Vol 21 – Issue 49 – Page 9

Short Supply Boosts Panel Prices

by Raverstead

TV panels in 32″, 40″, 42″, 48″ and 50″ sizes increased in price by between $1 and $2 at the beginning of December. According to DisplaySearch, this was largely due to increased demand due …

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Laser Shot Debuts Helimod Mark II Simulator

by Raverstead

Laser Shot (Orlando, FL) is a simulation system integrator and software provider. At I/ITSEC 2014, the company demonstrated its new Helimod Mark II platform, which is now being used by Roy Aircraft & Avionics …

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Product and Sales Managers Needed

by Raverstead

We know of a projector company which is looking to expand its UK and EMEA operations with the addition of senior product managers, product managers and internal sales managers. Contact [email protected]

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Microvision Receives Second Component Order

by Raverstead

Earlier this year (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 43), Microvision signed a $1.5 million agreement with a Fortune Global 100 customer. The customer has now followed this with an additional $1.9 million purchase order …

Christie Introduces Laser-Phosphor Projectors to the Simulation Market…

by Raverstead

Christie Digital used I/ITSEC 2014 to introduce its new laser-phosphor projectors to the training and simulation community. The DWU555-GS is a solid-state, 1-chip DLP laser-phosphor projector with 5,400 ANSI lumens and WUXGA (1920 x …

ITRI Announces Spin-Off FlexUP Technologies Corp.

by Raverstead

ITRI (Industrial Technology Research Institute) from South Korea says it has licensed a new flexible display and backplane technology to start-up company FlexUP Technologies Corp. ITRI developed this new flexible backplane technology in support …

R&D Core’s Touch Tech Works With Flexible Screens

by Raverstead

R&D Core, a UK-based start-up, is working with Plastic Logic to develop a resistive touch system for flexible displays. Digital Resistive Area Sensing (DRAS) layers are integrated behind a display stack, and respond to …

Spanish Government Urged to Move DTT Deadline

by Raverstead

Spanish trade bodies have urged the government to extend its DTT migration deadline (currently 31st December) by three months. The associations (Uteca, FORTA, Installers Federation Fenitel, the Consumers Association and Abertis Telecom) say that …

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US Marines Testing New Virtual Reality Training Tool

by Raverstead

Just prior to I/ITSEC 2014, the US Marines did a field test of a new training solution that uses virtual reality to place virtual objects such as simulated people, aircraft, vehicles, etc. into a …

Use 3D or Touch With Boxlight

by Raverstead

The Projectowrite10 (P10) WX35NXT is Boxlight’s newest wall-mounted UST DLP projector. It is interactive, with pen- and finger touch enabled through the use of an IR module above the displayed image. When not used …

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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 …