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The head up display (HUD) is making a big impact in new car models as one of the selling features that is pushed as a safety feature. Over the last few years, models including HUDs have mostly been higher end luxury cars, a fact that is changing more and more. Mid-size and even compact cars … Read more
I went to the Toy Fair 2015 in New York on February 15th. One thing I saw very little of was toys with displays in them. Instead, since everyone has an iPhone, or so the toy industry assumes, all toys needing a display are of the Bring Your Own Display (BYOD) sort. For example, of … Read more
Barcelona Football Club has introduced a new ticketing system which allows fans to gain access to matches at its Nou Camp Stadium using their smartphones.
Graphics processors, stand-alone discrete devices, and embedded processor-based GPUs are ubiquitous and essential components in all systems and device today from handheld mobile devices, PCs, and workstations, to TVs, servers, vehicle systems, signage, game consoles, medical equipment, and wearables. New technologies and semiconductor manufacturing processes are taking advantage of the ability of GPU power to … Read more
Total GPU shipments were down 3.4% QoQ in Q4’14, with the most noticeable fall in notebooks (3.9%), according to Jon Peddie Research. Desktop GPU shipments were down 2.7%. Q4 is typically flat or sees a low increase, and this year was well below the 10-year average of a 6.86% rise. GPU attach rate to PCs … Read more
Daktronics was chosen by Switzerland’s largest travel and transport company, SBB to supply and install 50 LED video displays at 17 rail stations across Switzerland.
Warranty Week has analysed claims and accruals from six companies in its latest report, of which two – Apple and Cisco – are interesting to readers of Display Monitor. Apple’s warranty claims have fallen to sub-2%, while accruals are once again over 3%. Both are calculated by dividing the relevant warranty expense by the product … Read more
A study by mobile app developer Apadmi has found that more than a third (35%) of British people think that wearable products are too embarrassing to wear. 34% think it makes wearers look like show-offs, and 32% think it makes them look ridiculous. 17% said that it makes wearers look unattractive. It wasn’t all bad, … Read more
Chris Dziadul of Broadband TV News has covered the Ukraine crisis from the point of view of the TV industry. The head of cable operator Volia has said that the Russian annexation of Crimea, last year, resulted in the loss of 200,000 subscribers from Ukraine’s cable market, with a further 250,000 affected by fighting in … Read more
Pixelworks, Inc. (NASDAQ:PXLW), an innovative provider of video display processing technology, today announced that it would demonstrate its True Clarity enhancements for mobile displays at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, March 2nd to the 5th. These new enhancements are the result of Pixelworks’ advanced mobile display technology, which is designed to radically improve the picture … Read more
Matrox’s C-Series multi-display graphics cards won a best-of-show award at ISE last month (Matrox C420 Video Card for Multi-display Digital Signage and Control Rooms Now Shipping). The cards feature 2GB of storage and mini-DisplayPort connectivity. The C420 is a low-profile, quad-output model and the C680 is a single-slot, six-output unit.
This week we bring readers of the Large Display Monitor our report on the ISE event in Amsterdam last week. I’m deep into forecasting for our quarterly data services and preparing for the Nuremberg conference next week, where I am making a keynote talk. The week after that, the team will be at the MWC … Read more
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