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LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 29

by Milos Pavlovic

Andromium‘s Superbook (LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 19) – the laptop ‘shell’ powered by a smartphone – is now live on Kickstarter. Prices start at $85. It was funded within 10 minutes, …

Brightsign Drives Non-Standard Wall

by Tom Allen

Brightsign media players are being used to drive a curved outdoor video wall, which forms the frontage of the King’s Walk shopping centre in Reading in the UK. Project Audio Visual installed the LED …

Tags:Brightsign| Large Display Monitor| Media Players| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 27

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 26

by Tom Allen

AMD has launched its RX 480 graphics card, which is designed to make VR more affordable (AMD Dramatically Lowers VR Cost). Prices start at $250. NEC has launched four new OPS players with sixth-generation …

Delta/Vivitek Shows SNB, LED & Signage Players

by Milos Pavlovic

Vivitek/Delta had plenty of flat panels to go along with its projector displays. The first product we looked at was a 2 x 2 video wall based on the latest 1.4mm SNB LCDs which …

Lightspeed Develops High-Quality VR Player

by Tom Allen

Lightspeed Design has built a new VR player platform called the DepthQ VR Film Experience, using its own DQVR codec. The player supports 4:4:4 encoding and CUDA real-time processing. One of the first experiences …

Tags:Media Players| Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus Rift| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 22

Amazon Gaining on Roku

by Tom Allen

According to Parks Associates, Roku still leads the US streaming media player market, with a 30% market share last year. However, Amazon is gaining, tying with Google for a 22% market share. Add Apple …

IAdea Stitches Video in China’s ‘New Manhattan’

by Tom Allen

IAdea’s AnyTiles video wall engine is being used in a 10m-wide installation in the Shanghai Hongqiao Commercial Business District, in China. 36 narrow-bezel LCD displays are being used in a 4 x 9 configuration …

Dune Chooses Sigma

by Tom Allen

Dune HD has chosen Sigma Designs’ SMP8758 SoC and Z-Wave technology to use in its new hybrid media player, the Solo 4k. The ARM-based processor enables UltraHD (via HEVC), IPTV and VoD content playback, …

Nielsen Ups Information on Connected Devices

by Isaac Oburu

Nielsen’s data about connected TV devices will be available to clients beginning on the 25th April. The company is creating a new ‘viewing source bucket’ called Total Use of Television (TUT), which adds TV-connected …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Media Players| Smart TV| Vol 23 - Issue 12

IoT is Canonical’s Core

by Tom Allen

Canonical was promoting Ubuntu Core (launched late-2014): a version of the OS for IoT devices. Advantages include reliability (failed updates will automatically revert back to the original version) and security (apps cannot interact with …

Tags:Media Players| Mobile Display Monitor| Operating Systems| Software| Vol 23 - Issue 08

BrightSign Looks at Social Media and HDR

by Tom Allen

BrightSign had no new media players, but nonetheless had lots to show and talk about. We caught CEO Jeff Hastings, who had obviously been kept very busy – his voice was extremely croaky by …

DUNE HD SOLO 4K — new model for the New Year!

by Isaac Oburu

Dune announced a new model in the DUNE HD media players’ product line. Dune HD SOLO 4K is based on Hi-End Sigma Designs SMP8758 processor. This model significantly extends famous Dune HD media player …

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