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Free, a French company, has launched the ‘Freebox Mini 4k’ – a gateway/set-top box that runs Android TV and can play UltraHD content. It consists of two units: a server and a player. The player is a STB supporting HEVC content, with access to the Play Store. It is based on a 1.5GHz ARM Cortex-A15 … Read more
It’s Press Day at the 2015 Digital Signage Expo and while most exhibitors are busy setting up, a select lucky few had the chance to attend the Live Installation Tour that has become a hallmark experience of the Las Vegas based event. Center Bar at SLS Dazzled with amazing use of negative space in its … Read more
Cuberox (Vancouver, WA and Prague, Czech Republic) is developing a unique device also called Cuberox. Physically, the device is a black cube with a 16 x 16 white LED display on each of its six sides. Inside the cube is a full-fledged computer. Each side of the cube can simultaneously run a stand-alone application making … Read more
Lenovo has refreshed its Thinkvision T Series LCD monitor lineup, with seven new models with thin profiles and adjustable stands. Five models have an IPS panel, while two use TN technology. The new monitors are the T2224p, T2224z (21.5″), T2324p (23″), T2424p (23.8″) and T2454p (24″) (IPS) and the T2254 and T2254p (22″) (TN). All … Read more
Wearables were mainly represented by smartwatches at MWC 2015. Most top OEMs have smartwatches in their portfolio or have first models announced with many new announcements coming out at the MWC 2015 in Barcelona. The observer is seeing two main approaches to this market. There is the smart version of the digital watch as marketed … Read more
ViewSonic Corp., a leading global provider of visual solution products, introduces the VG2847Smh 28-inch Full HD monitor. The VG2847Smh delivers superior screen performance with a SuperClear MVA panel while an integrated virtual desktop infrastructure endpoint mount makes it an ideal desktop monitor solution for business, government and educational organizations deploying VDI solutions. With its SuperClear … Read more
Two years after announcing its entrance into the media player market, the global provider of digital signage software, BroadSign International, LLC, is launching its second hardware product, BroadSign Xpress Pro. BroadSign Xpress Pro is based on a quad-core Intel® processor and the Windows Embedded 8.1 Industry Pro operating system. Featuring 2 GB RAM and 32 … Read more
Professor Philip Willis at the University of Bath in the UK and his colleagues published an article in the March 2015 issue of the SMPTE Motion Imaging Journal titled “Taking the Pixel Out of the Picture”. This was based, in part, on an earlier 2012 article in the Journal of Virtual Reality and Broadcasting (JVRB). … Read more
Philips Research will close its Briarcliff labs and move the operation to a technology hub in Massachusetts, the company quietly announced last October. According to a letter to staff from Philips Research head Hans-Aloys Wischmann, the move to Cambridge, Mass. will be completed by Sept. 1, 2015. The lab is part of a worldwide network … Read more
PSCo is holding a Personal Preview Event from 16-27 March for rental partners, system integrators and consultants to visit the PSCo Assessment Centre, to experience the very latest in display screen technology. A ‘must-visit’ destination for the pro AV, IT and live event channels looking for impactful display solutions, the Assessment Centre is the ideal … Read more
Beacon of Shenzen was at the show with its own booth for the second year. The first product it showed us was a 55″ UltraHD monitor that is designed as a kind of “mini video wall”. It has 12 input channels (4 x DVI, 4 x DisplayPort, 3 BNC and VGA) that can accept video … Read more
Dome had a split booth. On one, the company was showing Dome@Home solutions – PC and monitor combinations that could be calibrated and certified for diagnostic applications but which are designed for use by doctors at home. Often, they want to avoid the time loss (and sometimes cost) of going to a hospital to use … Read more
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