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Apple spoofs are a long-running joke in the tech industry, but Above Average’s advert for the ‘iPhone D’ – “the iPhone for drunk assholes” – takes the cake. Drunk people can’t be trusted, so the iPhone D features a leash, waterproof cover and – a nice touch – a pre-cracked screen. The best part? It … Read more
Changhong was promoting a new brand, ‘Chiq TV’, which applies to all of its new sets to be launched this year. The Q2A and Q2AE TVs are OLED sets, using panels from LG Display. They are 55″ and 65″ curved TVs with UltraHD, voice control, MHL-HDMI and HDMI 2.0 inputs and a wide colour gamut. … Read more
The economic downturn and popularity of tablet devices are causing notebook and panel makers to increasingly adopt higher display resolutions to keep consumer attention, says IHS. Worldwide notebook panel demand was down 12% YoY in 2015, to 176 million units. Notebook inventory continues to climb, and brands and panel makers hope that upgrading resolution will … Read more
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd, a global leader and innovator in consumer electronics, semiconductors and telecommunications, today announced that it won more than 100 awards in key categories including Home Entertainment, Home Appliances, Mobile, and Internet of Things at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). The show is the global gathering place for all who thrive … Read more
A new back-to-back video wall mount has been developed by Peerless-AV, designed to maximise available space for digital signage. A 2×2 video wall can be mounted on either side of the SmartMount DS-S560-B2X2. The pedestal mount can accommodate screen sizes of 46″ – 60″. A quick-connect adaptor latch enables automatic engagement with the mounting rail, … Read more
Panasonic Corporation announced today that it has signed an agreement to become an “Official Ceremony Partner” with the Rio 2016 Olympic Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Rio 2016) and provide turnkey visual operations for the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games Ceremonies. Panasonic will provide more than 100 high brightness compact 20,000 … Read more
Digital Experience, aka Pepcom, is the largest of the CES press events – almost a mini show by itself. This year it was held in the Mirage hotel, and the ‘Sun, Surf and Tech’ theme seemed wildly out of place, considering the pouring rain outside! We spoke to Atmel, the maker of touch controllers that … Read more
The ZTE press conference takes this year’s coveted ‘worst-arranged event of CES’ award. The room was far too small for the number of people who wanted to attend, and was almost entirely full once the VIP guests had entered. Us ‘peasants’ from the press had to traipse upstairs to the (poorly-signposted) overflow room, where the … Read more
China’s Seiki brand is keen to promote itself, rushing to become known as a maker of high-end products. It’s a turnaround for the company that many people know for launching the first sub-$1,000 UltraHD TV (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 16), which was an extremely basic unit without smart functionality. We began by looking at … Read more
Panasonic, for the first time, will be an Official Ceremony Partner of the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The company will provide more than 100 of its PT-DZ21K2 projectors, multiple broadcast-grade AV-HS6000 series switchers and other visual equipment to the opening and closing ceremonies.
Late last year, Jaguar pulled what some might call ‘a stunt preying on peoples’ expectations’, and others would refer to as ‘brilliant marketing’. Let’s just say that it involves virtual reality – but, then again, it also doesn’t. Confused? Watch the video below, or at http://tinyurl.com/zu5f4ys.
Aluminium construction company, Boldman, is seeing increasing adoption of its frames for large-scale LED screens. Work was recently completed on a 13.9m x 7.8m x 0.6m framework for a screen (10mm pixel pitch, 6,000 cd/m²) in Manchester, UK. It was manufactured using an Oblik spaceframe structure framework, built from 156 individually-fabricated aluminium sections. It is … Read more
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