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AO.com (formerly Appliances Online), the UK-based online store, has launched its own TV brand, developed with Vestel. AO’s new ‘Techwood’ brand is aimed at the entry- to mid-level market. It will be composed of 40″ and 50″ TVs, available from mid-November. Eight products will be available by December. CEO John Roberts told ERT Online, “The … Read more
Sources have told Re/code that HP will show a new computing device on 29th October, which is called Sprout. According to the sources, the Sprout combines a large flatscreen display with a flat, touch-sensitive work surface. There is also an overheard device holding a projector and 3D scanner. Images are projected down onto the worktop … Read more
Cadmium-free quantum dot (QD) TVs will be introduced by Samsung next year, claims the Korea Times. The source quotes an unnamed official at Samsung. Samsung will apparently receive the QDs from Dow Chemical, which signed a licensing agreement with Nanoco last year (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 4). Dow announced recently that it expects to … Read more
Every six months sees a new Digital Seasons event in the Montcalm Hotel near London’s Marble Arch. While the event itself is small, the products on show are extremely varied and the prize draws (every attendee is entered) of high quality – this year’s top prizes were an iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, although luck … Read more
Absen Optoelectronics has appointed Christopher Backhaus as its regional sales director for the German-speaking region. Backhaus joins Absen from Barco LiveDots, where he served as sales director for the DACH region. Prior to working at Barco, he served as international project and sales manager at Daktronics.
Andre Hoock has been named as business development manager at BenQ Germany. This is a new position created to help BenQ expand its presence in the digital signage and education sectors, with an emphasis on business projectors and large format displays. Hoock joins the company from Epson, where he most recently served as key account … Read more
Vestel UK has confirmed the appointment of Paul Molyneux as its new managing director and as the European head of the recently formed Sharp Brand licensing programme. Molyneux joins Vestel from Sharp Electronic Europe, where he most recently served as European CEO.
AV distributor and rental specialist PSCo has announced the expansion of its specialist LED team with the appointment of Mike Bone. Bone joins from LED screen provider Mediatec Solutions UK where he was managing director for over five years.
Sharp Electronics Europe has announced three new appointments to its European management team. Tetsuji Kawamura has been appointed chief marketing officer and president of Sharp Electronics Europe. Within Sharp
The TX line of multitouch, narrow-bezel displays from AG Neovo has grown with the introduction of 15″, 17″ and 19″ models (TX-15, TX-17 and TX-19). Joining the 22″ TX-22 (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 27), these new models feature 10-point procap touch and edge-to-edge glass. Each display has a metal chassis and rugged design. The … Read more
Barco has designed its new Coronis medical display specifically for both PACS and breat imaging. The Coronis Uniti (MDMC-12133) is apparently the first diagnostic display to be developed with these features in mind, to unify radiologists’ workflows. A recent study by The MarkeTech Group showed that radiologists believe higher image quality, a more efficient workflow … Read more
BenQ’s TH682ST projector is a short-throw version of the TH681 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 8). Able to be placed on a wall, floor or ceiling, the 1DLP projector can throw a 100″ image from 1.5m away. As a DLP unit, the TH682ST features TI’s BrilliantColor technology, producing 10-bit colour images. It also shares the … Read more
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