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Daktronics’ Displays Chosen for Baku Olympic Stadium

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Daktronics is providing a new LED super-system featuring two HD video displays to the Baku Olympic Stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan. Each display will feature a 15HD pixel layout and measure 10.97 metres high by …

Tags:Back Panel| CEDIA 2014| Large Display Monitor| LED| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21

DivX Certifies MStar

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MStar’s HEVC TV SoC will be the first digital TV chip to receive DivX’s HEVC Certification. The Certification means that the SoC can playback HEVC UltraHD video using the DivX codec.

Tags:Back Panel| HEVC (H.265)| Large Display Monitor| Mediatek| SOCs| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Apple and Samsung See Smartphone Success

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Apple has revealed that 10 million iPhone 6 and 6 Plus units were sold during the smartphone’s launch weekend. Samsung also enjoyed a minor celebration recently, having sold the 1 millionth Galaxy S5 smartphone …

Tags:Apple| Back Panel| iPhone| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 21 - Issue 38| Volume 21

Colour TVs Now 63 Years Old

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The last week of September – the 28th, to be precise – marked the 63rd anniversary of colour TVs arriving in US stores. The first model was the CBS-Columbia – produced partly because the …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 21 - Issue 40| Volume 21

Buy BenQ, Support Fight Against Cancer

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BenQ America will donate $10 to Breast Cancer Awareness for every HT1075 projector sold in October. The campaign is part of the ‘BenQ Cares’ programme.

Tags:Back Panel| BenQ| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 42| Volume 21

Cineplanet Selects Barco

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Barco has supplied digital cinema projectors to the Cineplanet chain’s 200+ locations across Latin America. Local distributor and integrator Bardan Cinema assisted with the rollout. A variety of projectors were used, from the DP2K-10SX …

Tags:Back Panel| Barco| Cinema Projection| Large Display Monitor| LATAM| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

‘G’ by Guess Chooses Casio Projectors

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‘G’ by Guess, a chain of stores in the USA, has installed more than 100 Casio projectors in various locations. More installations across the US are planned this year. Casio’s XJ-H1700 was one of …

Tags:Back Panel| Casio| Hybrid LED (Laser)| Large Display Monitor| Retail| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21

DivX Makes HEVC Wins

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Several new companies have been announced with products using the DivX HEVC solution. TVs from Toshiba (see Product News); LG (UltraHD models); and TCL have been named as using the format. Additionally, Wohler has …

Tags:Back Panel| Divx| HEVC (H.265)| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Georgian Tender is Acer’s Largest

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A tender by the Georgian Ministry of Education and Science has been won by Acer. The company will provide the country with up to 47,000 Travelmate B115 notebook PCs. It is the largest tender …

Tags:Acer| Back Panel| Europe| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 21 - Issue 38| Volume 21

JPR Discusses Graphics at Virtualise

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Jon Peddie Research’s first Visualise Conference will take place at the Hyatt Regency near San Francisco Airport, on 30th October. Tutorials, speakers and panels will be present, as well as information and guidance on …

Tags:Back Panel| Cloud Computing| Jon Peddie Research (JPR)| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 40| Volume 21

Christie Brings Movie Night to Hospital

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Christie has donated the components of a small cinema to the Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) in California. The cinema is intended to show films to children too ill to travel outside of …

Tags:Back Panel| Christie| Cinema Projection| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 42| Volume 21

LG Presents Display Products at Flux Lounge

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Engage Productions’ Flux Innovation Lounge in London will host new products from LG at an event on 6th November. As well as a videowall made of nine 55″ LCD displays – with an IR …

Tags:Back Panel| Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21