Vol 21 – Issue 41 – Page 6

Christie Supplies Korea’s Largest Multiplex

by Super User

Korea’s new Lotte Cinema World Tower, in Seoul, is the country’s largest multiplex, with 21 screens and 4,600 seats – and multiple Christie cinema products. These include Solaria-series projectors (CP2215, CP2220, CP2230 and CP4230); …

Sharp Has Lots to Show

by Super User

Sharp started off by showing us its new 70″ UltraHD monitor, the tentatively named PN-H701 which supports HDMI2.0 and produces 700cd/m

Iiyama’s FPD Built for Conferencing and Signage

by Super User

Iiyama Prolite series is designed for professional use, so the new 65″ LH6564S can be used in video conferencing or digital signage. Using a VA panel, contrast is high enough (4,000:1) for the display …

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Ofcom Trials White Space Ahead of 2015 Deployment

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Ofcom has been working on techniques to use ‘white space’ spectrum since 2012 (Display Monitor Vol 18 No 48). The regulator will use the results of technology trials (currently ongoing at London Zoo: http://tinyurl.com/mv44esj) …

Amazon Chooses Mediatek for Fire HD

by Super User

Amazon’s new Fire HD tablets use Mediatek processors, it has been announced. The Fire HD 6, Fire HD 7 and Fire HD Kids Edition (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 37) use the MT8135 SoC …

Google’s New Nexus Devices Feature Android L – for Lollipop

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Details about Google’s Nexus 6 smartphone were heavily leaked before it was officially announced this month. Even in March (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 9), rumours were appearing online. Now we can see that …

Coretronic Shipped 26 Million BLUs Last Month

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Coretronic’s revenue for last month slipped 5.2% from August to just over NT$7 billion ($230.2 million), though this was 9.1% higher than September last year. Sales for the third quarter grew 3% from Q2 …

Silicon Core Scores a World First

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There were two big topics for us when we met up with US small pitch LED specialist, SiliconCore Technology (SCT). The company said that it would show the world’s first 1.2mm LED display, but …

Vivitek’s Projectors Work With Many Networking Protocols

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Designed for the education market, Vivitek’s new short-throw projectors (the DX881ST and DW882ST) can act as a speaker for lecturers, through a microphone input. Both models support 3D display and, from December, will work …

Nexus Player Offers Gaming Continuity

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Google has unveiled the first Android TV (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 40) product: a streaming media player for films, music and videos, called the Nexus Player. Produced by Asus, the Player will also …

Money to Burn? Consider Vertu’s Bentley Phone

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Luxury phone brand Vertu has partnered with car manufacturer Bentley to produce a new – and expensive – smartphone. For slightly less than the deposit on a small house (

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Low-Cost Mobiles Push On-Cell Touch Growth

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Vastly more on-cell TFT LCD touch panels were shipped in the first six months of 2014 than all of 2013. NPD DisplaySearch data shows that total shipments in Q1 and Q2’14 exceeded 20 million, …