Vol 23 – Issue 03 – Page 7

Hansol Integrates EMR in One Cable Solution

by Bob Raikes

Hansol was a name we often featured back in the days when the company was in the mainstream monitor business, but withdrew from that market to focus on special displays for games machines etc. …

Dell Promoting New Touch LFD

by Bob Raikes

Dell was in the Intel area at the show with its new C7017T which is the company’s first 70″ LCD product (and looks like a version of the 70″ pre-production display that we spotted …

Promethean Enjoying New Ownership

by Bob Raikes

Promethean World has had an eventful year, having been acquired by NetDragon of China in the Autumn and with technology and product developments, too, during the year since we last met at BETT (Takeover …

BETT Roundup

by Bob Raikes

Albion supplies Apple solutions to the UK education market, as well as training. We asked about the competition from Google’s Chromebooks – which are significantly cheaper – and were told that Apple’s iPads etc …

Sahara Pushing to Keep Up with Demand

by Bob Raikes

Sahara was at the show with its CleverTouch IMDs which have been so successful in the UK market. There are new bezels and upgrades to the core systems to allow the latest Android version …

VividTouch from Steljes Makes a Big Impact

by Bob Raikes

It was hard to miss the big LED sign for “VividTouch” that was around the entrance to BETT. The first surprise came, really, when we got to the booth and found it populated by …

Barco Validates VC-2 IP Core

by Tom Allen

Barco Silex has validated its new hardware solution IP core against the SMPTE 2042-3 reference. The core is now ready for integrated in ASIC and FPGA designs and can be used to transport UltraHD …

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IHS Updates 4k Forecast, Warns on 8k

by Tom Allen

Paul Gray of IHS spoke recently at the Hollywood IT Society and Media & Entertainment Services Alliance conference in London, saying that the research firm has increased its UltraHD forecasts for Europe. IHS expects …

NEC Celebrates 10,000th Projector

by Tom Allen

NEC Display Solutions Europe is celebrating the installation of its 10,000th projector, with New Lineo cinemas in Israel. Miller & Sons installed an NC900C digital cinema projector in the chain.

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Asus Raises BYD Orders

by Tom Allen

Asus has apparently taken on BYD, a Chinese OEM, to manufacture 1.5 million notebooks. Sources say that this represents less than 10% of Asus’ total planned notebook shipments this year. It is thought that …

Microsoft Prepares for UK Hub Launch

by Tom Allen

Microsoft’s big news for education was (still) the Surface Hub (Microsoft Announces Surface Hub as a Collaborative Display Tool): a large-format collaborative display. Since being revealed last year, Microsoft has announced that the Hub …

Zytronic Raises Ultra-Large Capacity

by Tom Allen

UK-based touch specialist, Zytronic has invested £1 million ($1.5 million) to raise its manufacturing capacity, with a focus on ultra large format touch senses for digital signage, tablet surfaces and similar applications. A 25% …