Vol 21 – Issue 36 – Page 6

Peerless-AV Highlights Importance of Digital Signage

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Peerless-AV exhibited several digital signage solutions at this year

E Ink Positive About Pricing Labels

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We met with E Ink in the Reseller area, where they had a table. The company was in a positive mood as Sony had announced that one of its displays was being used in …

Retail Sales in August Best Since January

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According to the latest BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor, UK retail sales last month were up 1.3% on a like-for-like basis from August 2013 and 2.7% on a total basis, the best performance since January. …

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HUD Lowers Crash Chance by 70%

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A head-up display, developed at Scotland’s Glasgow Caledonian University, alerts drivers to the location of other cars in poor visibility conditions. In a simulation, the HUD highlights other vehicles within a 400m distance on …

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Smart Signage Expands With Samsung

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Smart Signage is a Samsung digital signage offering first seen at ISE 2013 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 4). Smart Signage displays do not require an external media player; all of the electronics are …

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Ruige Monitors Chosen for United Nations HQ

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The United Nations has taken delivery of 52 Ruige TL-S1850HD 18.5″ professional picture monitors for use at its international headquarters in New York. This latest order follows the UN’s purchase of 73 TL-S1850HD monitors …

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Epson is Finished With 720p

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Expanding its home theatre segment, Epson showed off three new 3LCD projectors, and had some interesting news ahead of Cedia 2014. Replacing the TW550 (Display Monitor Vol 18 No 15), the EH-TW570 is brighter …

ARM Expands 64-Bit Processing With 50th License

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Demand has been growing for ARM’s 64-bit v8-A processors, the company has said. It has recently signed its 50th licensing agreement to produce chips based on the architecture. The licences, with 27 partners, are …

IFA Products See UK First With Midwich

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Technology Exposed will take place this month. Always a great event for the FPD trade, this year will see the UK introductions of a number of products launched at IFA, as well as some …

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Plastic Logic Follows Through on Graphene Partnership

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As part of their partnership formed last year (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 26), the Cambridge Graphene Centre and Plastic Logic have demonstrated a flexible display using graphene in the pixels’ electronics. It is …

Wi-Fi Alliance Celebrates 15 Years of Wi-Fi

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This year, the Wi-Fi Alliance is celebrating 15 years of connecting people and improving everyday lives with Wi-Fi. The Alliance was founded by six companies to develop and validate multi-vendor interoperability and over the …

Funai Outsources Production to Asia

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Funai Electric has been experiencing problems selling TVs produced at its factory in Poland into the European market. Europe is a challenging TV market, as many countries have different requirements and licensing laws. To …