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Analogix Passes One Billion DisplayPort Devices

by Bob Raikes

Analogix Semiconductor, creator of the DisplayPort interface, said that it has now shipped more than 1 billion DisplayPort devices into the consumer electronics market.

Tags:Analogix| Back Panel| DisplayPort| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 50

And Finally…. a Thumb Extender!

by Raverstead

And finally… The age-old (ok, two-year-old) problem: you have a large new smartphone, but can’t reach the top of the screen. Worry no more thanks to Thanko of Japan, which is selling a ‘thumb …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Touch Interfaces| Vol 21 - Issue 44

And Finally…6

by Raverstead

And finally… The age-old (ok, two-year-old) problem: you have a large new smartphone, but can’t reach the top of the screen. Worry no more thanks to Thanko of Japan, which is selling a ‘thumb …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor

Planar Constructs Tallest Mosaic Wall

by Raverstead

Planar Systems and Brightsign have collaborated to produce the world’s tallest Planar Mosaic architectural videowall. Installed in a new hotel in Miami, Florida, the four-storey wall is located in the lobby but visible from …

Tags:Back Panel| Brightsign| Hospitality Displays| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Planar| Video Walls| Vol 21 - Issue 47

Barco Displays at RSNA

by Raverstead

Barco will showcase its new Coronis Uniti display system (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 42) at RSNA 2014 in Chicago (30th November – 4th December). As well as the Uniti, Barco will show the …

Tags:Back Panel| Barco| Large Display Monitor| Medical| Mobile Display Monitor| RSNA 2014| Vol 21 - Issue 47

Merck Team Secures Meyer-Galow

by Raverstead

A team at LCD materials maker Merck has received the 2014 Meyer-Galow Prize for business chemistry. The prize was presented for work on display advancements in smartphones and tablet PCs.

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| LC Materials (Liquid Crystal)| Merck| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 46

Nintendo Chooses Access

by Raverstead

The Netfront Browser NX product from Access has been chosen as the browser for Nintendo’s New Nintendo 3DS and 3DS LL handheld consoles.

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Nintendo Consoles| Vol 21 - Issue 47

Eizo Brings Modular Monitor to RSNA

by Raverstead

Eizo will show its newest medical monitors at RSNA 2014 (30th November – 4th December in Chicago). The flagship product will be the Radiforce RX850, but the CuratOR operating room solutions will also be …

Tags:Back Panel| Desktop Monitors| Eizo| Large Display Monitor| Medical| Vol 21 - Issue 46

LED Screens Vie for Position at Brandenburg

by Raverstead

Earlier this month Germany celebrated 25 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, with six massive LED screens, on rails, moving around Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate. Each screen was 11m x 4.8m, with a …

Tags:Back Panel| Germany| Large Display Monitor| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 46

Samsung Reaches New UK TV Milestone

by Raverstead

Samsung has boasted that it has hit a new TV milestone; its Smart TV platform now has more than 1.5 million users in the UK every week. The figure represents a 50% increase over …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smart TV| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 21 - Issue 46

Buzzcocks Set Revamped With New Displays

by Raverstead

XL Video has supplied new display solutions for studio recordings of UK TV show, Never Mind the Buzzcocks. Several elements of the set rely on video, such as the main screen (4.8m x 2.7m), …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TV (Television)| Vol 21 - Issue 46

Vorsprung Durch Samsung

by Raverstead

Audi showrooms in the UK are using Samsung’s Gear VR headset to demonstrate the features of the new Audi TT. Wearers can investigate the interior of the car and be taken for a drive. …

Tags:Automotive| Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| Retail| Vol 21 - Issue 46