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SMPTE Kicks Off UltraHD Seminar in The UK

by Vanessa Browning

SMPTE, the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, has announced the launch of its 2015 Section Seminar series, with the topic ‘Navigating the Ultra High Definition (UHD) Ecosystem’. The seminars, which will take place …

Gigabyte Focuses on Displays in Premium Gaming Laptops

by Vanessa Browning

Gigabyte’s premium gaming notebook brand, Aorus, has been expanded with 13.9″ (X3) and 15.6″ (X5) models. Specifications are still lacking, but what we do know looks very interesting. The Aorus X5 is the top-end …

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Eizo Adds Russian Distributor

by Helen Vince

Eizo has added Comptek to its network of distributors in Russia.

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Intel Gives a Keynote – and Might Have Convinced us About Realsense

by Bob Raikes

Intel’s Brian Krzanich gave a keynote address for the second year in a row. Intel also had a booth with its partners. In his keynote, Krzanich said that we are on a wave of …

Asus Swims Against Current With Mobile Announcements

by Vanessa Browning

Few of the tier one and two firms showed new mobiles at CES – many were waiting for MWC in March. Asus was one that did, introducing a convertible series and two new smartphones. …

DuBravac Discusses Trends to Watch

by Tom Allen

Shawn Dubravac, CEA’s chief economist, discussed the themes presented in his new book, Digital Destiny, at an event before the CES Unveiled ‘mini show’. He said that there are five ‘pillars’ that form today’s …

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Acer Attempts to Kickstart Notebook Innovation

by Tom Allen

Unlike other tier one companies, Acer had taken a suite in The Cosmopolitan, with no presence on the show floor at all. We visited on Sunday, two days before CES officially began. Mobility was …

Razer Strikes Nvidia’s Shield

by Tom Allen

Razer always manages to surprise with its new CES products, and has won ‘Best in Show’ for the past four years running. This year was no different. Android TV was announced back in June (Display …

ZTE Brings Auto Focus to Smart Projectors

by Tom Allen

ZTE USA, a subsidiary of ZTE Corporation (Shenzhen, China), announced its second generation mobile smart projector. The Spro 2 is a follow-on unit to the initial smart projector announced by ZTE at CES 2014 and introduced by Sprint …

AWE Adds Epson Projectors

by Helen Vince

Epson has appointed AWE Europe in the UK to distribute its range of home cinema projectors. The company’s offering wil include Epson’s EH-TW660W and EH-TW6600 projectors, as well as 3D home cinema projectors the EH-TW7200, …

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Philips Goes All-Out With Android

by Tom Allen

Philips and US-licensee Funai share space in the Renaissance hotel, next to the Convention Centre. The companies were mostly gathering feedback on their products for the year. A major announcement by TP Vision (the …

Birmingham Hippodrome Switches to Digital Signage

by Vanessa Browning

The Birmingham Hippodrome has converted its existing static signage into an LED solution. A 20m² LED display, back-lit lettering and light strips have been installed on the Hippodrome’s street sign. The project was managed …

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