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Analogix Reaches 10 Million SlimPort Shipments

by Tom Allen

Analogix has now shipped more than 10 million DisplayPort over USB-C controllers and transmitters into mobile devices and accessories, it has announced. The firm says that the solutions, sold under the SlimPort brand, are …

Tags:Analogix| Back Panel| DisplayPort| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| USB| Vol 23 - Issue 21

NIF Switches From Film to Laser

by Tom Allen

The Giant Screen Theatre at the National Infantry Museum in Georgia, USA has been upgraded from film to 6P laser, by Christie and D3D Cinema. Two Solaria CP42LH projectors were installed, throwing content onto …

Tags:6p Laser| Back Panel| Christie| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 21

JCB Values DPI’s Colour Reproduction

by Tom Allen

Antycip Simulation chose to install Digital Projection’s HIGHLite Laser projectors in JCB’s new Uptime Centre control room. The facility is located at JCB’s headquarters in Rochester (UK), and runs 12 hours every day, collecting …

Tags:Back Panel| Control Rooms| Digital Projection Inc (DPI)| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 21

Matrox Drives Walls at Computex

by Tom Allen

Matrox’s C900 graphics card has been used by Shuttle Inc. at Computex 2016, to drive a 3×3 video wall of 1920 x 1200 displays. It was used with Shuttle’s SZ170R8, part of the XPC …

Tags:Back Panel| Computex 2016| Large Display Monitor| Matrox| Video Walls| Vol 23 - Issue 21

Harvard Highlights Curved Display Health Benefits

by Tom Allen

A study by the Harvard Medical School, unveiled at SID 2016, has found that curved monitors are less liable to cause ‘Computer Vision Syndrome’ than flat models. Participants were asked to view content on …

Tags:Back Panel| Curved Displays| Large Display Monitor| Samsung| SID Display Week 2016| Vol 23 - Issue 21

Matrox Demonstrates High-Res Transport at InfoComm

by Tom Allen

Matrox has announced that it will show a high-resolution AV-over-IP ecosystem at InfoComm 2016. The company will use its Maevex 2 PCIe cards to stream up to 30 sources, at resolutions from 1280 x …

Tags:Back Panel| Infocomm 2016| Large Display Monitor| Matrox| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| UltraHD| Video over IP (VIP)| Video Walls| Vol 23 - Issue 20

Portrait Displays Controls Colour With Haier

by Tom Allen

A new AIO PC line from Haier, called Right Key, uses technology from Portrait Displays. The PCs are designed for creative types and feature ‘Real Colour’ colour space selection, with four modes: Work (sRGB …

Tags:Back Panel| Colour Management & Processing| Haier| Large Display Monitor| Portrait Displays| Vol 23 - Issue 20

Eyevis Brings Control Rooms to North England

by Tom Allen

Eyevis has launched a new control room demonstration venue in the North West of England. Potential customers can visit to see Eyevis’ technology, such as video wall controllers, Metawall network and a variety of …

Tags:Back Panel| Control Rooms| Eyevis| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 20

Intel Discusses Future Computing at Computex

by Tom Allen

Intel’s Diane Bryant and Navin Shenov will deliver a keynote speech at Computex 2016 (31st May – 4th June). They will discuss personal computing, the IoT, 5G and data centres, as they power new …

Tags:Back Panel| Computex 2016| Intel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 20

Corning Takes SID Award

by Tom Allen

Corning’s Iris Glass light guide plate has won a Display Component of the Year award, from the Society of Information Display.

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| Corning| Glass| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Society| Vol 23 - Issue 20

Advantech Joins DSS Europe

by Tom Allen

LED maker Advantech has announced that it will be exhibiting at the Digital Signage Summit Europe this year. The event takes place in Munich on the 23rd and 24th June.

Tags:Back Panel| Digital Signage| Events| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 20

Christie Builds Big in Vegas

by Tom Allen

Christie says that it has claimed the top spot in the indoor video wall market, providing its Velvet LED tiles to the world’s largest such display. The Westgate Las Vegas resort is now using …

Tags:Back Panel| Christie| Large Display Monitor| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 20