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Acer has appointed Gavin Parrish as UK & Ireland country manager, replacing Marco Andresen who moves to take on a role within the European management team. The new appointment comes after the sudden departure of Acer EMEA president Luca Rossi and the appointment of Emmanuel Fromont as his replacement.
650 McDonald’s locations in the USA are receiving a digital signage upgrade from LG, in collaboration with Stratacache. The new integrated menu board solution uses Stratacache’s ActiVia for Media 4.0 software, installed on a 47″ LCD display. The displays have 1920 x 1080 resolution, and at least five will be installed in each restaurant.
At Digital Signage Expo 2015 (11th – 12th March, Las Vegas), Matrox (stand #1,645) will present its C-Series multi-display graphics cards; Matrox Mura videowall controller boards; and Matrox Maevex AV-over-IP encoders/decoders.
Microsoft Corp. has announced the Microsoft Lumia 435 and Lumia 532 smartphones, the most affordable Lumia devices to date. Offering the latest Windows Phone 8.1 capabilities at an incredible price, both Lumia 435 and Lumia 532 deliver smartphone experiences that help people do more on the go. With many people looking to upgrade from a … Read more
On the the first morning of the show, we were able to get a detailed look at the developments at LG Display in its hotel suite. The company had a lot to show and we were there for a while, but it was worth it! (note that there are multiple pages in this article) ‘We … Read more
Vuzix is most well-known for its M100 augmented reality smart glasses, which are firmly aimed at the B2B market. The company has developed its wave guide technology, which bounces the image (from a 0.22″ LCD panel with 960 x 540 resolution) between the sheets of glass that form the glasses’ lenses. The result is a … Read more
If a film-based privacy filter isn’t enough, 3M is offering its facial-recognition-based ePrivacy filter. (Graphic: 3M)In addition to the expected optical enhancement and privacy films being shown by 3M at its booth in South Hall, the company also showed something unexpected: the “3M ePrivacy Filter.” 3M’s rep told me that customers of the company’s privacy … Read more
Changhong was showing many products that had been introduced at IFA, including its short-throw projector. The stand was mostly conceptual items and there were, as always, few people capable of talking about the products in any detail. The most noticeable ‘finished’ product was a curved UltraHD quantum dot TV (using QDs from 3M) called the … Read more
The third and final press event, Showstoppers, takes place in The Wynn hotel – a long walk from any monorail stops! Thankfully, the shuttle bus from the LVCC takes you directly to the ballroom doors. Audio products were on show from Bang & Olufsen. The fifth generation of silver nanowires, code-named Mercury, were being shown by Cambrios. … Read more
Two companies familiar to Display Daily readers won engineering Emmy Awards recently for their work on JPEG2000 (J2K), intoPIX and Barco. Each company received a Technology and Engineering Emmy Award for its work on JPEG2000 standardization and interoperability within the framework of the Video Services Forum (VSF). The Television Academy and its New York-based sister organization, the National Academy of … Read more
The IFA Media Reception is held every year at CES in The Wynn hotel, just before the Showstoppers press event. As well as promoting IFA, there is always some useful data shared! The event was hosted this year by Dave Graveline (of the Into Tomorrow radio show), who, after introductions, handed over to Jürgen Boyny of GfK. … Read more
Atmel showed this automotive demo at PepcomTouch controller maker, Atmel, was at the Pepcom event and was talking about its latest developments. The company is making its touch technology more sensitive as there are more and more customers that are now looking for hover as well as touch functions. There was a new demonstration of … Read more
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