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Hisense Opens ULED to Public Comparisons

Hisense was enjoying its second year in Hall 6, having moved there in 2014 to be closer to German partner Loewe. Loewe was absent from the show this year, but Hisense remained in place! Only two new TVs were being shown by the company. The first was the XT920, a 78″ curved set with a … Read more

LG’s New Stand Disappoints

Like several other companies, LG had relocated this year to a new venue in Hall 18. This was because the old stand was (apparently) one of the busiest and most crowded at the show; the new location means that LG can spread out a little more. Unfortunately, despite the larger stand there was little new … Read more

STAR Program uses Augmented Reality for Medical Purposes

STAR augmented reality 09 2015

The System for Telementoring with Augmented Reality, or the STAR program for short, is a multi-institution project sponsored by the Office of the US Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs. It includes Purdue University, Industrial Engineering and Computer Science as well as the Indiana University, School of Medicine. The goal of the program is … Read more

TCL & QD Vision Demonstrate the Future of Wide Color Gamut Television at IFA

TCL, its subsidiary CSOT, and QD Visionhave collaborated to develop a television that produces over 90% of the Rec. 2020 color gamut standard for UHD displays. This advancement is made possible by the unique design of QD Vision’s Color IQ quantum dot technology, the leading wide color gamut technology in the market today. The demonstration … Read more

Sharp Brings BigPad to Midwich

The ‘most advanced Big Pad model to date’ has been introduced by Sharp, and will be unveiled at Midwich Technology Exposed on 16th and 17th September (we will be attending – TA). An 80″ collaborative touchscreen, the PN-80TC3 is designed for professional environments with multiple users, such as meeting rooms. It features procap touch technology … Read more

Workstations Recover in Q2

Expectations were mixed for the Q2’15 workstation market, following a ‘surprisingly painful’ first quarter, said Jon Peddie Research (JPR). Stakeholders were seeking reassurance that the market was not following the downward trend of the wider PC industry – and received it, says JPR, with a significant shipment volume rebound. Around 1.02 million workstations were shipped … Read more

Christie Accelerates Chinese Deployment

Wanda Cinema Line (WCL), said to be the world’s largest cinema operator, and Christie have signed an agreement to accelerate the rollout of digital cinema and immersive sound solutions in China. Over the next three years, Christie’s Solaria-Series 2k and DCI-4k digital cinema projectors; 6P laser projectors; and Vive Audio solutions will be installed in … Read more

World’s Largest Cinema Operator and Christie Sign Strategic Partnership

An Extensive agreement with Wanda Cinema Lineto accelerate Digital Cinema and Immersive Sound Rollout in China sees Christie 2/4K digital cinema projectors, Christie 6P laser projectors and Christie Vive Audio solutions installed among 1,500-plus screens over next 3 years with Christie to build more customer service centres in China to support deployment. Christie has announced … Read more

Epson Rules July Projector Sales

PMA Research has announced the top-selling projectors in the USA in July. The company divides the results into three categories: ‘pico and personal’, ‘mainstream’ and ‘4,000+ lumen’. The best-selling ‘pico and personal’ projector was Aaxa’s LED Pico; the company also took the third and fourth places, with the P300 Pico and P4-X. Asus’ S1 was … Read more

PMA’s Tracking Service Shows Top-Selling Projectors in July

PMA Research, the worldwide market information experts on front projectors, has posted their most recent Projector Tracking Service results to the “Top-Selling Projectors” area of their website. For more than 16 years now, PMA Research has collected monthly sell-through data from leading North American projector dealers, retailers, web resellers and distributors. Their Tracking Service family … Read more