Vol 24 – Issue 02 – Page 5

Imagination’s New PowerVR GPUs Aimed at STBs & Automotive

by Bob Raikes

Imagination Technologies announced a a new family of GPUs, ‘Series8XE Plus’, that is intended to provide the balance of performance and fillrate needed to enable gaming and compute applications on cost-sensitive devices with displays …

Tags:GPUs| Imagination Tech| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 02

Asus Tries 38″ Curved Monitor

by Bob Raikes

Asus has joined LG in offering a 37.5″ 3840 x 2160 curved IPS monitor with 2300R radius. The base of the Designo Curve MX38VQ monitor includes a Qi wireless charger (5W/1A). Brightness is 300 …

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Panasonic to Add New 65″ at ISE

by Bob Raikes

Panasonic will add a new model to its large format professional display series with the TH-65EF1 at ISE. The unit includes a USB media player and can allow content to be scheduled and controlled …

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BAE Tapped to develop HUD for F-22 Raptor

by Norbert Hildebrand

According to news from BAE Systems, its DLE (Digital Light Engine) was chosen by Lockheed Martin to replace the existing HUD with a fully digital version that fits into the existing HUD space on …

Tags:Avionics| Head Up Displays HUDs| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 02

Virtual Reality Headset Market Forecast CES Update

by Steve Sechrist

The VR AR space is a niche market at best, barely showing up as a rounding error in the recent CEA market update given on press day one at CES 2017. The CTA Extended …

VESA Enjoying DP Success – But Lots to Be Done

by Bob Raikes

VESA was at the show to promote, in particular, the DisplayPort standard which can now take advantage of the latest chips supporting HBR3, which was announce back in 2014, going beyond the previous HBR2 …

Samsung Chooses Midwich

by Yvette Raikes

Midwich is now distributing Samsung’s E-board Interactive products with displays of 32″ and over. The agreement is an exclusive one covering the UK and Eire and starts immediately. Analyst Comment We heard that challenges …

HbbTV To Create Application For Online Streaming

by Yvette Raikes

The HbbTV Association has issued a Request for Proposals to create a reference application for online streaming of DRM protected video. It hopes to make it simpler for content providers to monetise content, by …

AOpen Claims Smallest Chromebox

by Bob Raikes

AOpen has announced two new Chrome-based boxes. The Chromebase Mini is an interactive 10.1″ all-in-one touchscreen solution. It’s designed to be managed with ease, reliability, and security for high-traffic enterprise environments and applications including …

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Epson Introduces Its Slimmest Ultra-Portable Projectors

by Chris Chinnock

Epson was a CES showing projection products and introduced four new models in the PowerlLite 1700 series. These are the slimmest projectors Epson has made to date. The PowerLite 1795F, 1785W, 1781W, and 1780W …

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Sony Launches Smaller, Cheap 4K UST Laser Projector

by Chris Chinnock

Sony has launched a new ultra-short-throw 4K laser projector called the VPL-VZ1000ES. It will carry a $25K price point, about half the level of the predecessor VPL-GTZ1 model, but with similar features. It is …

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Samsung To Explain Combustible Note 7s

by Yvette Raikes

Samsung was forced to recall its Note 7 handsets when some started catching fire. Initial replacements also proved combustible, so eventually there was a global recall and Samsung disabled all non-returned devices (Samsung Bricks …

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