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RTBf Goes 100% Eizo

Belgium’s national broadcaster for the French-speaking community, RTBf, uses several Eizo touch screens in its studios. New screens were installed recently in a round of modernisation. Eizo’s 17″ Flexscan T1781, combined with the 23″ T2381, is installed in every studio. The former is used to control the broadcasting console’s interface, while the latter is used … Read more

Intel’s Refresh Drives Axiomtek Player

OPS883 is Axiomtek’s newest digital signage player, supporting UltraHD resolution and dual displays. It is based on Intel’s 22nm ‘Haswell Refresh’ chips. The OPS architecture means that the player can be slotted into the rear of a compatible display. The OPS player features a 2.5″ HDD tray and an optional mSATA interface, for storage, as … Read more

Eyevis is Well Ahead in IBC Preparations

Eyevis has announced its plans for IBC 2015 (11th – 15th September), in Amsterdam. The company, on stand 9.B24, will showcase many of its display products. These will include a new slim (422mm-thick) rear-projection cube (EC-50-LHD-ISE-SLIM); eyeLED LED modules; a 98″ UltraHD LCD display (EYE-LCD-9800-QHD–LD), and an 85″ unit with touch (EYE-LCD-8500-QHD-LD-TOUCH-32IR); portable high-brightness 17″ … Read more

Photographer Snaps Apple Watch Close-Up

Scientist and photographer Bryan Jones has put the Apple Watch’s display under the microscope. Of course, the sub-pixel arrangement looks very different to that of the LCD-based iPhone; the blue sub-pixels are much larger than red and green, for instance, as this is the least efficient colour in an OLED display. Jones also highlights the … Read more

White Box Phablets in First-Ever Decline

According to Etmag, Chinese vendors’ white-box phablet shipments suffered their first-ever YoY decline (-15%) in Q2’15. Poor market conditions and growing branded phablet shipments contributed to the fall. Sales of white-box units have been falling in several main markets since Q4’14, due to local currency depreciations, said Etmag, which did not name its source.

Android Gaining Popularity in Embedded Applications

VIA Technologies has conducted a worldwide survey on the uses of Android as an embedded platform. 93% of the roughly 250 respondents were already or were considering its use, with the majority (28%) looking at industrial automation. Infotainment (20%) and digital signage (12%) were also popular potential uses – notably all visual applications. A touch … Read more

Regulatory Trend: US States Adopting Lighting Standards for Digital Billboards

According to Digital Signage Today, several states in the US have recently adopted standards for controlling the set up and operation of digital signage boards along highways. As an example, they quote the recent adoption of new legislation in Colorado. So far 12 states and Puerto Rico have passed legislation to control outdoor signage in … Read more

Henkel Leads Series C Investment in Vitriflex

The Electronics Group of Henkel has made an additional investment in ultra-barrier film technology innovator, Vitriflex. Henkel made its first equity investment and signed a joint development agreement with Vitriflex in May 2014 and is the lead Series C investor in this latest round. Vitriflex, which was founded in 2010, has developed an ultra-barrier film … Read more

Sony Has No Plans to Sell Mobile Unit

The CEO of Sony’s mobile business, Hiroki Totoki, has said in an interview that the company “will never” quit the mobile market and remains committed to manufacturing mobile devices. Totoki told Arabian Business that as smartphones are connected to other devices and people lives, Sony will have to produce a number of new categories of … Read more

BBC Micro Returns to UK Schools

The BBC, working with ARM, Microsoft and Samsung, has finalised the design of a tiny computer, which will be supplied – for free – to every Year 7 schoolchild (11 year-olds) in the UK this September. The Micro:bit, like the Raspberry Pi, is an attempt to teach more young people about coding and computers. The … Read more