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European Signage Sentiment Rises Through Spring

OVAB Europe has released the March/April results for its Digital Signage Business Climate Index (DBCI), which tracks the mood in the signage market in several European regions. The DACH market rose slightly from the January/February results, to 59.5 base points (from 59.15). Vendors’ view of the current business situation in the region fell slightly. The … Read more

NeuLion Adds UltraHD Streaming With HEVC

NeuLion, owner of an end-to-end distribution platform, has announced support for secure UltraHD streaming using HEVC and MPEG-DASH. Pay-TV operators can use the platform to stream live content to multiple platforms including mobiles, TVs and PCs. For the first time, the NeuLion Digital Platform and MainConcept solutions will ensure that consumer devices are UltraHD ready, … Read more

Philips to Sell 80.1% Lumileds Stake

Publishing its first quarter results this week, Philips provided an update on last month’s announcement that it was to sell an 80.1% interest in Lumileds, Philips’ combined LED components and automotive lighting business, to investment fund GO Scale Capital. The Lumileds and automotive business is now reported as discontinued operations and in Q1, the unit’s … Read more

Light Polymers Develops Lyotropic Liquid Crystal Coating for High Contrast OLED Displays

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Light Polymers Develops Lyotropic Liquid Crystal Coating for High Contrast OLED Displays April 1, 2015 South San Francisco, CA – Light Polymers is now releasing a Lyotropic liquid crystal material that can be coated on substrates such as TAC, acrylics and initially COP or directly on the OLED panel glass to improve … Read more

Light Polymers Develops Flat Dispersion Lyotropic Liquid Crystal Coating

Light Polymers announces the availability of a coatable lyotropic liquid crystal material, CF001, that has flat dispersion of retardation and can be used for compensation of LCD displays. Lyotropic liquid crystals are a unique class of materials that have the potential to revolutionize many aspects of light management in displays with better performance, simpler implementation … Read more

NEC Display Solutions Receives FDA 510(K) Clearance on MD322C8 Review Monitor

NEC Display Solutions of America, a leading provider of commercial LCD display and projector solutions, announced today Food and Drug Administration 510(K) market clearance of the MultiSync® MD322C8 LCD, a high resolution display for radiology review applications in healthcare organizations. The 32-inch MD322C8 is an 8-megapixel, Ultra High-Definition review monitor which features four times the … Read more

Vivitek Introduces Two New FullHD Projectors to Create an Outstanding Home Cinema Solution

Vivitek, a leading brand of visual display products, announces today its new generation of Full HD home theatre projectors to create an authentic cinematic experience in a variety of dark or moderate lighting environments. The new H1186 and H1188 projectors deliver 2,000 ANSI lumens of brightness with a high 50,000:1 contrast ratio. Both models benefit … Read more

A New Period of Competitive Cooperation in AMOLED?

We’re publishing a day early this week, as we have a public holiday for Easter on Friday, which means a reduced number of stories this week. However, we have three good stories that made the front page. Two of them are significant enough to be in both of our newsletters, Samsung’s OLED shift and V-Nova’s … Read more

And Finally… – Vol 22 No 15

Promising to allow a user to ‘dive in’ to the action, Sony’s new wearable – Playstation Flow – completely re-imagines what a swimming level means to gamers. Now, console owners can head to the nearest pool whenever they get near a body of water in-game; using connected goggles and motion-tracking armbands, players can take on … Read more

New ZeeVee HDbridge 2920 Distributes Dual HD-SDI Channels

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New ZeeVee HDbridge 2920 Distributes Dual HD-SDI Channels for HD Video and Digital Signage Littleton, MA — March 29, 2015 — ZeeVee, Inc., a leading global manufacturer of award-winning, commercial grade video distribution products, announced shipments of the HDbridge 2920, an encoder and modulator capable of delivering 1080 resolution video from high-definition serial digital interface … Read more