Acer Names Head of Notebook Business Group
Acer has promoted Jerry Kao to president of the company’s notebook business group. He currently serves as general manager of the group, which he co-heads with Jackson Lin, president.
Acer Widens Choice in 27″ Gaming Space
Directly competing with Asus’ PG278Q (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 3), Acer has announced the 27″ XB270HU. It is a gaming monitor that is almost identical to Asus’ model, appearing to use the same AUO panel – or at least a very similar version. Featuring Nvidia’s G-Sync technology, the XB270HU is free of screen tearing … Read more
Acer’s New Laptop ‘Refreshed’ With UltraHD
Acer launched the Aspire V Black Edition gaming laptop earlier this year, and has waited very little time before refreshing it with an UltraHD screen. The new Aspire V Nitro Black Edition features a 15.6″ display, Core i7 Haswell CPU (i7-4710HQ) and discrete (Geforce 860M) graphics. CNet notes that that 860M is not perfectly suited … Read more
ADB Accepts 4T Tender Offer
Advanced Digital Broadcast Holdings (ADB) has accepted an approach from its largest shareholder, 4T, to go private. 4T, which currently holds 45.7% of the outstanding shares in ADB, has offered CHF15.50 ($16) per share to acquire the remaining shares in the company. ADB’s board of directors said that going private was its preferred option for … Read more
Adder’s IP-based KVM Solutions Solving Post Production Problems
At CCW (Content and Communications World), which took place in New York from 12-13 November, we had a chance to take a more careful look at Adder’s KVM (keyboard, video and mouse) extension solutions. KVM extension is needed when computers or servers are located in one location and the keyboard, mouse and monitor are located … Read more
An Interesting Display Application: Virtual Balconies
Apparently, cruise ship passengers having an interior room can sometimes find their in-cabin experience a bit claustrophobic. Not surprisingly, one reason for this is the lack of an outside view. Royal Caribbean is addressing this issue in a unique way: with the instillation of so-called virtual balconies. A virtual balcony is based on a large … Read more
And Finally… Real driving game
And finally… Baen’s self-named project on Kickstarter (http://tinyurl.com/maez99k) sounds a little bit like the Hindenburg – a lot of potential, but there are likely to be flames before it’s over… Baen is a hardware plug-in for a car that links the driver’s actions to a ‘battle car’ game. In theory, great – it would certainly … Read more
And Finally… Glasses-Free 3D
And finally – Mark Coxon of Rave Pubs pokes fun at corporate marketing in his latest ‘interview’ – actually between himself as a Rave writer and his alter ego, AVPhenom. Branding himself as the head of Phenominal Industries, AVPhenom claims to have the ‘First to Market’ Glasses-Free 3D UHD TV. We won’t spoil it for … Read more
Another Apple 1 Under the Hammer
Last month (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 43), Bonhams sold a working Apple 1 computer at auction, for more than $900,000. Now another has appeared at Christie’s auction house, and is expected to be sold for more than $500,000. The device is operational and is said to be the only such surviving computer recorded as … Read more
Apple Gives Way to Google in the Classroom
According to IDC, Apple’s iPads have been overtaken by Google’s Chromebooks in US schools for the first time. 715,500 Chromebooks were shipped to schools in Q3, compared to 702,000 iPads. Chromebooks now represent 25% of the education market, from a 0% share two years ago. The education market has traditionally been dominated by Windows, but … Read more
Asia Tops Thomson Reuters Innovators
Thomson Reuters has named its top 100 global innovators for 2014. Asian companies led the list, with 46 hailing from the region – including the first Chinese company, Huawei. North America, with 36 entrants, and Europe with 18, followed. Among the named companies were Corning, Apple, Asahi Glass, 3M, Blackberry, Canon, Microsoft, AMD, LG, Samsung … Read more
Asus Brings First QD Laptop to Market
The Asus Zenbook NX500 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 23), which uses a 3M quantum dot enhancement film, is now on sale. It costs $2,700, but Asus notes that it is a limited edition model. The NX500 is the first notebook ever to use a quantum dot enhancement film (QDEF) from 3M. The QDEF enables … Read more
