Vol 23 – Issue 06 – Page 9

Samsung Highlights CES Products in Monaco

by Tom Allen

Samsung has shown off several monitors at its 2016 European Forum in Monaco. Newest among them were the CF591 and CF390, which were announced at CES (Samsung Uses LED in Modular TV Concept); they …

Garmin Speeds Chart-Drawing

by Tom Allen

Garmin has introduced a new range of marine screens with IPS panels and at least 1920 x 1080 resolution. The large-format units feature multi-touch control and new processors, for the fastest-ever chart drawing in …

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IA Bureau Dispels TV Myths

by Tom Allen

The ‘TV-centric living room’ is in decline, according to the Internet Advertising Bureau UK, due to the rise of internet-connected devices. In a new study (http://tinyurl.com/j35jfny), the IAB found that only 50% of UK …

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Lang Continues Towards High Res

by Tom Allen

German distributor Lang is very active in the rental and staging segment of the pro-AV market, and was celebrating a new partnership with Epson at the show. The firm is now stocking the EB-1505U, …

Wayne Park is New LG CEO for Germany

by Isaac Oburu

Wayne Park has been appointed as LG CEO for Germany and the European market. Youngwoong Lee, who was managing the German branch, will return to Korea.

WSJ: Google Working on Standalone VR

by Tom Allen

Google is continuing to work on virtual reality, undeterred by the withdrawal of its Google Glass product. According to the Wall Street Journal, the company is developing an all-in-one headset that will operate without …

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Qualcomm Boasts of UltraHD Download Speeds

by Tom Allen

A new LTE modem chip from Qualcomm enables much faster internet speeds for smartphones: fast enough that a 100GB UltraHD film could be downloaded in less than 15 minutes (network-dependent). The Snapdragon X16 enables …

University of Florida Reports on Development of New LCD Mixture for Extreme Temperatures

by Norbert Hildebrand

Shin-Tson Wu, Pegasus Professor of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida – College of Optics and Photonics, USA together with support from Xi’an Modern Chemistry Research Institute in Xi’an, China, and DIC Corporation, …

Epson is Serious About Colour Light Output

by Tom Allen

To the right of Lang, you can see Epson’s controversial DLP vs LCD demo area. We have a bigger image belowWe stepped on to Epson’s stand in middle of a presentation by Karl Lang, …

Panasonic Shows Off All B2B Displays

by Tom Allen

Panasonic began the first day of ISE with a press conference, where Stephen Yeo – marketing director of Panasonic System Communications Company Europe (PSCEU), the company’s B2B arm in Europe – announced a new …

Optoma With First 4k HLD Projector

by Tom Allen

Optoma’s focus was on retail digital signage – specifically, the benefits that projectors can bring to this space which FPDs cannot. Examples included mapping and picking out physical products to highlight, rather than displaying …

AR, VR, Holodeck or Somewhere in Between

by Norbert Hildebrand

The interaction between marketing and manufacturing is supposed to determine success or failure of products and technologies. At least, this is the basis for every business book I have ever seen. After capitalism achieved …

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