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Epson Takes First Place Projector Spot – Again

by Tom Allen

Futuresource has named Epson as the world’s number one projector manufacturer for the 14th year in a row. The company was found to have the market’s highest share of 500+ lumen models.

Tags:Back Panel| Epson| Large Display Monitor| Projectors| Vol 22 - Issue 17

Barco Signs Escape Deal

by Tom Allen

20th Century Fox and Posse Films have entered into an agreement with Barco to produce films for the Barco Escape panoramic film format. Both agreements cover multiple titles, and the Fox agreement will last …

Tags:Back Panel| Barco| Cinema| Large Display Monitor| Panoramic Displays| Vol 22 - Issue 17

Sony Has Triple Success at TIPA Awards

by Tom Allen

Sony has been recognised for its innovation in digital imaging, winning three awards from the Technical Image Press Association. They are: ‘Best Photo/Video Camera (Professional)’ for the A7S; ‘Best CSC (Entry-Level)’ for the A5100; …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| Cameras| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| sony| Vol 22 - Issue 17

V-Nova Secures Best in Show

by Tom Allen

V-Nova’s Perseus compression technology (V-Nova’s Perseus Lowers UltraHD Bandwidth Requirements) took home a 2015 Newbay Media Best of Show award at NAB this month. Perseus is said to lower bitrates by up to three …

Tags:Back Panel| Codecs| HEVC (H.265)| JPEG2000| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 17

EA Takes Advantage of Apple Watch Hype

by Tom Allen

EA has been quick to jump on the Apple Watch hype train, having released an update to the iOS FIFA ’15 app supporting the device. According to Pocket Gamer, the app will send game …

Tags:Apple Watch (iWatch)| Back Panel| Game Playing| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 17

Meleap Merges eSports With Real Life

by Tom Allen

A Japanese start-up called Meleap claims that it has developed the world’s first augmented reality sport – and not an eSport, either. ‘Hado’ uses a head-mounted display to display the ‘arena’ and a smartwatch …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Back Panel| Game Playing| Japan| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 17

Panasonic Shortlisted in Which? Awards

by Tom Allen

Panasonic has been shortlisted in the Which? awards, for Best Audio-Visual Brand. The company has also been shortlisted for Best Photography Brand. The Which? Awards 2015 will take place on 17th June.

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Panasonic| Vol 22 - Issue 18

Toshiba Scoops Red Dot

by Tom Allen

Toshiba’s Chromebook 2 and Portégé Z20T notebooks have won Red Dot design awards. The ‘Product Design’ section this year had almost 5,000 entries from, 2,000 participants across 56 countries.

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| toshiba| Vol 22 - Issue 17

LG Takes ISRI’s Highest Award

by Tom Allen

LG has received the 2015 Design for Recycling Award from the Institute of Scrap Recycling (ISRI). The award – ISRI’s highest – was granted to LG for its TVs, specifically the UltraHD and OLED …

Tags:Back Panel| Environment| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 22 - Issue 17

Chevy Prints a Video

by Tom Allen

American car brand Chevy has worked with its advertising agency to put a video screen and player into physical magazines. 10,000 copies of Esquire and Popular Mechanics had the screen embedded into a printed …

Tags:Advertising| Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 17

Dolby Previews Dolby Vision in USA and Europe

by Tom Allen

The Dolby Vision HDR format will be launched on Vizio’s upcoming Reference series of TVs this year – but on 22nd May, you can experience Dolby Vision content for yourself with the premiere of …

Tags:Back Panel| Broadcast| Dolby Vision| Europe| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 17

LA Schools Ask Apple for Multi-Million Dollar Refund

by Tom Allen

It’s a bad time for iPads in education. First, schools began to favour Chromebooks over the expensive tablets – and now the Los Angeles Unified School District has asked Apple for a multi-million dollar …

Tags:Apple| Back Panel| Education| iPad| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 17