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Planning to buy the Oculus Rift? Start upgrading your PC. Oculus VR has released the requirements for the headset, which will need to be tethered to a computer to work. Owners will need an Nvidia GTX 970/AMD 290 GPU or greater; Intel Core i504590 CPU or greater; 8GB+ of RAM; HDMI v1.3 output; dual USB … Read more
The ‘budget-friendly’ MX570 DLP projector, from BenQ, is said to save power and lower TCO through its eco features. These include SmartEco and LampSave Modes, raising lamp life; and Eco Blank, automatically dimming the image if a source is not connected. Crestron and PJ Link network protocols are supported, so that the projector can be … Read more
TCL Multimedia has maintained its promise of providing superior and more interactive home entertainment experiences for consumers, with the introduction of new TV display technologies and overarching brand theme of ‘a visual feast of color’. Successfully debuted at CES 2015, TCL’s Wide Color Gamut and industry-leading Quantum Dot technologie swill feature on a host of … Read more
Seven electronics manufacturers have agreed to pay $45 million in settlement charges to Washington state, over their alleged involvement in the LCD price fixing cartel which took place between 1998 and 2006. In 2010, a Washington Attorney General filed suit against nine companies and their US subsidiaries, seeking compensation on behalf of both state agencies … Read more
Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is launched a new project aiming to develop flexible glass for OLED applications. The Konfect project will receive €5.6 million in funding and will last for three years. It is seeking to refine windable glass through lamination with functional adhesive tapes, and by applying ‘special functional layers’. … Read more
While the resolution war has been going on among smartphone makers, other display enhancements have been largely ignored. Ignis aims to correct that oversight with its new ‘True Vision Display’: an HDR AMOLED display for smartphones. Due to be shown at SID in June, the TVD uses Ignis’ MaxLife technology (Display Monitor Vol 20 No … Read more
We learned last year that eMagin was building a VR head-mounted display, using its own 2k x 2k OLED microdisplay (eMagin Building High-Res OLED HMD). Development has now been completed and the company has shown off the new product, which looks like a pair of goggles. The field of view is said to be over … Read more
Northamber in the UK has signed a deal to supply Samsung’s range of curved monitors.
Broadsign has been chosen by Shell to deploy a network of 600 screens at its petrol forecourts in the UK and the Netherlands. 200 screens are in operation at 25 sites in the UK, and 400 screens at 50 sites in the Netherlands – all using Broadsign’s CMS. We are checking the brand and size … Read more
The worldwide digital signage market will grow strongly over the next two years, says a new IDC study, although the study was based on US respondents. Increased availability of more flexible, interactive content is helping to drive digital signage forwards. Satisfaction is also rising, with 82% of surveyed companies now saying that they are ‘very … Read more
Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun has said that the company shipped almost 15 million smartphones in Q1’15, compared to 11 million in Q1’14.
Quanta Computer posted a net profit in Q1 of NT$3.7 billion ($121.5 million), down 32.1% sequentially and 21.5% year on year, while turnover was down 18.5% quarter on quarter and 4.9% YoY at NT$205.2 billion ($6.7 billion).
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