Vol 21 – Issue 40 – Page 6

Colour TVs Now 63 Years Old

by Super User

The last week of September – the 28th, to be precise – marked the 63rd anniversary of colour TVs arriving in US stores. The first model was the CBS-Columbia – produced partly because the …

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GDS Brings Massive Digital Floor to Kazakhstan

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Not content with a regular videowall, the Museum of the Republic in Kazakhstan has chosen to have a video floor installed. Global Display Solutions supplied more than 900 screens for the project, all of …

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Large Panel Shipments Rose 4.3% YoY in September

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A total of 22.7 million large panels were shipped in September, from Taiwan’s four major panel manufacturers. This was just under 1% lower than the previous month but represented a year on year improvement …

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Sony’s Professional OLED Supports Rec.2020

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Sony’s professional OLED monitor that we saw at IBC last month (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 38) – the BVM-X300 – has been confirmed for a February 2015 availability date. As well as high …

Mid-Size Macbook Held Back by Low Yields

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A 12″ Macbook Air is being produced, in low quantities, by Quanta Computer, say Asian sources. Output is scheduled to increase beginning next month. The product is said to have a touchscreen and has …

Adversign Claims 21.5″ is ‘Tablet’

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Germany’s Adversign has developed a ‘tablet’ for small signage applications. We use quote marks because the product is a bit bigger than your normal handheld… Adversign argues that consumers are used to seeing and …

Battery Technology Must Change, ABI Urges

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The eight billion mobile devices – including smart- and feature phones, wearables, tablets and notebooks – in the world by 2019 will provide a huge base for new battery and charging technologies, says ABI …

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HTC’s ‘Selfie Phone’ Responds to Voice Commands

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While smartphones’ front-facing cameras have often been outclassed by those on the rear, recent months have seen a change in this trend. The latest smartphone to pack a powerful front camera is the HTC …

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JPR Discusses Graphics at Virtualise

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Jon Peddie Research’s first Visualise Conference will take place at the Hyatt Regency near San Francisco Airport, on 30th October. Tutorials, speakers and panels will be present, as well as information and guidance on …

Hamburg Bridge Goes Digital

by Super User

Eight new 55″ landscape-style screens have been installed on Hamburg Airport’s central bridge. Each has 1920 x 1080 resolution, but the airport could not tell us which company supplied them.

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Microsoft Iterates on Illumiroom

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It’s been a few months since we heard anything about Microsoft’s Illumiroom concept (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 4) – not since March, in fact (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 10). Illumiroom uses projectors …

Vivitek’s Laser Module Brings Touch to Education

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Vivitek’s newest education projector, the 1DLP D755WTIR, is the first to offer compatibility with the company’s DT01 ‘laser curtain’ module. The module enables interactivity (up to 10-point touch) with the projected image. Two IR …