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Having introduced a 24/7 signage range (TD-Z) at ISE this year (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 7), Toshiba showed a 16/7 range (TD-E) at Technology Exposed in September (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 38). These units are now on the market in 40″ and 50″ sizes, with 32″ and 65″ models to come in Q1’15. … Read more
Taiwan’s MIC says that the country’s large-area LCD panel shipments were up 0.7% QoQ in Q3. Rising LCD TV demand towards the end of the year was the main cause. Major growth drivers included pull-in demand in anticipation of China’s October long holiday period and year-end sales in Europe and North America. In Q4, continued … Read more
Most analysts would agree, the age of wearables is upon us and many are looking to fancy new flexible LCD and OLED displays to drive adoption into the mainstream. But BeBop Sensors (Berkeley, CA) believes that the makers of new displays for wearables may be on the verge of being blindsided with the advent of … Read more
We heard about a new high-resolution ColorEdge monitor from Eizo at Midwich’s Technology Exposed this year (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 38). Now more details have been released, alongside a name: the CG318-4K. Eizo’s newest monitor is a 31.1″ unit with DCI-4k resolution, designed for media and entertainment use. It can be used for both … Read more
Canon provided an update on its 4K and HD cameras at CCW, but the star of the Canon show was not a camera but a wide zoom ratio 4K lens for cameras with a Super-35 sensor. The Canon EOS C100 camera has been around for some time. At CCW, Canon was showing the new Mark … Read more
Blackmagic Design was showing its new 4K URSA camera, which was introduced at NAB. After NAB, Chris Chinnock wrote about it and posted a video http://tinyurl.com/pkyxsmq. The big news about URSA from CCW is that the camera has started to ship at a price point of $5,995 for the version that takes EF mount lenses … Read more
The Tab 8W from Acer (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 36) is now available in Europe, starting at £135 ($210). The company has also started to sell the Liquid Leap smartband (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 18), for £65 ($100). The Blackberry Classic smartphone (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 41) is now available for pre-order. … Read more
CTouch Europe has appointed Granteq Distribution in the Middle East to expand its presence in the region. Granteq will sell and distribute CTouch Europe’s large format touchscreens across the Gulf states.
Steljes has launched Smart kapp, its digital capture board, in Europe. Steljes says this is the first time that Smart kapp has been available in the region and will be distributed exclusively by Steljes through its offices in Hungary, Ireland, Slovenia and the UK.
High Performance Computing – The SuperComputing Conference being held in New Orleans is an interesting event if you have high performance computing (HPC) needs, like those in broadcast, post production and some ProAV applications. This is where the latest CPU, GPU and high-speed connectivity hardware is showcased, so a quick summary of some top items … Read more
Augmented Reality – The Vuzix Smartglasses M100 have been around for quite some time and have been used in various industry applications. While the smartglasses have been available to the public directly from Vuzix, the company had no marketing plan to create more sales. However, this has now changed, with Vuzix announcing that it is … Read more
Home Entertainment – M-Go, Amazon and DirecTV are all in the news with new 4K-UHD delivery services that are rolling out now or shortly. Last week, we reported that DirecTV was getting ready to roll out 4K-UHD delivery using it satellites and Genie HD-DVR set top box. But it must be connected to a 4K-ready … Read more
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