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Gitex is an interesting event for us. The main show is on communications and IT, while part of one of the major halls is labelled as Infocomm MEA and covers audio-visual. The Infocomm part of the show seemed to be quieter than most of the show. Gitex is really important for the region of Middle … Read more
We’ve been reporting on Aiptek of Taiwan for more than 10 years and on its activities in pico projectors for six years. At Gitex, the company was proudly showing off the P70 Android 4.4 tablet with an integrated 854 x 480 DLP-based pico-projector. The complete unit weighs 400gms and has output of 50 ANSI lumens. … Read more
Because part of the show in Dubai is marked as “Infocomm” (and has its own business model), there was lots of emphasis on large displays and LFD LCDs. However, there was very little discussion about desktop monitors. That changed when we went on the Dell booth. Pride of place was given to the new 34″ … Read more
We noted at CES that Epson was putting a lot of emphasis on the Moverio glasses product and at Gitex, the company started by showing us the latest iteration, the BT-200. At the moment, the company is trying to focus on seeding units into developers to produce apps for the glasses, which can support head … Read more
The first product that we looked at from Hitachi was the new SP-1 small UST projector. It’s based on 3 (0.45″) LCD technology with an LED light source and has a resolution of 1280 x 800 and brightness of (provisionally) 300 Ansi lumens. Lamp life is quoted at 10,000 hours and the projector has a … Read more
We’ve reported a couple of times on LG’s new range of digital signage using the WebOS platform that it acquired from HP and at Gitex the firm extended the range of displays by featuring the LS95A 95″ UltraHD monitor which is immediately available and supports DisplayPort 1.2 and 500cd/m
Last year, we met with Mitsubishi at Gitex just after the company had announced its major display division re-structuring. This year, the company had the same size booth again highlighting its continued presence in the cube business for control rooms and its ultra narrow bezel products. New at the show was a sample of a … Read more
Ouigo is a Taiwanese company that has an unusual technology. The company has developed a glass-based tiled projection screen. It can be used in any arbitrary tiled configuration and allows a projector to be used for public display and look like a video wall. Compared to a traditional screen, the surface is very tough and … Read more
ODHitec is a specialist display supplier from Korea that has been working on high brightness sunlight-readable technology and also transparent displays. It had an impressive demonstration of the ability of its special 3.5″ to 84″ displays to resist very high ambient brightness. The company adds special filters to its transflective displays and also changes the … Read more
Panasonic was in the main Gitex area rather than in the Infocomm space. The first product we looked at was the ET-D75LE90 ultra-short throw lens that the company showed at Infocomm – this was the first time that this reporter had seen it. The lens is a straight fit for Panasonic’s 3 chip DLP projectors … Read more
MMD had a single booth, but with Philips monitors on one side and AOC on the other. On the Philips side, there was nothing since our meeting with the company at IFA (confirmed by the company’s head of Products, Stefan Sommer, that we met on the Dubai metro – it’s a small world!) On the … Read more
Electronica 2014 takes place in Munich between 11th and 14th November. We will be at the show to bring you all the important coverage! Crystal Display Systems will show new display products, including a 15″ multitouch monitor with Baanto’s Shadowsense technology; a 19″ medical monitor, also with touch; a range of industrial interface cards; a … Read more
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