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Planar Updates UltraRes for UltraHD Era

by Tom Allen

Planar has updated its UltraRes large-format displays, which are aimed at the emerging UltraHD ecosystem. While retaining most features and specifications from previous releases, the new models also bring something new to the mix. …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Planar| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 40

Dell Extends Infinity Edge Design

by Tom Allen

Powered by Intel Skylake processors, Dell’s new XPS hybrids and notebooks include features such as Thunderbolt 3 ports and select aspects of the Latitude line. The products are designed for ‘power users’, for both …

EM Micro’s Beacon Achieve Eddystone Certification

by Tom Allen

Beacons are a hot topic in the public display space. Several companies that we track here at Display Monitor have looked at installing them in their displays, or otherwise working with them. Most coverage …

Tags:Beacons| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 40

Marseille’s Cable Upscales to 4k

by Tom Allen

Upscaling HDMI cables, which contain chips to scale content from 1920 x 1080 to UltraHD, have been available for some time, but not widespread. We have previously reported on a $40 cable from Seiki, …

HP Wins Technicolor Certification, Invests in Skylake

by Tom Allen

HP came out of left field with a huge raft of product announcements on our print day. Unfortunately all of our points of contact within the company had attended the launch event in Barcelona, …

PC Games Reign Supreme in Revenues…For Now

by Tom Allen

The PC market will be responsible for most of the growth made by the digital games industry this year. Software revenues, says Juniper Research, will top $80 billion, growing to $104 billion by the …

Tags:Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| PC Industry| Vol 22 - Issue 40

Chips Boost Samsung Profit Forecast

by Tom Allen

Samsung’s earnings guidance for Q3 has exceeded analyst forecasts, with the performance of its semiconductor division offsetting a weaker showing in smartphones. At an event in Seoul on the 7th October, Samsung said that …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 40

Asus Enjoys Triple-Digit Growth

by Tom Allen

Asus shipped 2 million notebooks worldwide in September, representing 127.3% MoM growth. Acer, meanwhile, managed to grow its shipments 41.7%, to 1.7 million units, according to supply chain sources.

Vizio Shows Side-by-Side demos with Samsung HDR/WCG UHD TVs

by Chris Chinnock

At the New York kick off of Vizio’s new Reference series UHD TVs, there were a number of demo stations set up to showcase the image quality of the TVs. Some of these demos …

Vizio UHD-TVs with Dolby Vision and QD Film now Available for Order

by Chris Chinnock

Vizio, Dolby Laboratories and SpectraCal held a joint meeting and demonstration in New York on Oct. 6 to highlight the availability of the new Vizio Reference TVs along with HDR content mastered to the …

PLASA 2015 Roundup

by Tom Allen

Aoto had a very large, curved LED display with a 1.7mm pixel pitch – each panel with 6,000 cd/m² of brightness. It was very similar to the 1.2mm product that was being shown at …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| PLASA 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 40

Green Hippo Adds Object Tracking

by Tom Allen

As well as its presence on the PSCo stand (PSCo Expands With Acquisition), Green Hippo had its own location near the front of the hall. Here it was showing off its Hippotizer products, for …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mapping & Cartography| PLASA 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 40