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Big-Screens, Big Stakes and Big Games with Epson Home Cinema

With basketball and hockey playoffs quickly approaching, bring home the game with the versatile Epson® PowerLite® Home Cinema 3500 1080p home theater projector. Whether you’re a basketball or hockey fanatic, the portable Home Cinema 3500 creates a bright, big-screen experience. The Home Cinema 3500 comes complete with incredible image quality in 2D and 3D with … Read more

Texas Hospital Chooses Nanolumens Over Projector

A new $1.3 billion facility has been constructed at Parkland Hospital in Texas and was opened last year. The facility includes a large-format LED display using Nanolumens’ NanoSlim solution. The screen, installed in the cafeteria, is 4.8m x 3m, is in a space originally designed for a projector. However, it was decided that a brighter … Read more

TAG Heuer, Google and Intel Announce Swiss Smartwatch Collaboration

TAG Heuer, Google and Intel have announced a partnership to launch a Swiss smartwatch powered by Intel technology and Android Wear. The effort signifies a new era of collaboration between Swiss watchmakers and Silicon Valley, bringing together each company’s respective expertise in luxury watchmaking, software and hardware. The collaboration was made official at Baselworld, during … Read more

John Lewis EHT Sales up 8% in 2014

UK-based John Lewis’ electricals and home technology (EHT) business grew 7.9% year on year in 2014, despite what the firm described as a “challenging”market. The company said sales of large electricals and audio products rose throughout the year, and every channel and category grew.

Sony’s Vue Service Now Live

Sony Computer Entertainment president, Andrew House, said recently (Playstation Vue Coming to East Coast) that Sony’s Playstation Vue TV service would be rolled out to the East Coast of the USA soon. The service is now live for consumers in New York, Chicago and Philadelphia. Prices range from $50 to $70. Sony is talking to … Read more

QMC Breaks Stokes-Shift Barrier for Brighter Displays

The ‘Stokes-shift’ is the difference between a quantum dot’s (QD) peak excitation and peak emission wavelengths. Minimising the overlap between these bands enhances the clarity and brightness of a fluorescing QD, by avoiding re-absorption of emitted light into nearby QDs. Until now, says Quantum Materials Corp, it has not been possible to produce a Stokes-shift … Read more

Smart Presentations Announces Certification to Install SMART Room System

SMART accredited reseller and installer, Smart Presentations Ltd, is a certified installer of SMART Room Systems incorporating Microsoft’s enterprise communications tool, Lync, which is today being officially re-branded as Skype for Business. The SMART Room System for Microsoft Skype for Business is an integrated solution that ensures all business meeting components – video, audio and … Read more

Paul Butler Named Top Exec by PCR

Paul Butler, sales director at AOC/MMD UK and Ireland, has been recognised as one of the region’s top technology executives by PCR. Butler has worked in the IT channel for more than 20 years (and, of course, worked for Display Monitor’s publisher, Meko Ltd. – Congratulations, Paul!)

Nanosys Doubles Production Capacity for Quantum Dot Displays in 2015

Nanosys, enabling a new generation of vibrant, energy-efficient displays with its Quantum Dot technology, today announced it has doubled its Quantum Dot materials manufacturing capacity to 25 tons per year in response to rapidly increasing demand from leading UHD television makers. Nanosys’ new mass production process enables the company to produce enough Quantum Dot materials … Read more