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We saw Samsung’s UD970 LCD monitor at CES, and again at InfoComm (Display Monitor Vol 21 Nos 3 & 25). Now, the company has released the 31.5″ UltraHD model to the European market. Designed for creative professionals, the UD970’s colour accuracy, picture quality and clarity are factory-calibrated. The calibration enables smooth colour gradation and clear … Read more
Samsung’s newest TVs, the 24″ T24D310ES LED and 28″ T28D310ES LED, aim to cover all the ways in which users can receive content: be it broadcast TV, PC or console games, Blu-ray films, an external HDD or streamed via the internet. The ‘TV monitors’ feature a built-in triple tuner (DVB-T/-C/-S2), to receive terrestrial, cable or … Read more
A white paper by Microsoft Research details a way to lower latency in cloud gaming, using a project called Delorean. In cloud gaming, very little processing is done on the user’s device. Instead, a remote server handles game execution and rendering on behalf of thin clients, which can display the game. Potentially any device can … Read more
The Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association (CEDIA) is celebrating its 25th anniversary at CEDIA 2014 this month. Formed in Chicago in 1989, the group’s meetings soon moved to Las Vegas. Today, CEDIA takes place in different cities across the USA. The founding members of the organisation will be recognised at this year’s event.
Daktronics is providing a new LED super-system featuring two HD video displays to the Baku Olympic Stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan. Each display will feature a 15HD pixel layout and measure 10.97 metres high by 19.75 metres wide. These displays can provide full-screen live video and instant replays and can also be divided into separate windows … Read more
‘G’ by Guess, a chain of stores in the USA, has installed more than 100 Casio projectors in various locations. More installations across the US are planned this year. Casio’s XJ-H1700 was one of the projectors chosen. The store selected solid-state projectors, rather than FPDs, specifically for their lifespan (around 20,000 hours). Each store location … Read more
A TV studio for one of Germany’s most traditional news programmes has been equipped with Panasonic projectors behind an 18 metre media wall, delivering content 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The glass which was used to create the wall was sourced from a manufacturer in China by Lang AG, which also provided … Read more
Pixels, a European distributor of digital media players and AV systems, supplied 50 BrightSign media players for the Digital Revolution exhibition at London’s Barbican Centre. Digital Revolution is described as an immersive exhibition of art, design, film, music and videogames and when it closes on 14th September, the exhibition will tour the world. A spokesman … Read more
Apple’s much anticipated media event is not scheduled to take place until 9th September and no-one can be sure what the company will be announcing, but that hasn’t deterred some Apple fans from camping outside the flagship store on Fifth Avenue in New York City. One couple claimed to have been waiting since 31st August, … Read more
Vue Entertainment International is upgrading around 400 of its Sony 4k projection systems across Europe to Sony Digital Cinema 3D. The conversion process is expected to take three to four years and will be rolled-out in the UK, Ireland, Germany and Denmark in both Vue and Cinemaxx branded cinemas.
Acer is reported to have set up a venture capital fund as it seeks long-term investments to strengthen its technology development. Acer Venture Capital manages more that NT$1 billion ($33.5 million) and is overseen by an investment director who was brought into the company to manage the fund. Acer’s chairman and founder, Stan Shih, was … Read more
Microchip Technology, of the USA, has approached UK-based Cambridge Silicon Radio (CSR) with an acquisition offer. CSR announced that it had rejected Microchip’s preliminary offer as too low, according to the EE Times. Microchip has until 25th September to announce a new offer.
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