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Swiss Approve Tamedia’s Takeover of Goldbach

by Andrew Fenn

Last December, media group Tamedia and the Goldbach Group announced their plan to enter a strategic partnership. After an in-depth review, the Swiss Federal Competition Commission, COMCO, has now approved the takeover without any …

Tags:Digital Signage| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 32

LDM Product Roundup Vol 25 #32

by Bob Raikes

Acer was among the companies that confirmed that its Predator Orion PCs for gamers would support the new Nvidia GeForce RTX graphics cards. The Orion 5000 is designed for the serious gamer, while the …

Seven of the Top-15 SC Suppliers Register At Least 20% Gains in First Half of 2018

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung has extended its number one semiconductor ranking and sales lead over Intel to 22%, according to IC Insights. The top-15 worldwide semiconductor sales ranking for the first half of 2018 includes seven suppliers …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Semiconductor Market| Vol 25 - Issue 32

Top-Five Notebook Firms Saw Shipments Improve by 11%

by Andrew Fenn

The top-five global notebook vendors saw their combined shipments drop by 24% month-on-month but grow 11% year-on-year in July 2018, as inventory preparations for the back-to-school rush were complete in May and June, according …

Nvidia Changes the Game in Ray Tracing

by Bob Raikes

Nvidia’s Jensen Huang gave a long talk at the Siggraph show and after showing a great set of images from computer games and PC renderings over the years, he pointed out that this year …

Dolby Laboratories and Wanying Cinema Line to Open More Dolby Cinemas in China

by Andrew Fenn

Dolby Laboratories and Wanying Cinema Line have announced a partnership to extend the Dolby Cinema experience to more moviegoers in China. The first location is expected to open at Wanying’s flagship site in Shenzhen, …

Acer Announces Gaming Desktop Range with New Nvidia GPUs

by Andrew Fenn

Acer has announced that its latest Predator Orion-series gaming desktops feature Nvidia GeForce RTX GPUs. (Nvidia Changes the Game in Ray Tracing) A spokesperson said, “The new Nvidia GeForce RTX GPUs have reinvented graphics …

HDR Gaming Interest Group to Propose Production and Distribution Guidelines

by Andrew Fenn

The HDR Gaming Interest Group (HGiG) is proposing a draft of its HDR Game Content Production and Distribution Guidelines that it says “will help optimise the consumer gaming experience when playing game content in …

Tags:Game Playing| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 32

StarVR Headset is Immersive

by Bob Raikes

StarVR is a company that we have been watching for a while, having first seen its VR headset at IFA in 2016. At the time, we weren’t over impressed with the quality. However, the …

Sixteen-nine Publishes SoC Infographic

by Bob Raikes

Sixteen-nine.net has published an interesting infographic that sets out what each brand is doing in the Smart Signage area. Click on the image to be taken to the full resolution chart on the blog’s …

Tags:Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| SOCs| Vol 25 - Issue 32

Network Outage Causes London Airport’s FIDs to Fail

by Andrew Fenn

The UK’s London Gatwick airport was plunged into chaos earlier this week when a damaged fibre cable caused an outage that crippled its flight information displays. Staff had to resort to writing out flight …

Tags:Flight Information (FIDs)| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 25 - Issue 32

Nvidia Brings RTX to GeForce Range

by Bob Raikes

At Siggraph, Nvidia announced its RTX cards for professional content creators, based on the new Turing GPU architecture. (Nvidia Changes the Game in Ray Tracing) Now it has released three versions for consumers and …