Vol 21 - Issue 36

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Absen and PSCO to Partner at PLASA 2014

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LED display manufacturer Absen Optoelectronics will be exhibiting with PSCo at PLASA 2014, which takes place in London from 5th to 8th October. Attendance at the event forms part of a European Roadshow by …

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BDA Pushes Adoption of New Display Technologies

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We knew it was coming. The Blu-ray Disc Association announced at IFA that it was ‘most of the way done’ with defining a specification enabling the format to handle UltraHD imagery. Chairman Victor Matsuda …

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Intel’s Core M Shown at Showstoppers

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Always a big event at IFA, Showstoppers this year was again a great place to go for food, drink and networking. Oh, and a few new products! The showcase takes place in Hall 15 …

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CEE Thin-Client Market Outlook Lowered for 2014

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The EMEA thin-client market posted double-digit growth in Q2 2014 for the second quarter in a row, according to the latest EMEA Quarterly Enterprise Client Device Tracker report from IDC. Economic recovery in Western …

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Lang Dims LED to Raise Contrast

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Lang AG has improved black levels on its Leyard LED displays. At ISE this year, the company showed the Leyard TV 1.9 LED display; now it has added the Leyard RTV 1.9 to its …

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Barco Lights up Nanjing YOG Opening Ceremony

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Barco was chosen as the exclusive projection and video processing provider for the opening ceremony of the second Summer Youth Olympic Games, held in Nanjing, China last month. The designer for the lighting and …

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Cambrios Still on a Rising Wave

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We met with John LeMoncheck, CEO of Cambrios and, as he was at CES earlier in the year, he was very positive about the developments in the Cambrios ClearOhm silver nanowire developments. The company …

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Barco Celebrates HDBaseT Entry

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Barco plans to demonstrate its new Orion Cinemascope home projector – an HDBaseT model to mark the company’s entry into the HDBaseT Alliance. The Orion Cinemascope combines 2560 x 1080 resolution, a 1DLP chip, …

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CMOS Sensor Enables 100fps Gesture Tracking

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A Japanese firm, Exvision, has developed a technology for high-speed gesture control using a conventional CMOS sensor. The Exvision Gesture System (EGS) can recognise both of a user’s hands at 100fps, says the Nikkei …

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NEC Daisy Chains Projectors Through Screen Splitter

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NEC’s new generation of PA-series 3LCD projectors, for corporate and education use in medium and large venues, can be daisy-chained to create an UltraHD image. NEC claims that this feature is an industry first …

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Benq’s HT1075 Wins 2014 EXC!TE Award

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Benq America says that the new Colorific HT1075 home theatre projector has been recognised with a Technology Integrator magazine 2014 EXC!TE Award.

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Changhong Shocks With OLED Price

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China’s Changhong was among the many companies showing curved and UltraHD sets and was one of the few to be demonstrating a 105″ model. We have it on good authority that the company is …

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