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TV-Film, a Vienna-based company specialising in providing mobile television production services, outside broadcast vehicles and related equipment, has purchased Ikegami HDK-970A and HDK-97A cameras for its Ü6 OB truck. The sale was negotiated by Ikegami’s Austrian dealer, Avisys Electronics GmbH, which is also located in Vienna. “TV-Film’s Technical Director, Thomas Völkl, chose the HDK-970A cameras … Read more
uSens has launched a Kickstarter campaign for an interactive, mobile VR headset called Impression Pi (appropriately launched on Pi Day). The company says that development on hardware is nearly completed. The Kickstarter campaign is intended to help uSens with final production and to introduce early adopters to the product. The campaign also offers early access … Read more
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
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 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
Thanks to an eagle-eyed reader who spotted an error in our coverage last week (yes, even the Display Monitor team makes mistakes – albeit rarely!). We had said that NEC’s E905 used a VA panel and cost $4,000. The panel is in fact UV2A (a sub-set of VA, produced by Sharp), and the price is … Read more
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 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
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 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, 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 has doubled its quantum dot production capacity, to 25 tons per year. The new capacity enables Nanosys to provide optical components to more than 6 million 60″ UltraHD TVs a year and the company now claims to be the biggest provider of QDs in the world.
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