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When we covered Iiyama’s Red Eagle gaming display (Iiyama is Top of the Food Chain), we knew that it was the start of a new series of monitors. The company has now unveiled the next addition – the GE2788HS-B1 Black Hawk. Like the Red Eagle, Iiyama describes the 27″ Black Hawk as a ‘predator’, with … Read more
Sure International, a telecom company in the UK’s Channel Islands, has installed a new video wall in its store in Saint Helier, using Philips displays and Matrox graphics cards. Six 46″ Philips screens were used, each with 1920 x 1080 resolution, for a total wall resolution of 11520 x 1080. To handle this, Matrox supplied … Read more
Flextronics has opened a new logistics and manufacturing facility in Poland. Work started on the building in 2014. It covers more than 9,300m² and is located in Tczew. Focus at the facility is on the final stages of production, storage, management of goods and product distribution.
Marvell has announced that its Armada 1500 Mini SoC, Avastar 88W8897 11ac WiFi and BlueTooth chip and power management ICs are all being used in Valve’s Steam Link system. Steam Link is a wireless system that can stream games from a PC to a TV. It costs $50. )Steam Link lets you play PC games … Read more
There is a common misconception how resolution in a display is defined, “dot counting”, in which one examines the physical addressable architecture of a display, group a red, a green, and a blue subpixel, draw a box around it, and call it a pixel… then count the number of such boxes in the horizontal and … Read more
Virtual reality is well on its way to becoming a commercial reality for consumers. None-the-less, the hardware choices currently available to consumers are somewhat bipolar. In the context of this article, bipolar refers to the price points and capabilities of available products. At one end, call it the “hot” end of the product spectrum, a … Read more
A new-to-me display application was reported in the news during this past week. It is an improvement to the conventional automotive rear view mirror. The need for an improvement can be illustrated by offering two familiar examples. One: while driving in the dark, bright headlights from a car behind yours are reflected into your eyes … Read more
Liberty Global is acquiring Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC), in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $5.3 billion. Including net debt, the transaction is valued at $8 billion. CWC is a cable operator in the Caribbean. The move is part of an effort by Liberty Global to extend its reach across Latin America, as it has … Read more
KOE’s new TFT-LCD module is a high-resolution unit with an extended operating temperature range. The TX18D204VM0BAA is a 7″ unit, with 1920 x 1080 resolution (314 ppi). It is 4mm thick and will operate between -20° and 70°. Potential applications include medical imaging systems, security monitors and portable test and measurement equipment. An IPS panel … Read more
The Festival 4k UltraHD channel (‘Festival 4k’ Channel Exceeds DCI-4k), by Brava Media, has technical support provided by Basmedia. Recently, Ateme revealed that Basmedia is using its Titan Live software-based encoder-transcoder to run the channel.
Eyevis is working with Tanesco (the Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited), creating two video walls for the company’s new control centre in Dar es Salaam. Each wall is capable of running 24/7 and is made of eight 70″ rear-projection displays. One will be used to monitor Tanesco’s supervisory control and data acquisition applications; the other … Read more
For users who want UltraHD resolution, but are limited on space, AOC has developed the U2477PWQ: a 23.6″ desktop monitor, with a PLS panel from Samsung Display. The Samsung panel has 178° viewing angles, covers 100% sRGB and shows 8-bit colour. Refresh rate is 60Hz, even at UltraHD resolution, thanks to the DisplayPort and MHL-HDMI … Read more
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