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ISE 2015 Roundup

by Tom Allen

3M Touch was showing its latest 55″ procap touch monitor being used as a tabletop. The sensor technology is metal mesh (presumably 3M’s own – Man. Ed.) and can support up to 80 touches. …

Google Tops 10 Million

by Tom Allen

More than 10 million Chromecasts were sold worldwide last year. The news comes from Google Korea, which also told the Korea Times that more than 6,000 developers are working on apps for the device.

Archimedia Announces Atlas Player Support for 4K 60p and HDR Content on Any Display

by Tom Allen

Archimedia Technology, a company whose applications bring precise multiformat viewing to the professional’s desktop, TV, UHDTV, and SDI infrastructure, today announced the release of Atlas 3.1.1, the newest version of its full-featured precision media …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Media Players| UltraHD & 4K

Archimedia Supports HDR and UltraHD

by Tom Allen

Archimedia’s Atlas media player has been updated to v3.1.1, enabling playback of UltraHD content at 60fps. HDR and multiple formats are also supported.

NPD: Streaming Players Will Rise Consistently to 2017

by Tom Allen

40% of US internet homes – 39 million – will own a streaming media player (SMP) by Q1’17, says the NPD Group. Only 16% of these homes owned such a device in Q1’14, and …

ISE Promises Projection, Signage and More

by Tom Allen

Avolites (8.K300) will show its new V8 software, running on its own Ai media servers. The software includes a new autoblend feature for projectors and a surface modelling page for the creation of editable 3D …

Inlighten Sets Sail for Windows on Argo Thumb Stick

by Tom Allen

Argo is a digital signage player in a thumb stick form factor, from US-based Inlighten. Said to be the first such player running Windows, Argo users will have access to a range of management …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Media Players| Vol 22 - Issue 04| Windows

Roku Announces New TV Wins and UltraHD Platform

by Bob Raikes

Roku was explaining its strategy in the Westgate (formerly LVH/Hilton) hotel. The firm was very happy as it has signed up Haier and Best Buy Insignia to add to TCL and Hisense as adopters …

Medion Box Accepts Multiple Streaming Technologies

by Raverstead

Medion has launched a new media streaming box in France and Germany. The Medion Life Zoombox is connected to a TV via HDMI and can accept content from other devices via Miracast, WiDi and …

Tags:France| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Lenovo| Media Players

Sony Provides UltraHD For Free…ish

by Raverstead

Sony is now offering customers five high-resolution films for free. Between 31st October and 27th December, customers with a 2014 Bravia UltraHD TV can take the ‘Privilege Movies 4k’ promotion to get 10 films, …

GfK Releases Digital Media Players 2014 Report

by Raverstead

GfK North America has released the “Digital Media Players 2014” report, looking at the penetration rates and effect on regular TV viewing. The three major companies (Apple, Google, Roku) offering an OTT service to …

Brightsign To Update and Expand Players at ISE

by Raverstead

A massive update to Brightsign’s media player portfolio will be shown for the first time at ISE 2015 (10th – 12th February, Amsterdam). New players will be added to the HD and XD lines. …