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Accell’s new interface hubs support DisplayPort’s multi-stream transport (MST) enabling independent monitor control and the support of high-resolution graphics. The UltraAV DisplayPort 1.2 to 2 DisplayPort Multi-Display MST Hub and Mini DisplayPort 1.2 Multi-Display MST Hub support resolutions up to UltraHD at 30Hz in MST mode. For a higher frame rate (60Hz), resolution is cut … Read more
Acer’s C720 Chromebook and Acer Travelmate B113 laptop have won two Awards of Excellence from Tech & Learning. The company was the only PC maker to win awards in the New Product category this year.
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.
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 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
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
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
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… 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 – 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
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
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
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