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PMA Research expects that worldwide sales of projectors will rise 25% YoY in 2014. As well as increased sales around the Football World Cup in the summer, home cinema projectors have also become more affordable, with better connectivity and versatility. In mature markets, the window between the initial adoption of flat-panel displays and their replacements … Read more
In 2016, the Society for Television and Motion Pictures (SMPTE) will celebrate 100 years as a society. A number of activities are planned including a time capsule and a movie documenting these 100 years of moving images. To help fund the documentary, SMPTE has initiated a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo, which it hopes you will … Read more
The Italian Digital Signage Business Climate Index (DBCI) for November/December rose significantly from the previous September/October poll. According to OVAB Europe, the index grew 16.57 points to a ‘slightly positive’ level. Italy’s current digital signage business situation is unclear; 35% of respondents rate their situation as good and the same number rate it as poor. … Read more
A new Nanomarkets report states that quantum dots have now been developed far enough that they are a threat to OLED technology. ‘Market Opportunities for Quantum Dots: 2015 to 2022’ (http://tinyurl.com/qb8qdnr) shows that 2014 was a breakout year for QDs, which reached significant penetration levels in mobile displays. According to Nanomarkets, the QD market will … Read more
Witricity has announced a new Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP) partner programme, which will make it easier for companies to integrate wireless power technology into their products. The new programme includes reference designs, training and WiTricity’s A4WP patent portfolio license. It is intended for use by OEMs and ODMs seeking to create products with Rezence … Read more
TCO Certified critera are updated every three years, and 2015 marks the next update. Preliminary work has begun to assess potential criteria and structural updates. TCO Certfied Displays will be the first updated critera, with a draft (for comments) released in February/March. Drafts of other product categories will be released in early May. The TCO … Read more
This week we are highlighting LCD monitors in the 24″ Wide category, covering 16:10 models and sizes from 23″ wide to 24″ wide with resolution of 1920 x 1200. There are 13 brands featured in the advertising, with Philips the top advertised brand across all three countries, followed by NEC Displays in second and Asus … Read more
Eurofins, a laboratory group, has acquired Digital TV Labs (DTVL), the UK- and China-based media and device testing organisation. DTVL will continue to offer its services to customers, but the move will also extend the group’s global reach and enable investment in new products and services.
A new feature for AMD’s Radeon graphics cards is being developed, known as ‘Dynamic Frame Rate Control’ (DFRC). The feature, which will be enabled by an coming Catalyst driver update, is able lower GPU power usage by limiting in-game framerates. These framerates are manually set by the user, which (as far as we know) has … Read more
Following Apple’s withdrawl from Russia (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 50), Asus, Acer, Micro-Star International (MSI), Gigabyte and Lenovo have all followed suit. The companies have stopped selling their notebooks in the country due to the rapid devaluation of the ruble.
Registration is now open for the annual Stereoscopic Displays and Applications conference. Running between the 9th and 11th February in San Francisco, the conference focuses on 3D in the video space, with keynotes by Sony and the University of Newcastle. Register at http://www.stereoscopic.org/register.
Virgin celebrated its partnership with Microsoft before Christmas in a very special way. Passengers on flight VS11 from Heathrow to Boston were each presented with a Windows tablet and a visit from Father Christmas himself. A special app (‘Festive Flight’) allowed passengers to access a Santa Tracker as St Nick went on a ‘trial run’, … Read more
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