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BenQ Begins Freesync Introduction

High resolution, a high refresh rate and low response time are all part of what makes BenQ’s XL2730Z monitor suitable for desktop PC gaming. As well as its own specifications, the 27″ unit boasts several features to enhance its use. Motion Blur Reduction ensures that fast-moving content is rendered quickly, reducing smearing and ghosting. The … Read more

G-Sync Confirmed for Mobile PCs

To date, Nvidia’s G-Sync technology (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 41) has only been used on desktop monitors, enabled through a proprietary module that replaces the scaler. That looks to be set to change, though, as PC Perspective has investigated a leaked internal Nvidia driver (346.87) that enables G-Sync on a laptop (Asus’ G751) using embedded … Read more

NanoTech Finalises High Velocity Acquisition

NanoTech Entertainment has completed its acquisition of a controlling interest in High Velocity Enterprises (HVEL), as part of an overall corporate reorganisation. NanoTech will place its gaming labs division into HVEL which will include the division’s IP portfolio and full gaming operations. High Velocity will also change its name to NanoTech Gaming and Alan Stone has been … Read more

JCDecaux Secures New Airport Advertising Rights

JCDecaux has won the tender for a 10-year contract to install and operate advertising screens at the Rio De Janeiro Galeão International Airport – Tom Jobim International Airport, in Rio de Janeiro. The company has not yet announced how many displays or of what type will be installed. JCDecaux will take over the advertising concessions on 1st … Read more

Plastic Logic Divides into Two Companies

FlexEnable

Plastic Logic, the UK based developer of organic electronics including organic TFT backplanes for flexible displays, is splitting the existing company into two entities. According to reports, the split will become effective this month. The UK activities will work under the name of FlexEnable and focus on the development of organic TFT backplanes for flexible … Read more

DirecTV Market Share Shifts Regions

The DirecTV group will end 2015 with a higher number of pay-TV subscribers in Latin American than in the USA for the first time, according to research from Dataxis. As of Q3’14, US customers represented 51.7% of DirecTV’s 39.1 million global subscribers; the remaining 48.3% were divided between the Caribbean and LATAM. Market share has … Read more

Touch Makers Plan Lower In-Cell Pricing

Touch panel makers in China plan to lower in-cell pricing by 15% – 20% this year, to increase their competitiveness and retain a leading market share, say supply chain sources. More handset vendors in the country are expected to use in-cell touch in mid-range and high-end units this year and will seek competitively-priced solutions. Huawei … Read more

LDM Product Roundup Vol 22 No 6

A USB 3.0-to-DisplayPort graphics adapter has been released by Diamond Multimedia, supporting UltraHD resolution. The BVU5500 uses DisplayLink’s DL-5500 chipset (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 3) and is compatible with Windows 7, 8 and 8.1, as well as MacOS versions from 10.8 to 10.10. Users can use the adapter to send signals from a USB source … Read more

Christie Introduces Lightweight 30K Lumen Projector

At the upcoming ISE in the Amsterdam RAI February 10 -12, Christie Digital will officially introduce its latest projector targeting the Rental and Staging market, the Boxer 4K30 projector. This projector is a 3-DLP projector with 4K (4096 x 2160) resolution and 30,000 center lumens output (29,000 ANSI). The projector uses 1.38″ DMDs and provides … Read more