Vol 21 - Issue 35

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‘G’ by Guess Chooses Casio Projectors

by Super User

‘G’ by Guess, a chain of stores in the USA, has installed more than 100 Casio projectors in various locations. More installations across the US are planned this year. Casio’s XJ-H1700 was one of …

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Panel Session Debates Quality and Containers

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Following the talks by Semenza and Hsieh, there was a panel session that was introduced by Paul Gray who asked, “Why UltraHD?” Looking at TV by region: * China – there is no clear …

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Prestigio’s Phones Differ in Size, Price

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The Prestigio Multiphones 5453 and 5504 Duo are new smartphones that are similar in all aspects, aside from size and price. The 5453 is 4.5″ while the 5504 is 5″. Both have 1.3GHz quad-core …

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LG Studying When to Withdraw From Plasma

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At a media briefing in Seoul recently, LG has confirmed that it will leave the plasma TV market ‘in the near future’ – following Samsung’s exit earlier this year (Display Monitor Vol 21 No …

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Intel E_phasis is on Power

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(The headline is not a mistake – Intel put posters everywhere showing words with the “m” missing. Or should that be _issing?) The Intel press event started with a video celebrating the German world …

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Panasonic Projectors Chosen for German News Studio

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A TV studio for one of Germany’s most traditional news programmes has been equipped with Panasonic projectors behind an 18 metre media wall, delivering content 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The …

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The Market for Wearables

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Paul Gray talked about wearable electronics. Until the first world war, watches were kept in the pocket, and wrist watches were seen as “effeminate”. However, the need for accurate time keeping during the war …

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Rumour: Sony Developing Metal-Body Smartphones

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Sources in the Taiwan supply chain claim that Sony is developing smartphones (plural) with a metal-alloy chassis. These phones will be produced by Foxconn, with the chassis likely to be supplied by Foxconn Technology. …

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Samsung Announces UHD Content Deals with Amazon

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CES 2014, Samsung announced it was working with Netflix and Amazon to deliver original UHD programming to Samsung UHD TVs. In March, Netflix began streaming “House of Cards” in 4K to Samsung and other …

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Pixels Helps Bring About the Digital Revolution

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Pixels, a European distributor of digital media players and AV systems, supplied 50 BrightSign media players for the Digital Revolution exhibition at London’s Barbican Centre. Digital Revolution is described as an immersive exhibition of …

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QD Vision Bullish on TCL Demo

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QD Vision was at IFA on the booth of one of its customers, TCL of China. TCL was showing a 55″ prototype TV using the QD Vision technology to give >100% NTSC colour gamut …

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DTG Tests D-Book 7 v4

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The UK’s DTG Testing is now trialling the functionality of the D-Book 7 v4. Updates have been released to the organisation’s MHEG test suites, under the ‘beta’ status; this means that test suite licensees …

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