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Arrow Takes Partner Award

by Tom Allen

EMC Corporation has named Arrow Electronics as its North America Distributor Partner of the Year for 2014. This is the second year in a row that Arrow has received the recognition.

Tags:Arrow Electronics| Awards| Back Panel| Distributors| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 20

Funai Aims at Low-Cost UltraHD

by Tom Allen

Japan’s Nikkei says that Funai will launch a line of new low-cost UltraHD TVs in North America in the autumn. The TVs will be sold in Walmart under the Emerson brand, and will cost …

Tags:Funai| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 20

Barco Used to Break Projection World Record

by Tom Allen

Creative Technology has used the Hoover Dam as the USA’s largest-ever projection screen. To mark the launch of Freightliner’s new truck, CT Group was contacted for the project by OSK Communications. The dam’s surface …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Projection| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 20

High-Res Remake Celebrates Welles’ 100th Birthday

by Tom Allen

The Third Man, Orson Welles’ 1949 film, is to get an UltraHD restoration to celebrate the actor’s 100th birthday. It will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival this month, followed by a limited release …

Tags:Back Panel| Cinema| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 20

SunBrite Continues Relationship With BJ’s

by Tom Allen

BJ’s Restaurants and Javi A/V, both in the USA, have worked together on digital signage since the late ’90s. Javi has installed screens from SunBriteDS in around 50 BJ’s locations, and recently completed another …

Tags:Digital Signage| DOOH| High Brightness Displays| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 20

Times Square Under Threat from ’60s Legislation

by Tom Allen

A 2012 ruling, which added New York’s Times Square to the USA’s Highway Beautification Act, is threatening the iconic billboards. The 1965 Act limits the size of signs along roadways to less than 1,200ft² …

Tags:Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 19

Chiaro Claims New 3D Capture Tech

by Tom Allen

US-based Chiaro Technologies has developed a new motion-capable 3D capture technology. ‘Cloudburst’ streams 3D data at 15+ fps (acquisition can be faster), running on a PC CPU instead of a specialised ASIC. The device …

Tags:3D| 3D Content Creation| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 19

Sharp Tours America

by Tom Allen

Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America has begun a tour of the USA, which will last until mid-June. The team will meet dealers to discuss industry trends, show products and outline future plans. …

Tags:Back Panel| Events| Large Display Monitor| sharp| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 19

DirecTV Churn Falls to Six-Year Low

by Tom Allen

DirecTV’s fiscal Q1 results show that 279,000 net subscribers were added in the quarter. The company enjoyed its lowest Q1 churn rate in six years.

Tags:DirecTV| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 19

Tianma Takes Two Touches to SID

by Tom Allen

Tianma Microelectronics’ two new small LCD modules are high-brightness units, for use in marine, aviation and other outdoor applications. The smallest module is 4.3″, with 4-wire resistive touch and 480 x 272 resolution. It …

Tags:LCD Modules| Mobile Display Monitor| Tianma| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 19

Vizio Lowers UltraHD Price – Again

by Tom Allen

Vizio has achieved a new UltraHD TV price point with its 2015 M-Series LCD sets – as low as $600. Each of the nine TVs (43″ M43-C1; 49″ M49-C1; 50″ M50-C1; 55″ M55-C2; 60″ …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| UltraHD & 4K| USA| Vizio| Vol 22 - Issue 19

3D TV: Not All That New

by Tom Allen

The first 3D TV broadcast in the USA was aired 62 years ago, on 29th April, 1953, by ABC. The operator was granted permission by the FCC and undertook the work with its affiliate …

Tags:3D TV| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 18