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Japanese Art Gets Contemporary Twist With Panasonic

by Tom Allen

Panasonic has enabled one of the largest-ever water screen projections in the world, outside the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas, earlier this month. 16 of Panasonic’s PT-DZ21K projectors were used to support a Kabuki …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Panasonic| Projection| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 33

Sharp Returns to Munich

by Tom Allen

Sharp has announced, after a one-year absence, that it will return to OVAB’s Munich Digital Signage Conference in 2015. Returning to the show is part of Sharp’s new, aggressive promotion strategy.

Tags:Back Panel| Digital Signage| Digital Signage Federation Europe (was OVAB)| Events| Large Display Monitor| sharp| Vol 22 - Issue 33

Step Up and Jog On at IBC

by Tom Allen

Elemental Technologies and Ericsson have laid down the gauntlet in the run-up to IBC. The 4k 4Chartity Corporate Challenge is part of the 4k 4Charity Fun Run, taking place at 7.30am on 12th September, …

Tags:Back Panel| IBC 2015| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 33

Samsung, LG, Philips and Sony Recognised in EISA Awards

by Tom Allen

Winners of the 2015-2016 EISA awards, from the European Imaging and Sound Association (EISA), have been announced. The group named Philips’ 55PUS7600 as the ‘Best Buy TV’ winner; LG’s 65EG960V for ‘European Home Theatre …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| MMD (AOC Philips)| Samsung| sony| Vol 22 - Issue 33

EISA Mobile Winners are Varied

by Tom Allen

Winners of the 2015-2016 EISA awards, from the European Imaging and Sound Association, have been announced. In the mobile category, results were mixed, with no one company dominating. Huawei’s P8 took ‘European Consumer Smartphone’, …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| Huawei| Lenovo| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| sony| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 33| Wearables

At Last, a Fashionable Wearable

by Tom Allen

A fashion designer, Diana Broussard, has talked with Forbes about how technology and fashion can work together. During the interview, Broussard revealed a new accessory that she had been working on: a plexiglass handbag …

Tags:Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 33| Wearables

Turn Your TV Into a Touchscreen

by Tom Allen

A device called the Touchjet Wave has appeared on a crowdfunding site, promising to turn a TV into a ‘touchscreen’. The device is clipped to the top of a TV and uses IR touch …

Tags:Back Panel| Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Touch| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 22 - Issue 32

Asus ‘Wins’ TUV Certification

by Tom Allen

TUV Rheinland has certified 26 Asus monitors – the most of any monitor brand – for low blue light output. In addition, 28 monitors have been certified as flicker-free.

Tags:Asus| Back Panel| Blue Light| Certification| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 32

OMAC Holds OOH Conference in Toronto

by Tom Allen

Canada’s Out-of-Home Market Association (OMAC) is hosting an OOH conference on the 28th October in Toronto. ‘Activate’ is a half-day event that will focus on OOH advertising and the role that digital plays in …

Tags:Back Panel| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 31

Invitation Hints at Another Curve for Samsung

by Tom Allen

Samsung has sent out invitations to its Galaxy Unpacked event, which will take place on the 13th August – two weeks earlier than normal (presumably to get ahead of Apple’s iPhone announcement). The invitation …

Tags:Back Panel| Curved Displays| Events| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones

NEC Raises Funds for Deafblind People

by Tom Allen

A golf tournament in the UK has raised £21,000 for charity. The tournament, at Buckinghamshire Golf Club, was co-organised by NEC Display Solutions. The aim was to collect money for Sense International, a global …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| NEC| Vol 22 - Issue 31

Goldgenie Commemorates Cecil the Lion

by Tom Allen

Several HTC phones have been customised in the past, with special logos and designs, including the One M8 Tattoo (HTC Takes The Needle to a Smartphone) and One M9 Ink (Inking Up With HTC). …

Tags:Back Panel| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 31