Vol 22 – Issue 47 – Page 3

Dell Builds First Medical Monitor

by Tom Allen

Dell has produced its first monitor specifically designed for the healthcare environment. The MR2416 will be shown at RSNA 2015, which begins on the 29th November in Chicago, and is the first in a …

Tags:Dell| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Medical| Vol 22 - Issue 47

MMD Completes Ultraclear Series

by Tom Allen

MMD has developed a new UltraHD Philips monitor, which completes the company’s Ultraclear line-up with a smaller model. The 241P6VPJKEB is a 23.8″ unit, displaying 10-bit colour (8 bits + FRC) and covering 99% …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| MMD (AOC Philips)| Vol 22 - Issue 47

High Resolution Without High Power Draw

by Tom Allen

Japan’s Kogakuin University, working with Fujitsu, has developed software that can scale smartphone video playback to UltraHD at 30fps, without consuming extra power. The new technology has been used in the ‘Xevic’ image processor …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Power Consumption| Smartphones| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 47

Volkswagen Rolls out 3D Smart Glasses as Standard Equipment

by Norbert Hildebrand

A press release from VW in Germany, identifies smart glasses as device that will become ‘standard equipment’ at VW. Of course if you think your next Golf will come with smartglasses, think again. The …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 47

Could P3 Be the Next Stage for WCG?

by Bob Raikes

I seem to have spent a lot of the last few weeks talking about, looking at and thinking about display colour. Although we have published a huge amount about high dynamic range (HDR), with …

Totoku Develops Per-Pixel Gamma Scale

by Tom Allen

Totoku, a division of JVC Kenwood, will be showing a new multimodality breast imaging display at RSNA 2015 (29th November – 4th December, Chicago). The CCL550i2 is a 21.3″, 5MP monitor, and is already …

Tags:Events| JVC| Large Display Monitor| Medical| Vol 22 - Issue 47

DST Releases Future Trends Report

by Tom Allen

Digital Signage Today has released its Future Trends report, which contains results of a survey of more than 1,000 digital signage deployers and hardware, software or service providers. Find it at http://tinyurl.com/nunk92e.

Tags:Digital Signage Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 47

ICDM Works to Revise UltraHD Specifications

by Tom Allen

We were recently alerted to a move by the SID’s International Committee for Display Metrology (ICDM), which we heard is considering revising its Measurement Specifications for UltraHD TVs. The aim behind the move, we …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| SID Society| Standards| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 47

Samsung “Delighted” With Gear VR

by Tom Allen

Samsung has said that its Gear VR headset was sold out ‘hours’ after it was launched in the USA and Europe on the 20th November at its price of $99. Samsung said, “We are …

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 47

BIMA Launches Digital Day in VR

by Tom Allen

The British Interactive Media Association (BIMA) held a Digital Day at schools across the UK last week. 10,000 students used Google Cardboard headsets and 360° live streaming technology from Visualise to watch the opening …

Tags:Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 47

Gartner: Endpoint Trends Herald Mobile Workforce

by Tom Allen

Gartner has released several predictions covering ‘endpoint’ technology in a new report (log-in required) (http://tinyurl.com/o79fs8u). The most interesting forecast, for us, is that 30% of businesses will spend more on displays than on PCs …

EC Approves Avago’s Broadcom Buyout

by Tom Allen

The European Commission has approved Avago Technologies’ acquisition of Broadcom (Avago to Buy Broadcom for $37 Billion). The EC’s investigation showed that the company’s portfolios are mainly complementary; Broadcom produces ‘off-the-shelf’ chips for the …

Tags:Avago Technologies| Broadcom| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Vol 22 - Issue 47