Vol 21 – Issue 49 – Page 4

Qualcomm to Cut 600 Jobs

by Raverstead

Qualcomm is planning to cut 600 jobs worldwide as the company tries to refocus its business in new areas. The news comes at a difficult time for Qualcomm, which has been the subject of …

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Digital Projection Adds IR Capability to LED Projector

by Raverstead

Digital Projection had a few good nuggets of info at I/ITSEC 2014 including a first time demo of its LED projector that adds an IR LED for NVG use. The IR images are input …

JCDecaux’s massive (120m²) Waterloo Motion digital billboard, in London, has won DailyDOOH’s Best Original Digital Billboard award for 2014. The company also took second and third place, with the Trafford Arch and Heathrow GrandView …

Rugged Chromebook Said to Arrive in March

by Raverstead

Acer wants to introduce a rugged Chromebook in March next year, according to a source speaking to Omgchrome.com. The C740 will be designed for use in classrooms, with a brushed iron metal design and …

Taiwanese Makers Extend Focus

by Raverstead

Next year, AUO and Innolux will focus on high-resolution and wide viewing angle kiosks, IPC and white board applications, say sources in Asia. Display Daily Comments We saw medical panels from AUO at SID …

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Presagis Launches New Modeling and Simulation Software Suite 14

by Raverstead

Presagis (Montreal, Canada) used I/ITSEC 2014 to release its latest modeling and simulation (M&S) software portfolio, M&S Suite 14. M&S Suite 14 expands on the previous release by enabling system integrators and manufacturers to …

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ViewSonic Supplies Touch and Non-Touch Signage

by Raverstead

Two new interactive LCD displays and a new totem display have been introduced by ViewSonic USA. Both wall-mounted models – the 42″ CDP4260-TL and 55″ CDP5560-TL – feature six-point touch and OPS slots. They …

Samsung Chooses Corning

by Raverstead

The Samsung Galaxy Alpha (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 29) uses Corning’s new Gorilla Glass 4 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 47) as the cover glass, it has been announced.

AUO Sees November Sales Dip

by Raverstead

AU Optronics (AUO) saw sales fall 6% sequentially and 1.8% year on year to NT$34.7 billion ($1.1 billion), bringing sales for the year to date to NT$374.5 billion ($12 billion), 2.2% lower than the …

Köhler Rejoins TP Vision

by Raverstead

Henrik Köhler has been named as the new managing director of TP Vision for Germany, Austria and Switzerland from 1st January 2015. Köhler worked for Philips DACH for 20 years until 2013, as managing …

Serious Power Drives Eyevis Videowall

by Raverstead

A 20m² videowall has been installed at the Institute of Visual Computing at Bonn-Rhein-Sieg College in Germany. The display uses 35 displays from Eyevis: the 46″ EYE-LCD-4600-M-USN-LD, which has 1920 x 1080 resolution and …

Thomson Shows HD Broadcast on Single MUX

by Raverstead

Thomson Video Networks has tested the broadcast of five HD channels from a single 24.8Mbps multiplex, in France. The country currently uses three multiplexes for HD broadcast. Thomson used its ViBE EM4000 HD/SD encoder …