Vol 21 – Issue 38 – Page 9

March Targeted for Sony’s Eyeglasses

by Super User

Sony’s Smart Eyeglass wearable – first seen at CES 2014, and again at IFA this year – will go on sale in March 2015, the company has said.

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BenQ Accepts Competitors’ Lenses

by Super User

The PU9730 is BenQ’s first projector with interchangeable lenses. To provide customers with more choice, the unit has seven different lens options, with throw ratios ranging from 0.75:1 to 8.67:1. So that customers are …

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Samsung Disappoints

by Super User

Strangely enough, we saw nothing new from Samsung. The company has had significant digital signage and monitor product launches at Technology Exposed in the past, but this year’s stand was much smaller. Various printers …

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Sky Tests UltraHD at Ryder Cup

by Super User

The Ryder Cup golf tournament is being filmed by Sky Sports in UltraHD, as part of a trial of the technology.

DisplayPort 1.3 – Could Become the Next Connection Standard

by Super User

Connectivity – Last week, VESA released the details of its new 1.3 specification. This week, they revealed the updated protocol will be available in USB Type-C connectors. The protocol will also work on DisplayPort …

Mobile Display Monitor First Weekly Issue

by Super User

This is our first weekly issue of the Mobile Display Monitor. As I have mentioned before, we are trying to ensure that the content is not only more timely, but also in more digestible …

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NPD Offers to Raise Wearables Knowledge

by Super User

A new wearables advisory service has been launched by the NPD Group. Led by Eddie Hold (VP of NPD’s Connected Intelligence group), the service will provide information including consumer-based panel reporting; point-of-sale (PoS) data …

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Active Video Networks Waiting for Charter

by Super User

We have been reporting on Active Video Networks (they don’t like to use AVN as it also stands for “Adult Video News, the “trade news” for the US porn industry!) since we met with …

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Sony Shows UltraHD OLED Monitor

by Super User

Sony’s press conference was hard to find – we were sent to three different places before we found it! So, sadly, we missed the start and by the time we got there, there was …

VGTel Partnership Expands Nanotech Network

by Super User

Nanotech, which recently signed a deal with Sony (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 37), has added new content to the Ultraflix Network. The library of UltraHD ‘Giant Screen’ films owned by VGTel-360 Entertainment & …

Fnac to Open Smaller Stores

by Super User

French electronics retailer Fnac plans to open seven new smaller stores by the end of year, including three in Portugal and two in France. The move is part of Fnac’s strategy to focus on …

Acer Signs with Herweck

by Super User

Acer Liquid smartphones and Iconia tablets are now available in Germany through Herweck.