Vol 23 - Issue 49

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Epson 975W Projector Has 10K Hours Lamp Life

by Bob Raikes

Epson US has announced the PowerLite 975W projector – Epson’s first classroom projector to offer up to a 10,000-hour lamp life in Bright Mode1. The unit features 3,600 lumens of color brightness and 1280 …

Tags:Epson| Large Display Monitor| LCD Projectors (3LCD)| Light Sources & Lamps| Vol 23 - Issue 49

Nintendo Switch Less Powerful than PlayStation 4

by Bob Raikes

Dean Takehashi has made a detailed report on the Nintendo Switch on Venturebeat. He has pointed out that the Switch, which is due in 2017, will not be more powerful than the PlayStation 4, …

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Flexible Displays to See Big Boost in 2017

by Bob Raikes

IHS Markit expects sales of flexible displays to grow from 59 million in 2016 to 139 million in 2017, an increase of 135%. After that, growth will slow, but will be steady to the …

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Sharp Shuns Samsung TV Panel Business

by Bob Raikes

The Nikkei and the Japan Times report that Foxconn has decided that Sharp should stop supplying panels to Samsung’s TV business as the companies have, apparently, been unable to agree on pricing. As a …

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Synaptics Has New Driver and Fingerprint Chips

by Bob Raikes

Synaptics has a couple of new chips, including the R66452 which is a display driver for OLED smartphones and supports resolutions up to 1080 x 2160, HDR and 90Hz. The higher rate of refresh …

Tags:Chips| Display Drivers| Fingerprint Recognition| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Semiconductors| Synaptics| Vol 23 - Issue 49

B & O Avant NG TVs Support Android

by Bob Raikes

Bang & Olufsen has announced three new TVs in its Avant NG range, in 55″, 75″ and 85″ sizes. The series succeeds the previous Avant range. The new TVs support Android and the BeoRemote …

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Clear Channel Adds to Swiss Mall Network

by Bob Raikes

Clear Channel Schweiz said that it has added fifteen new displays in three Manor shopping centres, owned by Maus Frères. They are Centre Manor Chavannes (63,000 visitors per week) Centre Manor Vevey (102,000 visitors …

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Daktronics Installed in West Plains

by Bob Raikes

Daktronics has been busy and has installed ten LED displays in the Westchester County Center in White Plains, New York. The displays had to fit in with the Art Deco architecture of the locations. …

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Swiss Coop Switches to ESLs

by Bob Raikes

Coop Stores in Switzerland has opened the first of what is planned to be an update to its store designs. The new stores use LED lighting and electronic shelf labels – with 865 stores, …

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IDC

Global Videoconferencing Growing says IDC

by Bob Raikes

IDC released its data on the videoconferencing market. The company said that the worldwide enterprise videoconferencing and telepresence equipment report showed positive results in Q3 2016 with overall videoconferencing equipment revenue increasing both 7.4% …

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Canalys Says Over 2 Million VR headsets to Ship in 2016

by Bob Raikes

There are lots of reports about VR headset sales and the list of analysts has been joined by Canalys which believes that headset sales will exceed two million units in 2016, with growth forecast …

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Nvidia Working on Google Play Support

by Bob Raikes

Nvidia is reported to be rapidly developing support for the recently announced Google Play 4K service (Google Now Has UltraHD Movies) and is planning a firmware update to ensure compatibility. It seems that the …

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