Beyond Festival Looks to Post-Consumer 3D
The Beyond festival in Karlsruhe, Germany, is now in its third year. Running in early October (I attended on the show’s first day), it takes place in the Zentrum f
LEDs Replace Projectors at Plasa 2014
2014 marked our first attendance to the Professional Lighting and Sound Association (Plasa) show for several years – slightly marred by a terrible train service. Signal failures between Reading and Slough turned what should have been a nice smooth diagonal trip into a succession of time-consuming right angles! Unfortunately, the show itself had little to … Read more
NEC Display Trends Forum Is Positive
NEC Display Solutions held its annual Display Trends Forum in Cannes this year. Now in its fifth year, the event brings around 100 of the company’s top distribution and VAR partners in EMEA together to look at trends, network and NEC’s latest products. Our Managing Editor, Bob Raikes, attended as a guest speaker, so we … Read more
AMD Names New President and CEO
AMD has chosen COO Lisa Su as the company’s new president and CEO to replace Rory Read, who has stepped down with immediate effect. Read will support the transition in an advisory role, remaining with the company through the end of 2014. Su joined AMD from Freescale Semiconductor in 2012 and earlier this year when … Read more
BenQ Hires New AV Manager
BenQ in Germany has appointed Andr
Bill Herz Joins Faroudja Enterprises
Faroudja Enterprises has announced that Bill Herz, an industry innovator in the fields of video, multimedia, visual computing and consumer electronics technology, has joined the company as COO and VP of business development. Prior to joining Faroudja Enterprises, Herz was a senior fellow and chief multimedia technologist at AMD, having previously led or been part … Read more
AOpen Extends Plug-and-Play
AOpen’s Datawall product line is a new addition to the company’s plug-and-play portfolio. A multi-display production and presentation system, the Datawall packages (DE67-HAI, DE6140, DE7200 and Engine Core) consist of computers/players and bundled software. According to AOpen, Datawall products are ‘endlessly’ expandable. They can be managed through AOpen’s networked Digital Engine computing devices and are … Read more
Display Solutions’ Narrow Display is Sunlight-Readable
UK-based Display Solutions has a narrow high-brightness screen for use in public applications, such as signage, transport areas, exhibitions and vending. The SSF2845 also features shock and vibration resistance, and can be used in industrial environments. With a high brightness of 1,000 cd/m
Leader Standardises Cinelite Features
Leader Instruments’s LV5333 is a portable (6.5″) waveform monitor, for use in studios, technical areas or attached to a video camera-support tripod. As well as the video image, the display can show waveform and vectorscope signals. As an update to Leader’s LV5330, the LV5333 includes features that were previously optional as standard. These include Cinelite … Read more
Peerless Brings ‘World’s Only’ Six-Arm Mount
Peerless AV’s new range of Multi-Display Ceiling Mounts are capable of supporting three, four or six large screens. Each of the three new mounts (DST980-3, DST975-4 and DST942-6) feature telescoping arms. Installers can use these to set the space between the displays. They can swivel 360 deg during initial set-up and tilt between 0 deg … Read more
QF-28 Brings Fast UltraHD to AG Neovo
AG Neovo’s QF-28 marks the company’s entry into the 28″ UltraHD monitor space. Featuring a DisplayPort input, the monitor can show UltraHD content at 60fps. 10-bit colour is supported, as well as picture-in- and picture-by-picture formats. Users can watch two sources at the same time, if desired. Content can also be rotated to landscape or … Read more
Sony’s Professional OLED Supports Rec.2020
Sony’s professional OLED monitor that we saw at IBC last month (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 38) – the BVM-X300 – has been confirmed for a February 2015 availability date. As well as high (DCI-4k) resolution, the monitor supports high dynamic range, with a maximum brightness level of 1,000 cd/m
