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Blackberry Passport Veers From ‘Traditional’ Design

by Super User

The Blackberry Passport is perhaps Blackberry’s least conventional device of recent years. With a 4.5″ square display (1440 x 1440, 453ppi) and physical keyboard, the Passport is a long way from the iPhone 6. …

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Valens is Almost Top in Israel

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HDBaseT technology developer Valens has been recognised by Deloitte as one of the fastest-growing companies in Israel. Valens ranked third in Deloitte’s 2014 Technology Fast50 list, which is based on revenue growth over the …

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Dolby Shows Prototype Display in Public

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We met with Dolby in its hotel suite at IFA and reported on that meeting in our IFA report. At IBC, Dolby was highlighting the “Maui” 32″ display showing Dolby Vision content that we …

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Distec Provides Industrial Monitor Choice

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Distec in Germany is now carrying a range of industrial displays in 10.4″, 15″, 17.3″ and 19″ sizes. They are intended for use in 19″ rack cabinets, with two handles to aid installation and …

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RLM-W14 Brings HDBaseT to Barco

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Barco’s first 3DLP projector with HDBaseT is the RLM-W14 – a fixed installation model for small- and medium-size venues. Also suitable for the rental and staging market, the projector features a rugged chassis, optional …

HP Sets Ambitious Emissions Goal

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HP has announced a plan to reduce the carbon emissions from its product portfolio by 40% by 2020, compared to 2010 levels (‘product portfolio’ in this case including notebooks, tablets, desktops, mobile computing devices, …

Sharp Raises Small/Medium Output to Meet Chinese Demand

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Sharp has raised the proportion of small- and medium-size panels being produced at its Kameyama fab to 50% of the total. The move was taken to meet demand from Chinese vendors, according to Taiwan’s …

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Microvision Nets $1.9 Million in Orders

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Pico projection technology specialist Microvision says it has received purchase orders to the value of $1.9 million for components for high definition display modules being developed by its Fortune Global 100 customer. Microvision announced …

Oculus Brings New Display to Crescent Bay

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Announced at the recent Oculus Connect developer conference, ‘Crescent Bay’ is Oculus VR’s newest prototype headset. While the focus appears to be on audio (the unit features built-in removable headphones and custom audio software), …

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Fraunhofer May Have Solution for 3D Content

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The Fraunhofer has a Digital Cinema Alliance that is a kind of “horizontal” grouping of a number of different Fraunhofer institutes (IIS, IDMT, HHI etc) to work together on digital cinema and TV topics. …

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SignageLive Selects Epatra

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Epatra is now distributing SignageLive products in Benelux, the Netherlands and Scandinavia.

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Sceptre Tempts With MHL and Low Price

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Sceptre is targetting affordability with its new TVs, the 47.6″ E485BV-FMQR and 55″ E555BV-FMQR. Available now for $450/$530, respectively, the big selling point is the three HDMI ports (one with MHL) on each TV. …

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