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Flat Panel Displays versus Projectors in Education

by Len Scrogan

The education world took notice recently when a blog headline startled us with the warning: “Study: Over Half of Students Unable to Read Content Displayed on 70-inch Flat Panel.” That’s particularly alarming, since most …

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Acer Switches Gears

by Tom Allen

Acer showed off five new products: three notebooks, an UltraHD monitor and a home cinema projector. Its announcements began with the ‘ultra-affordable’ Switch V 10 and Switch One 10. As the names imply, both …

TCL Updates on LTPS Project

by Tom Allen

TCL has shared information about the progress of a G6 LTPS fab being built by subsidiary CSOT, with investment from Hubei Science & Technology Investment Group Co. Ltd. The Wuhan LTPS Project (aka the …

SES Tests HLG HDR

by Tom Allen

SES has launched a new 24/7 UltraHD test channel, which will be used to transmit HDR content using Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG), Analyst Comment HLG is the proposed scheme for HDR from the BBC …

Kateeva Closes Series-E With Chinese Investment

by Tom Allen

OLED-Info says that Kateeva has closed a Series-E funding round, having raised $88 million. The new investors are all from China, and nclude BOE Display and TCL Capital. These funds will be used to …

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Clear Channel Reaches Tipping Point

by Tom Allen

William Eccleshare, chief executive of Clear Channel’s operations outside North America, has said that the company’s UK business will make more than 50% of its revenue from digital displays this year. It is Clear …

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‘Digital Brand Space’ Opens in Frankfurt

by Tom Allen

Media Frankfurt – a joint subsidiary of Fraport AG, JCDecaux and Ströer – has announced that new digital signage will be open for advertising in Frankfurt Airport in June. The company has not published …

Tags:Digital Signage| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Video Walls| Vol 23 - Issue 21

Lenovo Result 26/05/2016

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Lenovo reported Q4 2015 net profit of $180 million, up 80% YoY. Turnover for the quarter was $9.1 billion, down 19% YoY. Net loss for full year 2015 was $128 million, while turnover for …

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eyeSight Developing Gesture Control for Smartphone Based VR

by Arthur Berman

If fully successful, the gesture control technology under development at eyeSight Technologies Ltd. (Herzeliya, Israel) will minimize the need for using input peripherals in conjunction with smartphone based VR headsets. Such headsets include the …

Tags:Gesture Recognition| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 21

Drones and Pro AV

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Consumer drones for hobbyists and consumer photo/video have claimed much of the drone publicity, especially at consumer-oriented trade shows like CES. But drones have serious professional AV applications as well. I attended a May …

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