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MDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 28

by Tom Allen

A posting on Amazon‘s Spanish site, since removed, appears to have leaked the launch date of Sony‘s Playstation Neo console (UHD Playstation is Official – But…). The unit will apparently be available in October …

Tags:Amazon| Asus| Consoles| Mobile Display Monitor| PCs| PlayStation| Pricing| Samsung| sony| tablets| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 28

Xbox One S Will Upscale Existing Games

by Tom Allen

Microsoft has said that the Xbox One S (Microsoft Rises to Challenge of UHD & HDR Gaming) will upscale existing games to UltraHD, using a new AMD SoC. Xbox executive Mike Ybarra confirmed the …

Tags:4k| Consoles| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 26| xBox

Microsoft Rises to Challenge of UHD & HDR Gaming

by Tom Allen

At E3 2016, Microsoft revealed the expected new Xbox console, as well as discussing an interesting move that might actually give it an edge in the console market, where it has struggled to compete …

Tags:Consoles| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 23| xBox

Digital is Changing How We Use Cinema

by Tom Allen

The rise of digital cinema over the last decade has been, in a word, meteoric; more than 98% of the world’s screens are now digitised, according to IHS. Cinema attendance is rising in many …

Tags:Cinema going| Cinema Projection| Consoles| Game Playing| Vol 23 - Issue 23

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 22

by Tom Allen

Iiyama has launched a new version of its TF5537MSC large-format touch display (Iiyama Installs Procap on Public Monitors). The TF5537MSC-W2AG is designed for use in healthcare environments. It has higher brightness (420 cd/m² with …

Tags:Consoles| Iiyama| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| LG Electronics (LGE)| Microsoft| OLED TVs| Pricing| Vol 23 - Issue 22| xBox

Microsoft Prepares for 4k Gaming and ‘Xbox TV’

by Tom Allen

According to Kotaku, Microsoft plans to launch a ‘cheaper, smaller Xbox One’ at this year’s E3 gaming show, and a more powerful model in 2017. Sources say that the 2017 console, code-named Scorpio, will …

Tags:Consoles| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Streaming Dongles| Vol 23 - Issue 20| xBox

Consoles Falling Worldwide

by Tom Allen

There has been a steady decline in the adoption of gaming consoles in several European markets, while others have remained flat. According to Parks Associates, the continued uptake of mobile gaming, and the availability …

Tags:Cloud Gaming| Consoles| Europe| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 17

Nintendo’s Next Console is Coming…Later

by Tom Allen

Although Nintendo’s financial forecast for the next year is down, the company did share some interesting news: a launch date for its next console, the Nintendo NX. Unfortunately it is much later than anyone …

Tags:Consoles| Large Display Monitor| Nintendo| Vol 23 - Issue 17

Leak Shows ‘PS4.5’ Specs

by Tom Allen

Sources speaking to Giantbomb, and Sony documents seen by the website, have revealed more (apparent) details about the PlayStation 4.5, or ‘PlayStation 4k’ (Rumour Claims ‘PS4.5’ Will Run Games at UHD). Internally known as …

Tags:Consoles| Large Display Monitor| PlayStation| sony| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 15

Play PS4 Games on a PC or Mac

by Tom Allen

An update to the Playstation 4 console has delivered an in-built game streaming service. The ‘Remote Play’ feature enables gamers to stream games to PCs and Macs on the same network, so that the …

Tags:Consoles| Large Display Monitor| PlayStation| sony| Streaming Video| Vol 23 - Issue 13

Oculus Killer: A $49 DIY Portable VR Console

by Isaac Oburu

With mass production of Next Thing Co.’s PocketC.H.I.P. underway, gamers, hackers, and musicians hotly anticipating the device have a brand new reason to be excited: The $49 handheld superconsole now takes users into the …

Tags:Consoles| Gamer| Virtual Reality

Gaming Hardware Will Grow This Year

by Tom Allen

The value of the worldwide market for gaming hardware will pass $140 billion in 2019, according to a Jon Peddie Research presentation made at the Game Developer Conference 2016. After shrinking slightly in 2015 …

Tags:Consoles| Game Playing| Jon Peddie Research (JPR)| Large Display Monitor| PCs| Vol 23 - Issue 10