Eyevis Signs Partnership for Iceland
Eyevis has named Nordata in Reykjavik as its partner in Iceland. Nordata and Eyevis have secured a number of video wall and controller projects, with installation due to begin between Q3 and Q4.
InFocus Highlights LightCast Technology
InFocus, with backing from Foxconn, has been re-positioning itself as a supplier of collaboration products rather than a simple hardware supplier. At Infocomm, the company started by showing us its Saturn system which combines a video wall with high end video conferencing and collaboration. The system can support 1×3, 2×2, 3×3, 3×4 and 3×5 display … Read more
Acer’s CTO to Lead Design Centre
Acer has appointed Dr. RC Chang, the company’s chief technology officer, to lead Acer’s Design Centre, replacing retiring president, Jackson Lin. Chang joined Acer as CTO in 2003, while Lin has held various roles with the company since 1990.
Acentic Rollout Includes Europe’s Second-Largest Video Wall
Acentic has begun installing double-sided digital displays at 12 Welcome Break service stations across the UK. The video walls will be formed of LG screens, with Black Box’s i-Compel controller software. The largest wall is at South Mimms service station, near Junction 23 on the M25 motorway. It is the second-largest double-sided screen in Europe: … Read more
LG Brings Mirroring to Portable Projectors
Although we saw LG’s new lineup of portable (Minibeam) LED projectors at CES 2015, we were unable to find more information about them except their model numbers: PF1500, PV150G, PW800 and PH300. LG has now launched the Minibeam line in the USA. As portable models. they are designed for use on-the-go, with features such as … Read more
MegaChips Bridges DisplayPort and HDMI
Megachips is now shipping a DisplayPort 1.2/HDMI 2.0a bridge chip family. The MCDP28 line implements a high-speed level shifter and active-protocol converter (LSPCON) in a single chip. The chips support HDMI level shifting up to a 3.4Gbps data rate, and protocol conversion function up to a data rate of 6Gbps. They are intended for use … Read more
FlexTech Alliance Elects New Chair
FlexTech Alliance has elected Jennifer Ernst as chair of its governing board for the next two year term. Ernst is chief strategy officer at Thinfilm Electronics and succeeds Keith Rollins of DuPont Teijin Films, who will remain on the board.
Apple Patents Method to Raise AMOLED Display Brightness
Apple has been granted several new patents, but those that we are interested in relate to AMOLED displays – specifically, raising the performance of these devices. A top-emission AMOLED uses a top electrode with reduced resistance; the emitted light is transmitted directly through the top of the display using this electrode. However, the resistance level … Read more
Himax Takes Photonics Award
Himax’s 0.22″ ‘Front-Lit LCoS module’ microdisplay has won the 2015 Taiwan Outstanding Photonics Product Award, from the Photonics Industry and Technology Development Association.
Outfront Expands Transport Presence
Outfront Media is working with the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) to roll out new digital screens and campaigns to eight Metrorail stations in New York City. Each of the 72″ LG-MRI displays features an interactive split-screen, showing adverts and real-time customer information. The initial installation of 10 displays (each with 1920 x 1080 … Read more
3LCD Announces Market Share Leadership as #1 Projection Technology
3LCD, the world’s number one projection display technology and a trusted partner for many of the largest consumer electronics brands, announced today at InfoComm 2015 its continued U.S. market share leadership. According to the most recent data from PMA Research (PMA), 3LCD was the leader in the front projection market among the Mainstream and High-End … Read more
AMD Has Big Plans for UltraHD
During its E3 press conference, AMD showed a new Radeon R9 GPU called ‘Fury X’, with the highest memory bandwidth of any GPU, ever: 60% more than GDDR5, as well as a 4,096-bit memory interface. Clearly aiming at the hardcore gamer, Fury X supports UltraHD, as well as multi-threaded APIs such as DirectX 12 and … Read more
