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2014 Signage Trends Continue to 2015, Says OVAB

by Tom Allen

European digital signage trends from 2014 will continue into this year, says Ovab Europe, which runs the Digital Signage Business Climate Index (DBCI). Last year entry-level signage was important to the industry in the …

New Chinese Subsidies Incoming

by Tom Allen

According to sources in Asia, the Chinese government is preparing new subsidies aimed at energy-efficient electrical appliances, including LCD TVs. Subsidies could begin in March, the sources said. They will total about CNY5 billion …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| Power Consumption| TV Production| Vol 22 - Issue 08

Christie & Barco Introduce 30K Lumen Projectors

by Matthew Brennesholtz

In a recent Large Display Monitor (6 Feb 2015), I wrote an article on the recently introduced Christie Digital Boxer 4K30 projector based on 6 mercury lamps rather than a single xenon lamps. In …

Sling TV Adds AMC Network, is Open for Business

by Norbert Hildebrand

We have reported before on Sling TV as the OTT offering from Dish Network. This new service is now open for business in the USA. The IP-based video delivery system promises many channels for …

NEC Concentrates on Core Lines

by Tom Allen

NEC’s stand was once again arranged by application area, with sections dedicated to broadcast, shopping, education, public displays and more. The focus was on high brightness, high resolution and outdoor displays. Because large screens …

Quantum Dots Are getting Cheaper and Environmentally Safer

by Norbert Hildebrand

LCDs with Quantum Dots are often seen as an alternative to OLED displays at a lower cost. The technology has been used for some years now (for example, by Sony) and is often marketed …

Tags:IHS DisplaySearch| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Quantum Dots| Vol 22 - Issue 07

TCL’s TV Sales Dip but Handsets are Up in January

by Helen Vince

TCL Group has released its TV and phone sales figures for January, recording a 4.6% year on year drop in LCD TV set sales, but a 10% increase in handset and other mobile product …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TCL| Vol 22 - Issue 08

APAC Overtakes Europe in IPTV

by Tom Allen

The worldwide IPTV market will be worth almost $79.4 billion by 2020, exhibiting a CAGR of 18.1% from 2014, says Transparency Market Research. The firm expects APAC to overtake Western Europe as the market’s …

Tags:APAC| Europe| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 08

Valens Extends Video to 800m

by Tom Allen

Valens and Avago Technologies have collaborated on an HDBaseT fibre-transmission solution that can send HDBaseT video up to 800m. It is based on Valens’ Colligo chipsets and Avago’s AFBR-709HDZ transceivers.

Tags:Chips| Fibre optics| HDBaseT| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 08

Samsung Listens to Its Smart TVs

by Norbert Hildebrand

Smart TVs have been all the rage recently and together with 4k/UHD technology are seen as the high end technology available in today’s TV sets. Some see smart TVs as one of the reasons …

Matrox C420 Video Card for Multi-display Digital Signage and Control Rooms Now Shipping

by Vanessa Browning

Matrox has its own secure miniDisplayport outputs Matrox was showing its video wall controllers and Maevex distributors. We had a look at the C420, which is a new low-profile quad output PCI Express graphics …

Atlona Scales and Switches UltraHD

by Tom Allen

Atlona introduced many new distribution products, with a focus on high resolution and framerates. The show marked the company’s largest-ever product launch. Two new HDMI-to-HDBaseT matrix switchers were announced: Atlona’s first able to handle …