker (Android only) app.
Intel reported Q4 net profit of $3.6 billion, while turnover for the period was $14.9 billion. For the full year 2015, net profit was $11.4 billion, down by $300 million YoY from $11.7 billion. Turnover for the period was $55.4 billion, down $500 million YoY from $55.9 billion. The server business was the primary problem … Read more
The PGA Tour (also known as the Sony Open), which began in Hawaii on the 17th January, is being recorded in UltraHD using Sony’s professional cameras. In particular, Sony’s HDC-4300 will be used to capture action at the 17th hole. The cameras will record video for the main broadcast, as well as UltraHD HDR video, … Read more
While the Intel Compute Stick and Thunderbolt technologies are not completely new, they were either shown at CES for the first time or replaced with newer models. The Thunderbolt 3 is the Intel implementation of USB C which was launched at last year’s Computex. With the Thunderbolt controller the interface is fast enough to push … Read more
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