Vol 23 – Issue 46 – Page 5

Google adds UltraHD to Play Movies – Extends Countries

by Bob Raikes

Following the introduction of the Chromecast Ultra streaming dongle, Google has said that it will supply UltraHD content from the Google Play Movies for $25 (or $8.00 to rent), up from $13 (or $4.00 …

Wall Equips Leipzig with City Screens

by Bob Raikes

Wall of Germany, a local affiliate of JCDecaux, has installed seven free-standing digital city information systems in Leipzig, Germany. The systems were designed to match the style of existing paper posters and have FullHD …

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Munich To Expand Airport

by Bob Raikes

Munich airport has announced that it has a plan to expand the floor area of the Terminal 1 building by 80,000 m² at a cost of €400 million. The expansion will add six million …

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Panasonic Projectors Get 7 Years in Prison

by Bob Raikes

Panasonic has posted a video (below) about an installation of its projectors at the Faengslet prison museum in Horsens, Denmark. After closing as an active prison ten years ago, the site has been restored …

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Daktronics Claims First Belgian Free Form Display

by Bob Raikes

Daktronics said that a 61.1 m² 50mm pitch LED display that is installed on the Post-X Building in Berchem, Belgium is the first free form LED display in Belgium. The display is 6.25 metres …

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Dynascan Displays Used in Polish Station

by Bob Raikes

Dynascan has supplied high brightness displays through its local integrator, Dysten, for the Częstochowa Stradom railway station in Poland. Krzysztof Szawerna, Dysten R&D Director said, “We tested a variety of competitive monitors from different …

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Foxconn To Ship 30 million Luna Phones

by Bob Raikes

Asian sources have said that Foxconn will ship more than 30 million smartphones, from a target of 15-20 million, under the Luma brand, in Korea and Indonesia. Foxconn is reported to be making the …

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Sony X850D Cheap on Black Friday

by Bob Raikes

We hope you see this article in time if you want to take advantage of an offer of a 55″ Sony X850D, a well reviewed UltraHD set from the 2016 range, for just $898 …

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Royole Gets $80 million of Funding

by Bob Raikes

Royole Corporation, which is developing OLED-based VR headsets, has raised $80 million in a ‘pre-D’ series funding from Warmsun Holding group, which values the company at $3 billion. The round brings the total raised …

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Vuzix Preview its CES AR Product

by Bob Raikes

Vuzix has put a preview of its latest waveguide-based AR technology, which will be shown at CES, in a video (below), apparently captured by a staff member with an iPhone. Analyst Comment The quality …

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All of it Now Uses Epson for Mapping

by Bob Raikes

All of it Now, a San Francisco-based creative design agency, used Epson projectors (Pro G and Z series) to implement mapping projects. The agency said in its video that it chose Epson because of …

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MediaTek UltraCast Brings 4K Streaming

by Bob Raikes

Mediatek has announced its UltraCast technology which extends the Miracast Wi-Fi streaming system to support UltraHD content on the company’s Helio smartphone chipsets as well as chipsets for SmartTVs. The company said that it …