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Samsung Takes Over Harrods

by Tom Allen

Samsung has ‘taken over’ London department store Harrods, with a display called ‘Experience Innovation at Harrods’. Alongside window displays, Samsung branding features inside the store until 24th April, including digital screens and static signage. …

Xiaomi Becomes Fastest-Selling Phone Vendor

by Tom Allen

Xiaomi has taken home a Guinness World Record for selling the most smartphones in a single day – passing Samsung, Apple et al. The achievement was reached during Xiaomi’s Mi Fan Festival, an anniversary …

Convergent Chooses Semtech

by Tom Allen

Convergent Design has used Semtech’s GS6140 6G UHD-SDI cable equaliser and GS6080 6G UHD-SDI cable driver for its new Odyssey 7Q+ monitor/recorder.

Tags:Back Panel| Interface Chips| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 15

Hollywood Director Gives Barco Seal of Approval

by Tom Allen

Film director Michael Bay has chosen a Barco projector for his personal home theatre in his new home in California. “When I present my large-scale films to audiences for screening, I bring in Barco …

Planar Displays Used in Local Video Wall

by Tom Allen

The Hillsboro Civic Centre in Oregon, USA has had a new 16-display video wall installed, using 46″ displays from Planar – also based in Hillsboro. Each display has 1920 x 1080 resolution. The wall, …

Acer Notebooks Win Red Dot

by Tom Allen

Acer has won five Red Dot design awards, four of which are for the company’s notebooks. The Aspire Switch 12, Travelmate P645, Aspire R13 and Aspire V Nitro were honoured, as well as the …

Grundig Begins 70th Anniversary Celebrations

by Tom Allen

Germany’s Grundig is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year, kicking it off with a bundled offer. Customers purchasing the 48″ or 55″ VLX 7070 UltraHD LCD TV can also choose an additional, free Grundig …

Tags:Back Panel| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 15

And Finally… – Vol 22 No 19

by Tom Allen

Virgin Media’s Paws TV remote – launched to celebrate the UK’s National Pet Month, in April – looks like a belated April Fools, but it really isn’t. Someone at the company really did sit …

LG Gives Away 4,000 Smartphones

by Tom Allen

LG is to choose 4,000 consumers from 15 countries to receive a new G4 smartphone, weeks before its official launch. The lucky customers will help to test the handset before it goes on sale, …

Tags:Back Panel| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 15

Samsung Sponsors Home Country’s Olympic Games

by Tom Allen

Samsung will sponsor the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The company has signed a corporate sponsorship deal worth KRW100 billion ($91.4 million).

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 15

Nanolumens Takes on Largest Casino Install

by Tom Allen

The Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino in California has installed a custom visual solution from Nanolumens. The curved LED display, which uses Nanolumens’ NanoCurve product, is 11.5m wide and 6.4m tall.

Tags:Back Panel| Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 15

And Finally… – Vol 22 No 15

by Tom Allen

Promising to allow a user to ‘dive in’ to the action, Sony’s new wearable – Playstation Flow – completely re-imagines what a swimming level means to gamers. Now, console owners can head to the …