Vol 22 – Issue 09 – Page 6

E-Luminate Lights Up Cambridge

by Tom Allen

Ross Ashton, a large-format projection artist, has worked with The Projection Studio to create new artwork for the 2014 e-Luminate Festival in Cambridge. The front of Old School and Senate House were lit, using …

Beam Labs Takes Inspiration From Sony

by Tom Allen

Sony showed a concept projector that could also function as a lightbulb at IFA 2014 (Sony is Committed to ‘Kando’), and now a similar product has appeared on Kickstarter (http://tinyurl.com/nlhmp46). The Beam, which has …

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Pebble Leaves Monochrome Behind With Time Watch

by Tom Allen

Smartwatch Pioneer Pebble has revealed a new product called the Pebble Time – which, for the first time, features a colour E Ink display. Set to go on sale in May, the Time will …

Android 2014 Share Eclipses Total 2014 Smartphone Market

by Tom Allen

Android and iOS maintained their dominance of the worldwide smartphone market in Q4’14, says IDC, and in fact managed to improve their market share by double digits. These two operating systems represented 96.3% of …

Panel Pricing Falls Slightly in February

by Tom Allen

Average monitor panel prices fell about 1% in February, says DisplaySearch, with rising amounts of G8, G6 and G5 capacity being released for notebooks and tablets. Panel inventory build-up is currently a low risk, …

Arris Brings DVB-SI to RDK

by Tom Allen

RDK Management’s Reference Design Kit (RDK), a pre-integrated software bundle for TV devices, now provides additional support for the DVB broadcast standard. The update has made in-band DVB Service Information (DVB-SI) elements available to …

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Dish’s Pay-TV Numbers are Flat

by Tom Allen

Dish has said that around 2.601 million gross new pay-TV subscribers joined the company in 2014; slightly down from the 2.666 million joining in 2013. Average monthly churn was effectively flat, growing from 1.58% …

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Witbe Supports UltraHD Conformance Testing

by Tom Allen

Witbe, which monitors the quality of experience for service providers’ and content owners’ IP video, has added UltraHD support to its product offering. The company is now able to perform lab testing and live …

Dynamic Focus on 65″ Full HD Public Displays V22 Issue 09

by Vanessa Browning

This week we are highlighting LCD Public Displays in the 65″ Full HD category covering sizes 65″ to 69.99″ with 1920 x 1080 resolution. There are seven brands featured in the advertising. Samsung is …

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Creating a Truly Glasses-Free Display

by Tom Allen

University of California researchers have formed a split-off company, 20/20 Display Technologies, that will launch a product eliminating the need for corrective eyewear when viewing mobile devices. The technology has been tested and can …

Amscreen Enters Digital Deal With Clear Channel

by Tom Allen

Amscreen and Clear Channel have entered into a deal that will see Amscreen supply high-brightness screens for deployment across the UK. The screens will be part of Clear Channel’s Adshel Live network (Major Investment …

Peerless Celebrates ISE Win

by Tom Allen

Newbay Media presented Peerless-AV with a best-of-show award at ISE 2015, for the company’s new Twin Pole Modular Series product range. It is an adaptable mount system for flat screens, designed to fit around …