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White-Box Vendors Jump on iPad Hype

by Tom Allen

White-box tablet makers in China are expected to produce large tablets, to take advantage of hype around Apple’s expected 12.9″ iPad Pro. Taiwanese IC suppliers have said that there is likely to be a …

Tags:China| large displays| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 29

Large Displays and the Education Market (2)

by Len Scrogan

In last month’s article, Large Displays and the Education Market (1), I suggested some surprising trends visible at the first three ed-tech conferences of the season: that interactive large displays outpaced the number of …

Tags:Education| Interactive Displays| Large Display Monitor| large displays| Vol 22 - Issue 20

NEC’s E905 is for Signage and Conferencing (corrected)

by Tom Allen

NEC’s new Multisync E905 is a 90″ display for video conferencing, with an OPS slot to simplify installation. With a 24/7 scheduler built in, as well as commercial-grade thermostatic cooling capabilities, the unit can …

Sharp’s Touch Registers Brush Strokes

by Tom Allen

In an event at its headquarters in Tokyo, Sharp has demonstrated a capacitive touch technology that is sensitive enough to register individual brush strokes. Photo credit: IDG News ServiceA special brush, with capacitive fibres, …

DSE 10th Annual Live Tour Offers Surprises

by Steve Sechrist

It’s Press Day at the 2015 Digital Signage Expo and while most exhibitors are busy setting up, a select lucky few had the chance to attend the Live Installation Tour that has become a …

PSCo Brings New Tech to Assessment Centre

by Tom Allen

Between 16th and 27th March, PSCo is inviting its partners to visit the PSCo Assessment Centre in Reading, where it is showing its newest display technology. As well as a new DigitalMedia control system, …

Panasonic MD: Watch Out For Large Screens

by Tom Allen

Panasonic’s UK MD, Andrew Denham, has urged channel partners to think “very carefully” about how quickly the large-screen market for UltraHD TVs is growing. Speaking to ERT Online at the Panasonic Convention 2015 in …

US Commercial Displays Outsell Consumer Units in 2014

by Tom Allen

Sales of large (32″+) FPDs in the USA rose 12% YoY in December, according to PMA Research. The firm gets its data from professional AV dealers and integrators in the USA, serving commercial markets. …

Iiyama Installs Procap on Public Monitors

by Tom Allen

Iiyama has produced four new open frame monitors in the Prolite series, with edge-to-edge glass and procap touch. The new screens (32″ TF3237MSC-B1AG; 42″ TF4237MSC-B1AG; 46″ TF4637MSC-B1AG; and 55″ TF5537MSC-B1AG) feature AMVA or IPS panels …

Coretronic BLU Shipments Grow 20% YoY

by Helen Vince

Coretronic ended 2014 with a 20% increase in shipments of backlight units (BLUs), with volume reaching 92.9 million units. This was despite seeing shipments fall 11% sequentially in Q4 to 23.4 million and 2% …

Radiant Revenues Dropped 28% in December

by Helen Vince

Radiant Opto-Electronics saw sales drop 28.5% year on year in December to NT$4.8 billion ($151.6 million), taking sales for the year to NT$51.4 billion ($1.6 billion), 19% lower than 2013. Shipments of BLUs for …

UltraHD TV Panel Shipments Will Mainly be 50″ in Q4

by Raverstead

Lower-cost panels, with an average size of 50″, will form the majority of UltraHD TV panel shipments in Q4’14, say Asian sources. It has been said that vendors will aim TVs made using the …