Vol 21 - Issue 37

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JCDecaux Follows Through on La Défense

by Raverstead

JCDecaux has unveiled its new street furniture in the La Défense business district of Paris. The company won the contract in November 2012 (Display Monitor Vol 19 No 46). In total 111 static billboards …

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TCL’s LCD TV Sales Rose 5.7% YoY

by Raverstead

TCL Multimedia’s LCD TV sales volume increased 5.7% from August 2013 to reach over 1.5 million sets last month, of which the volume of smart TVs increased by 32.8% In TCL’s home market of …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| TCL| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21| Worldwide

Trumbull’s MAGI Cinema Solution Discussed at TIFF and IBC

by Chris Chinnock Don't Use

Digital Cinema – Back in early May, I wrote an article about the first public debut of Doug Trumbull’s new cinema capture solution call MAGI (First Screening of 4K 3D 120 fps Content Coming …

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Gold is the New Black for Consoles

by Super User

Do you suffer from a lack of ‘bling’ in your living room? Are your white consoles just too pass

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Neotion Looks to Headless HDMI

by Super User

We’ve been reporting on Neotion, the specialist in exploiting the CI slot in Europe’s TVs and STBs, since 2008. At the show this year, it was showing how a CAM can be used to …

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Esprinet Adds iPhones in Italy

by Super User

Esprinet in Italy has been given the official right by Apple to distribute iPhones in the country. Esprinet has been an Apple distributor for four years.

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Outdoor Plus Chooses Impact 10

by Super User

Outdoor Plus has commissioned and installed a new LED screen from Lighthouse Technologies. The unit, in East London, is mounted on a custom-made steel tower near the A12 road. It is 12.16m x 2.88m …

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Hannspree Prepares for Smartphone Market Entry

by Super User

Hannspree will expand its mobile product portfolio in Q4, adding large-screen smartphones to its line-up, as well as new tablet PCs. The products will be marketed at ‘affordable…entry-level price points’. The first smartphone, the …

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Netflix Enters Major Markets

by Super User

Netflix has made a major push in Europe, launching its service in France and Germany. Other countries – Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland – will follow soon, and a launch in Spain and Australia …

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Digitaleurope Requests Changes to New Regulation

by Super User

Digitaleurope has outlined its concerns over the European Commission’s decision to combine computer monitors and TVs into a single regulation (we understand this is regarding import duty, but have requested clarification – TA). Some …

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24/7 Operation Arrives on Elo’s Intellitouch

by Super User

The 42″ 4209L is a new interactive LCD signage display from Elo Touchsystems. Designed for 24/7 operation, the screen is rated for an MTBF of 50,000 hours. As part of Elo’s Intellitouch series, the …

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Squid Skin Research Leads to Tiny Pixel Display Technology

by Super User

A full-colour display technology, based on the simulation of squid skin, has been developed by Rice University’s Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP), in the USA. Squid skin is able to ‘see’ colours and blend into …

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