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Asbis to Close Irish Office

by Super User

Asbis is to reorganise its business and says it will close its office in Ireland. The move is in response to the continuing political crisis in Russia and Ukraine, two of Asbis’ top three …

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Jack Wolfskin Chooses LG

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An LG ShineOut display has been installed in the Jack Wolfskin store in Berlin’s Alexa shopping centre. As the interior of the building is very bright, the screen needed to be able to operate …

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Production Begins at LG’s Guangzhou Plant

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Mass-production has begun at LG Display’s G8.5 line in Guangzhou, China. The Beijing News says that the fab is manufacturing medium- and large-sized (mainly 42″, 49″ and 55″) UltraHD LCD TV panels.

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Connected Sets Approach 1 Billion in 2020

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Digital TV Research predicts that almost 1 billion TV sets (965 million) worldwide will be connected to the internet by 2020; up from 339 million expected at the end of this year. The figure …

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Workaround Enables iPhone UltraHD Video Capture

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There are Android smartphones that feature UltraHD video capture as standard, and then there’s the iPhone. Apple’s device has no default way to shoot video at such a high resolution, but can take UltraHD …

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Taiwan Doubles Global Semiconductor Growth in 2015

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The global semiconductor market will be valued at $336.3 billion next year, a 3.1% YoY rise, says Taiwan’s MIC. Primarily this is due to the Apple Watch and new Internet of Things products. Taiwan’s …

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Primeview Covers Varying Brightness Levels

by Super User

Primeview’s newest LED tiles are designed for indoor retail, broadcast, casino, corporate and control room applications. Each is rated for 24/7 use, with a 60Hz display rate. Each has a 5,000:1 contrast ratio and …

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Cypress’ Controller Enables Slim Huawei Tablet

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The Mediapad X1 is Huawei’s 7″ tablet: the world’s thinnest, the company claims, at 7.18mm. USA-based Cypress Semiconductor says that the thin body is partly enabled by its Truetouch Gen5 TMA568 capacitive touchscreen controller. …

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Thoughts after IBC and IFA

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I’m writing this editorial in the plane on the way back from the Munich Digital Signage conference after spending 14 of the last 15 days at industry events. Add an extra day for travel …

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Asda to Scale Back Electricals

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Asda in the UK says it is to scale back its sales of consumer electronics, blaming fierce price competition on goods such as TVs. Asda’s CEO, Andy Clarke, said that some of its larger …

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JCDecaux Takes Long-Term Tender in Strasbourg

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JCDecaux has won a seven-year tender, beginning in October, to operate advertising in Strasbourg Airport, Germany. The company will install new digital products as part of the process. These will include 4 70″ iVision …

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Chinese Vendors Drive White-Box Growth

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Gartner predicts that white-box mobile devices will grow strongly this year: smartphones rising 50% YoY and tablets 15.6%. White-box products are typically aimed at the lower-end of the market, and Gartner expects both established …

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