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Christie Accelerates Chinese Deployment

by Tom Allen

Wanda Cinema Line (WCL), said to be the world’s largest cinema operator, and Christie have signed an agreement to accelerate the rollout of digital cinema and immersive sound solutions in China. Over the next …

Tags:Back Panel| China| Christie| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 35

Prysm Brings LPD to Texas

by Tom Allen

Prysm has installed a 7m² Cascade 190 laser-phosphor video wall at the headquarters of IT integrator GDT, in Dallas, TX. The company’s new customer experience centre, described as ‘Epcot-like’, was built with the display …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Prysm| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 35

Absen Hits 5,000-Unit Milestone

by Tom Allen

Absen is celebrating a milestone of 5,000 X5 LED panels sold worldwide, just six months after the display was launched at ISE 2015. The cable-less 5.2mm solution was particularly well-received in APAC and Europe, …

Tags:Absen| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 35

LG Raises Price of Already-Expensive Watch Urbane

by Tom Allen

It’s not just the Apple Watch that could set you back the price of a second-hand car. LG has also now entered the premium smartwatch space, with a 23-carat gold version called the LG …

Tags:Back Panel| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 35

Calendars Are Marked for 9th September

by Tom Allen

Apple has sent out invitations to an event on Thursday 9th September, in San Francisco. The company traditionally reveals new iPhone models in the autumn. Unlike previous years, this invitation doesn’t hint at any …

Tags:Apple| Back Panel| Events| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 35

Samsung Scores Highly in Germany

by Tom Allen

Samsung’s UE40JU6550 curved UltraHD TV ranked first in Stiftung Warentest’s August TV results, with a rating of ‘good (2.0)’, out of eight different models from four manufacturers. TVs were rated on factors including image, …

Tags:Back Panel| Curved Displays| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 35

Data Modul Plans for Inter Airport 2015

by Tom Allen

Data Modul will be showing the latest products in its Conrac brand at Inter Airport Europe this year (6th – 9th October, Munich). New hardware and software will be presented. These will include the …

Tags:Aviation| Back Panel| Events| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 34

‘Launchpad’ is IDTechEx’s Offering to Start-Ups

by Tom Allen

IDTechEx has revealed IDTechEx Launchpad: an initiative that 10 start-up companies or education institutions will be able to use to display their prototypes at the IDTechEx Show (18th – 19th November, Santa Clara). Companies …

Tags:Back Panel| Events| IdTechEx| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 34

AV Stumpfl Revives the Bronze Age

by Tom Allen

AV Stumpfl’s control, multimedia and screen products have been used in the new Bronze Age Cinema, 400m below the ground at Austria’s Saltzwelten salt mine experience. Located in a 1,000m³ cavern, the Cinema uses …

Tags:Austria| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Museums & Exhibitions| Projection| Vol 22 - Issue 34

Fonix Handles Opening Regatta of Americas Cup

by Milos Pavlovic

Fonix LED was drafted in to supply all AV requirements for the Americas Cup World Series’ opening event, in Portsmouth, UK, in late July. Fonix supplied LED displays for the fan zone and waterfront …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| LED| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 34

Explore the Wilds With Tobii

by Tom Allen

An online hunting simulation game (probably the safest place to do it, considering the furore surrounding Cecil the lion – TA) named ‘The Hunter’, by Avalanche Studios, is now compatible with Tobii’s EyeX eye-tracking …

Tags:Back Panel| Game Playing| Gaze Recognition| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Tobii| Vol 22 - Issue 34

IHS Focuses on HD at FPD Conference

by Tom Allen

IHS will hold its annual US FPD conference at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Santa Clara, California on 14th and 15th September this year. This year’s event will focus on the latest trends in …

Tags:Back Panel| Events| IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 34