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Parrot Faurecia Media Center for European Car Market

by Andrew Fenn

Parrot Faurecia has announced via its official website that its in-car entertainment solution, Media Center, has been chosen by a “premium European car maker as a line-fit option”. Media Center incorporates a worldwide digital …

Tags:Automotive| Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 26

NEC

NEC Display Wins Three Awards at InfoComm

by Alan Spencer

NEC Display Solutions of America has announced that it took home three awards at InfoComm 2017, including an AV Technology best of show award, and for the second year in a row, a global …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| Infocomm 2017| Large Display Monitor| NEC| Vol 24 - Issue 26

New York Taxis Show Airport Journey Times

by Alan Spencer

United Airlines has a real-time digital data OOH campaign in New York with taxicab toppers that gives comparison times to get to JFK airport and to Newark airport, so that taxi customers know which …

Tags:Automotive| Back Panel| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Transport| Vol 24 - Issue 25

NEC

NEC Supplies 2,000 Displays as a Gift

by Alan Spencer

NEC Display Solutions in the US is helping sick and injured people by making a gift-in-kind donation of more than 2,000 commercial-grade displays to Mercy Ships, an international faith-based organisation that uses hospital ships …

Tags:Back Panel| Desktop Monitors| Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 25

Raspberry Pi is a Winner

by Bob Raikes

The team behind the Raspberry Pi device has been given the Royal Academy of Engineering’s MacRobert Prize at a ceremony in London. The award is the most prestigious engineering award and the device has …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductors| Vol 24 - Issue 25

BBC

UK Celebrates 50 years of colour TV

by Bob Raikes

The UK has just celebrated the 50th anniversary of the launch of colour TV services in the country. On 30th June 1967, the BBC started transmission of the Wimbledon tennis tournament in colour. Check …

Tags:Back Panel| Colour (Color)| Large Display Monitor| TVs (TV Sets)| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 24 - Issue 25

Goldman of SMPTE Updates on HDR & IP for Broadcast

by Bob Raikes

We spotted an article that includes an extensive interview with Mathew Goldman, current president of SMPTE and from Ericsson. (We did a video interview with Goldman at IBC in 2015 – Ericsson Prefers HDR …

Tags:Back Panel| Ericsson| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Video over IP (VIP)| Vol 24 - Issue 25

Scottish Leisure Centre Gets LG AV System

by Alan Spencer

North Ayrshire Council has opened The Portal, a $26 million sports and leisure centre in the Scottish village of Irvine. The Council enlisted SSUK, in partnership with LG, to deliver an AV system including …

Tags:Back Panel| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Sports and Stadiums| UK (United Kingdom)| Video Walls| Vol 24 - Issue 25

Abcomrents Adopts Absen

by Bob Raikes

Abcomrents of the US has taken on the Absen X5 LEDs (5.2mm pitch and up to 5,000 cd/m²) for rental. “The Absen X5 LED Tile is absolutely stunning. It’s thin, lightweight, waterproof, and curvable. …

Tags:Absen| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Rental and Staging| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 24

NEC

NEC Display Helps Mercy Ships With Displays

by Yvette Raikes

Mercy Ships uses hospital ships to provide free healthcare services to the developing world. NEC Display Solutions of America has given the organisation 2,000 commercial-grade displays, including videowall and touch interactive displays. These will …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| NEC| Vol 24 - Issue 24

CES Celebrates Fifty Years

by Yvette Raikes

The picture shows the very first CES held in New York from June 25th to 28th 1967. There were 117 exhibitors and 17,500 attendees. Fifty years later, CES 2017 had over 4000 exhibitors and …

Tags:Back Panel| CTA (was CEA)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 24

UCD Creates a Virtual Tour

by Bob Raikes

Universal Display Corp (UDC), which develops OLED materials, has released a video of its facilities in the US.

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Materials| UDC| Vol 24 - Issue 24