Vol 23 – Issue 02 – Page 5

Game On With BrightSign

by Tom Allen

UK video games retailer Game has installed 1,300+ BrightSign digital signage players into its 320 stores. Freehand carried out the work, and players were supplied by Pixels. A mix of XD232 and XD1032 networked …

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3M Slims Touch at ISE

by Tom Allen

A new, ultra-thin version of 3M‘s (8.350) procap metal mesh technology will be highlighted. It is suitable for up to UltraHD resolution screens and curved displays. The metal mesh is 3 microns thick, and …

Elo Shows Signage at NRF

by Tom Allen

Elo has unveiled a new 55″ interactive display for digital signage. The 5501LT uses IR technology to deliver 10 touch points, and features a low profile for easy integration. It is 87mm thick, and …

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ViXS Pivoting to Unlock Value and Looks to Vidity

by Bob Raikes

ViXS has been through something of a traumatic year. We met with Perry Chappell, VP of Worldwide Sales who filled us in on recent developments. The company has not been bringing in revenues in …

Cima NanoTech: Pro-cap Writ Large

by Ken Werner

In its suite in the Venetian Hotel during CES, Cima Nanotech (Singapore) showed a 65″ LCD monitor fitted with the company’s projective capacitive touch screen. Also shown was an InFocus 40″ monitor with Cima …

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Lattice Promotes MHL and Snap

by Bob Raikes

Lattice Semiconductor took over the space previously occupied by Silicon Image, which Lattice acquired earlier this year (Lattice Semiconductor Closes Acquisition of Silicon Image). The company was promoting SuperMHL (although the MHL group had …

Broadcom Pushes Wireless to Extremes

by Bob Raikes

We met up with Broadcom, which is in the process of being acquired by Avago Technologies (a deal that should be complete by 1st February). However, the setup was the same as previous years …

David Haye Makes History With VR Boxing Match

by Tom Allen

David Haye, the British boxer, has had his comeback fight shown in virtual reality. The match, against Australia’s Mark De Mori, took place in London’s O2 Arena on the 16tth January. It was filmed …

Sony Tests UltraHD HDR in Hawaii

by Tom Allen

The PGA Tour (also known as the Sony Open), which began in Hawaii on the 17th January, is being recorded in UltraHD using Sony’s professional cameras. In particular, Sony’s HDC-4300 will be used to …

Intel Shows Thunderbold 3 and New Compute Sticks

by Norbert Hildebrand

While the Intel Compute Stick and Thunderbolt technologies are not completely new, they were either shown at CES for the first time or replaced with newer models. The Thunderbolt 3 is the Intel implementation …

Automotive HUD Round-Up

by Norbert Hildebrand

With cars taking up a good portion of the CES exhibit space, the interest and availability of head up displays (HUD) was everywhere. While in the past years HUDs were a standalone technology to …

Royole Shows Smart Mobile Theater

by Norbert Hildebrand

Royole may not be on your horizon of display developers and manufacturers, but they have closed a Series C funding of $172 million for a total of $190 million in funding. While this does …