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LG has followed last week’s premium TV announcement (LG Expands High-End With ‘Dual Premium’ Strategy) with details about the UK range. 60% of these will be UltraHD and all bar one will use LG’s WebOS. The majority of TVs are simply renamed models. For instance, the UF7700 will be known in the UK (and probably … Read more
AOC/MMD will show its new Philips monitors at the PCR Boot Camp in the UK. Taking place in Whittlebury Hall on 14th May, the event will be used to showcase ultrawide and high-resolution displays.
UK network owner MRH has renewed its contract with Amscreen for a further five years. Under the terms, MRH’s existing network of 365 screens in UK forecourts will be upgraded to a 24″ Amscreen model, featuring the Optimeyes audience metrics tracking suite. We understand these screens to be Amscreen’s AM24, which has 1920 x 1080 … Read more
BenQ has signed CPI in Greece to distribute several of its products, including BenQ’s wireless Full HD kit, the QCast dongle and the quick wireless kit.
One year ago (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 12), Sony took the stage at the annual Game Developers’ Conference and introduced Project Morpheus: a head-mounted display, intended to be used as a companion device to the Playstation 4 console. At this year’s GDC, Sony unveiled a new version that swaps the original LCD display for … Read more
Sony is extending last year’s partnership with the National Theatre Live movement in the UK, and will help to distribute four productions, filmed in UltraHD, to Vue cinemas around the country. Over the next 12 months, 83 Vue sites will show the content, which will be captured using Sony’s F55 cameras and distributed physically via … Read more
This summer, JCDecaux will extend the Helsinki transport system’s advertising network, with a further expansion in 2016. The news follows JCDecaux’s winning of a seven-year contract for the installation and operation of digital and analogue advertising media at Helsinki City Transport. The existing network is currently Finland’s third-largest; JCDecaux plans to make it the largest … Read more
CommCinema, an American company, has created a permanent outdoor display near the University of Southern California that, unusually, uses a DLP projector rather than LEDs. As well as bright sunlight, the south-facing display has to combat reflected light from the surrounding buildings. The company eventually chose to use a Supernova Infinity screen from DNP, tilted … Read more
Aopen’s digital signage solutions are now available from Medium UK, including the DE3250 for tough environments and the DE67-HAI for dynamic interactive applications.
More than 20.2 million Playstation 4 consoles have been sold to date, Sony announced at the recent Game Developers’ Conference – that’s an increase of 1.7 million since January. According to a Nielsen poll, the Playstation 4’s higher native resolution was the top reason that people have been choosing Sony’s console over Microsoft’s Xbox One.
Increasing consumer demand for large TVs, UltraHD TVs and high-end monitors drove a double-digit increase in large-area TFT-LCD panel area shipments last year, according to IHS DisplaySearch. There was moderate growth in shipments, revenue and area in 2014. 9″+ shipments were up 4% to 721 million units, while overall shipment area grew 13%. Revenues climbed … Read more
Worldwide smartphone sales reached 367.5 million units in Q4’14, rising almost 30% YoY. Gartner’s data shows that Apple displaced Samsung as the market leader – a spot that the Korean company has held since 2011! In 2014 overall, smartphone sales exceeded 1.2 billion units, up 28.4% YoY and representing 66% of global mobile phone sales. … Read more
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