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Pace told us that from the point of view of its STBs, it is “ready for UltraHD”. The company has a new User Interface platform framework (based, we were told, on Adobe tools rather than HTML5), that is said to allow “sexier” interface designs. There were new large (home gateway) STBs on display as well … Read more
Ruwido was showing a “traditional” remote control with a standard button configuration, but the design is a very sleek one, with a thickness of just 2.7mm. That’s why it’s called the “Leaf”. The remote supports BTLE for voice streaming (Swisscom was the first to use this technology) and Ruwido told us that the remote could … Read more
A new vinyl-wrap service was being demonstrated for Peerless-AV’s kiosks. Companies can use this to extend their branding to the stand, as well as the display itself. The service can be applied to any unit, although is more difficult on curved kiosks. It has been very popular, we heard. Peerless is now offering IP68-rated display … Read more
Although we had already heard a lot about UltraHD at IBC and IFA, we had the chance to hear Thomas Wrede of SES give a summary from his point of view at one of the SES seminars held during IBC, so we thought we’d go along. First, Wrede talked about the importance of being closer … Read more
Strangely enough, we saw nothing new from Samsung. The company has had significant digital signage and monitor product launches at Technology Exposed in the past, but this year’s stand was much smaller. Various printers were on show, alongside older signage displays: the ME95C (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 38); UD55D (Display Monitor Vol 21 No … Read more
Sony’s press conference was hard to find – we were sent to three different places before we found it! So, sadly, we missed the start and by the time we got there, there was a discussion of the PXW-FS7 professional camcorder, which uses a new Super 35mm Exmor sensor to give more than 14 stops … Read more
Vixs was in a positive mood at IBC, as it had been at CES, as it has currently the “only fully working UltraHD HEVC chip in production”. The XCode 6400 chip is in five shipping products including units from Sharp and Panasonic. The company is also happy as it can support Rec 2020 colour (as … Read more
We’ve been reporting on the 4Ever government-driven project in France since April 2012 when the project was established to test and develop UltraHD technology. The group has been working on HEVC encoding testing and looking at other “better pixel” features including doing some tests of HDR technology for soccer. These could be particularly helpful where … Read more
Aten launched a 16×16 modular matrix (VM1600) switch, with hot-swappable input/output cards. Currently it supports HDMI and DVI cards, but DisplayPort, SDI, HDBaseT and VGA will be added by the end of the year. Videowall software is built in, enabling control of a 4×4 videowall. Source switching speed, a significant focus of the matrix, is … Read more
Slightly surprisingly, Vestel had a lot of digital signage monitors at IFA. Also, slightly surprising at IBC, the news that we got was about the company’s new smartphones that have been developed in-house although the company also had plenty of TVs and public displays. One of the reasons for Vestel’s entry into the market is … Read more
Distec in Germany is now carrying a range of industrial displays in 10.4″, 15″, 17.3″ and 19″ sizes. They are intended for use in 19″ rack cabinets, with two handles to aid installation and a 3mm-thick front plate of steel, for support. Customers have the option of VGA or DVI inputs and can add resistive … Read more
Epatra is now distributing SignageLive products in Benelux, the Netherlands and Scandinavia.
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