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Planar Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:PLNR), a global leader in display and digital signage technology, today unveiled the next generation of its Planar® UltraRes™ Series 4K LCD display line, designed for ultra-high resolution commercial applications. The latest Planar UltraRes Series design combines the best of the current models with new features inspired by customers and trends in … Read more
PM SCREEN takes standard and boring retail displays to the next level. 3D holographic displays revolutionizing mass retail market are now in 500+ Best Buy locations across the US – pioneering with Altec Lansing products. Altec Lansing’s new line of everything-proof portable Bluetooth speakers is turning heads at select retailers across the US. Altec needed … Read more
3M has entered into a licensing agreement with Lotus Applied Technology to access Lotus’s TransFlexALDTM spatial Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) and barrier materials patent portfolio. TransFlexALD technology enables high-speed, low-cost deposition of single layer “ultra-barrier” coatings on rolls of polymer film using ALD. These coatings play a critical role in the encapsulation of moisture- and … Read more
Powered by Intel Skylake processors, Dell’s new XPS hybrids and notebooks include features such as Thunderbolt 3 ports and select aspects of the Latitude line. The products are designed for ‘power users’, for both productivity and entertainment. The XPS 12 hybrid (12.5″0 and XPS 13 (13.3″) and XPS 15 (15.6″) notebooks will be compatible with … Read more
Dell today announced its new portfolio of award-winning XPS devices, featuring the innovative XPS 12 2-in-1, ultra-mobile XPS 13 notebook and stunning XPS 15 powerhouse laptop. Continuing to build on the XPS family’s premium pedigree of form and function, this updated lineup is designed to offer the best consumer laptops, incorporating high performance 6thgeneration Intel … Read more
Beacons are a hot topic in the public display space. Several companies that we track here at Display Monitor have looked at installing them in their displays, or otherwise working with them. Most coverage in the area of beacons relates to Apple’s iBeacon technology, but there are other companies out there. One of these is … Read more
Upscaling HDMI cables, which contain chips to scale content from 1920 x 1080 to UltraHD, have been available for some time, but not widespread. We have previously reported on a $40 cable from Seiki, for instance, which used a chip from Marseille Networks (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 2). Marseille has now produced its own … Read more
HP came out of left field with a huge raft of product announcements on our print day. Unfortunately all of our points of contact within the company had attended the launch event in Barcelona, and were flying back when we called for specific information. We will update you when we know more. Three AIO PCs … Read more
The PC market will be responsible for most of the growth made by the digital games industry this year. Software revenues, says Juniper Research, will top $80 billion, growing to $104 billion by the end of 2018. The PC market will account for 42% of games revenues in 2015. Despite the popularity of PC gaming, … Read more
Samsung’s earnings guidance for Q3 has exceeded analyst forecasts, with the performance of its semiconductor division offsetting a weaker showing in smartphones. At an event in Seoul on the 7th October, Samsung said that its operating profit for the quarter is expected to be KRW7.3 trillion ($6.3 billion): a 78% increase from the KRW4.1 trillion … Read more
Asus shipped 2 million notebooks worldwide in September, representing 127.3% MoM growth. Acer, meanwhile, managed to grow its shipments 41.7%, to 1.7 million units, according to supply chain sources.
Virtual reality is often seen as a technology that fits perfectly to gaming, video consumption and some professional applications in the visualization and training markets. Although there is a market for professional applications, the overall success of the technology rests with the acceptance by the consumer. Even with success in the gaming market, the overall … Read more
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