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uBeam Secures $10 Million Funding

by Raverstead

Los Angeles-based start-up uBeam, has secured $10 million in Series A funding to take its wireless charging system to market. The technology has been in development for three years by company founder, Meredith Perry, …

Alienware Alpha Heralds ‘New Era of Gaming’

by Raverstead

The Alienware Alpha PC gaming console (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 32) is now available in the USA, starting at $550. Although technically a Steam Machine, the device runs Windows 8.1 natively and boots …

AX800 Gains UltraHD Streaming

by Raverstead

Panasonic’s AX800 TVs are now able to stream UltraHD content from Netflix. The firmware update has been rolled out to the USA already and will be available in Europe this month.

DirecTV’s VoD Service is a Samsung-Exclusive

by Raverstead

An UltraHD VoD service has been launched by DirecTV in the USA. The service includes new film releases and documentaries, including Forrest Gump, Star Trek (2009) and Amistad. Customers require a DirecTV Genie HD …

Travel Plaza TV’s Displays Designed for High Traffic Areas

by Raverstead

Travel Plaza TV is a digital signage network which works exclusively with 3D autostereoscopic displays. The company currently has 259 installations in 38 states of the USA. The 46″ autostereoscopic displays are lenticular-based units …

Dish Subscribers Dip in Q3

by Raverstead

Dish Network of the US said its pay-TV subscribers fell by about 12,000 in Q3. The company reported a rise in churn rate, to 1.67% (versus 1.66% last year) and ended the period with …

Apple Gives Way to Google in the Classroom

by Raverstead

According to IDC, Apple’s iPads have been overtaken by Google’s Chromebooks in US schools for the first time. 715,500 Chromebooks were shipped to schools in Q3, compared to 702,000 iPads. Chromebooks now represent 25% …

CE Thanksgiving and Black Friday Deals

by Raverstead

Thanksgiving in the US marks the official start of the holiday buying season for everything, including consumer electronics in all shapes and forms. While the holiday buying season had already started in August this …

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Minneapolis Convention Centre Chooses Nanolumens

by Raverstead

Nanolumens has supplied two large-scale LED displays to the Minneapolis Convention Centre. Both are part of the Nanocurve product line, installed in the new visitor information centre in the Centre’s main corridor. The displays …

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Christie is The BOSS

by Raverstead

Christie’s StIM WQ DLP projectors and FHD461-X LCD displays have been chosen to power the visual displays for the Air National Guard’s Boom Operator Simulation System (BOSS) in the USA. Each system is designed …

US TV Subscriber Fall Offset by Telco Gains

by Raverstead

Cable and satellite TV services in the USA suffered significant subscriber losses in Q3 – but these were offset by telco provider gains. According to Informitv’s Multiscreen Index, there was a net loss of …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| TV Reception| USA| Vol 21 - Issue 45

FCC Delays TV Spectrum Auction until 2016

by Raverstead

The FCC has now announced a delay of its auction of UHF spectrum until 2016. Through an announcement in late October, the Commission is apparently reacting to a move by broadcasters to block or …