Vol 21 - Issue 37

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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

by Super User

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

by Super User

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

by Super User

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

by Super User

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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DCC Labs Joins HbbTV

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Poland’s DCC Labs joined the HbbTV initiative in July, it announced earlier this month. The organisation, which licenses software and provides integration and migration services for IPTV, DVB and OTT devices, was previously a …

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The Future is Curved, Zytronic Believes

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Zytronica will present what it calls ‘an insight into emerging trends for human-machine interfaces’ at Electronica in Germany (11th – 14th November). A particular focus will be given to curved screens, with the centrepiece …

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Simulated 10-bit and Low Delta E: BenQ’s Prosumer Monitor

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BenQ’s newest monitor is the SW2401PT, recently shown at Photokina in Germany, for high end amateur and professional photographers. There is an emphasis on colour fidelity, with a 14-bit lookup table and an IPS …

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DivX Certifies MStar

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MStar’s HEVC TV SoC will be the first digital TV chip to receive DivX’s HEVC Certification. The Certification means that the SoC can playback HEVC UltraHD video using the DivX codec.

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Christie Velvet is Smooth

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Christie had a small booth at IBC, but still had lots to show. The first thing we noted was the Christie Velvet LED system which was on display. The company has 2.5mm to 4mm …

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