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AMD’s R9 Nano is Here – and Worth Waiting For

AMD has formally announced its Radeon R9 Nano graphics add-in board (AIB), as the latest and most anticipated member of its Fury X series of GPUs. It’s a marvel of technology improvements. according to our friends at Jon Peddie Research. Operating at 175W and requiring only one 8-pin power plug, this killer board is targeted … Read more

Prysm Brings LPD to Texas

Prysm has installed a 7m² Cascade 190 laser-phosphor video wall at the headquarters of IT integrator GDT, in Dallas, TX. The company’s new customer experience centre, described as ‘Epcot-like’, was built with the display as its centrepiece. GDT uses the Cascade 190 as an interactive platform, for daily presentations to CxO-level visitors.

CEA Defines HDR-Compatible Displays

The CEA has released an industry definition for displays compatible with high dynamic range (HDR) standards. The new designation, formally known as HDR-Compatible Displays, is intended to assist both retailers and consumers in identifying display products that support the interfaces and processing technology required to show HDR content. A TV, monitor or projector is an … Read more

Microsoft Plans 3D Printing From Smartphones

Microsoft Research has developed an app called MobileFusion, which can 3D scan objects and load the data into a 3D printer, or use it for augmented reality gaming. The system works by stitching together 2D photos – requiring no hardware except your smartphone. The researchers are currently working to make sure that MobileFusion works with … Read more

V-Nova Shines at IBC

V-Nova held a press conference to update on the firm’s progress since TV Connect and then NAB. Matt Stagg of EE endorsed V-NovaAn executive from major UK telco, EE, Matt Stagg started by saying that a telephone company and a video codec company do not usually talk together. However, EE believes that 75% of 4G … Read more

Absen X5 Hits 5,000 Units Milestone with Rental Stagers Worldwide

Absen, a world leading manufacturer of high quality LED displays, today announced that it reached a milestone of 5,000 X5 LED panels sold worldwide, less than six months after its first release at ISE2015. “We are thrilled about the rapid global adoption of the X5 by the rental staging industry,” commented Bluesking Zhao, Global Marketing … Read more

Toshiba Unleashes Windows 10

Toshiba has introduced two new notebooks in its premium Kirabook line, running Windows 10. While they are mostly identical, the Kira-10J (Windows 10 Pro) and Kira-10H (Windows 10 Home) differ in screen resolution (2560 x 1440 and 1920 x 1080, respectively), thanks to the use of IGZO technology on the former. In addition to resolution, … Read more

Valve and HTC Backtrack Over Vive Launch

It was announced earlier this year that the HTC Vive – the VR headset under development with Valve – would be launched in Q4. However, that appears to have been a miscommunication. Instead, there will be a limited quantity of developer and community systems released (sign-ups began in April – HTC Opens Vive Sign-Ups – … Read more

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 36

An incorrect detail in our recent article, ‘Canon Claims World’s Lightest DCI Projector‘, has been pointed out. The XEED 4K500ST in fact has higher-than-DCI-4k (4096 x 2160) resolution: it is actually 4096 x 2400, with a 17:9 aspect ratio. An update for LG‘s WebOS 1.0-based (2014) TVs will be rolled out on 21st September. It … Read more

Sharp Slims Large Displays

Sharp has expanded its high-end digital signage range, the PN-E series, with two large-format models: the 60″ PN-E603 and 70″ PN-E703. Designed for 24/7 use, these displays feature edge-LED backlights to reduce their depth to 39.4mm. Both new models use Sharp’s UV²A panels (ultraviolet-induced multi-domain vertical alignment), said to prevent light leakage. They can be … Read more