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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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Dell Streams to TV

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The Dell Cast device is now available in the UK. Similar to a Chromecast for business users, the Dell Cast is an HDMI dongle that enables multimedia content to be streamed from a tablet …

Air 2 Rumours Begin to Break

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Taiwan’s Commercial Times claims that the iPad Air 2 will be launched in October. A second-generation iPad Mini with Retina Display may also arrive in early 2015, followed by the (long-rumoured) 12.9″ iPad Pro …

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Dynamic Focus on 42″ Full HD LCD Public Displays Vol 21 Issue 38

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This week we are highlighting Public Displays in the 40″ and 42″ Full HD LCD category with 1920 x 1080 resolution. There are 10 brands featured in the advertising. Samsung is at the top …

Replacement Demand Targeted by Panasonic

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A new display series, the LQ70 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 15), was on show at Panasonic’s stand. Introduced at NAB this year, it consists of 84″ (TH-84LQ70) and 98″ (TH-98LQ70) UltraHD LCD models. …

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DPAA Expands With New Member

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Clear Channel Airports has joined the USA’s Digital Place Based Advertising Association (DPAA).

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125 Years of Nintendo

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Nintendo has celebrated its 125th anniversary. From humble beginnings creating ‘Hanafuda’ playing cards in Kyoto in 1889, the company took 70 years to introduce the videogames that it is known for today. Arcade machines …