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Sony’s VR HMD Delayed

by Tom Allen

Paul Raines, CEO of Gamestop, has told Fox Business that Sony’s Playstation VR headset will not be launched in early 2016, as previously stated. Instead, he said that his chain would launch the device …

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Wistron to Supply New iPhone

by Isaac Oburu

According to local reports, Wistron will join Foxconn as a supplier of the entry-level iPhone, currently known as the iPhone 5SE. It is expected to be launched in the middle of March.

Teraglass the next Augmented Reality Headset Seeks Crowdfunding

by Norbert Hildebrand

Teracle, a California and Korea based start-up company, is seeking crowdfunding support for its Teraglass augmented reality headset. The campaign is running until March 3 and has so far (February 16) achieved less than …

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Smart Focuses on Business Apps

by Bob Raikes

Smart is having a tough year, as CEO Neil Gaydon revealed in his recent earnings conference call. IWBs have slowed and although flat panels are growing, that growth is not as fast as was …

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Matrox Makes 3 x 3 Video Walls Easier

by Bob Raikes

Matrox had several things to show us at the show. First we looked at a new C900 single slot PCI card that has 9 outputs to allow three possible configurations – 3 x 3, …

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Sharp Enjoying the Big Pad

by Bob Raikes

Sharp had a number of highlights on its booth at the show. We started by talking about the Big Pad Pro. Sharp has benefited from being one of the only large screen procap-based intelligent …

Canon’s Dual Lamps are Reliable

by Tom Allen

The LX-MU700 projector was Canon’s newest product: it’s a dual-lamp DLP model with 1920 x 1200 resolution. It is designed for long-term and reliable projection; the dual lamps provide redundancy and can be used …

Sony Demos Its Latest Projectors

by Chris Chinnock

Sony had special press and installer meetings in New York in early February where we got a chance to see and discuss its 2016 home projector models as well as the latest UHD TVs …

Sony Shows Latest HDR/WCG UHD TVs

by Chris Chinnock

At a special Sony press and installer meeting in New York in early February, we had a chance to get some updates and demos of the latest Sony UHD TVs sets. Picture quality was …

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THine Brings 8k in Q3

by Tom Allen

THine Electronics, creator of the V-by-One internal interface, has announced that its V-by-One US technology will be released in Q3’15. V-by-One US is capable of handling 16Gbps speeds per lane (THine Claims 16Gbps Interface), …

Digital Projection is All Laser

by Tom Allen

Digital Projection (DPI) focuses on high-end installation projectors – several years ago, the company surprised us with its first LED model. This year, all of the projectors on the stand used laser illumination except …

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Vivitek Focuses on Solid State

by Tom Allen

Projector maker Vivitek was highlighting two laser-phosphor DLP projectors called the DU7090Z (6,500 lumens) and DU8090Z (8,000 lumens). These models use a 400nm blue laser from Nichia, a yellow phosphor and an RG colour …