Vol 24 – Issue 03 – Page 7

AOC Agon Monitor is for Gamers

by Bob Raikes

MMD has announced the AOC Agon AG352UCG 35″ 3440 x 1440 (21:9) curved monitor (2000R) and with support for G-Sync. The monitor for gamers has a maximum refresh rate of 100Hz. Brightness is 300 …

Tags:Curved Displays| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| MMD (AOC Philips)| Vol 24 - Issue 03

ISE Preview Round-up

by Bob Raikes

AV Stumpfl said that it would show a new UHD player with 60fps of refresh and using H.265. The company will also show an 8K RAW media server. The company has a Wings Engine …

Tags:ISE 2017| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Optoma| Vol 24 - Issue 03

Android TV 6.0 Upgrade Starts at Philips

by Bob Raikes

TV makers are running at different versions of Android and we reported that Sony is to upgrade to Android 6.0 (Android 7 Gets to Shield and (later) Sony). Now Philips is rolling out an …

Tags:Android| Large Display Monitor| Philips| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 03

Philips OLED TV Starts Shipping

by Bob Raikes

The Philips 901F, an OLED TV with Ambilight that was shown at IFA (Philips Launches First OLED TV with Ambilight). The 55″ set is now available in some countries and is being listed at …

Tags:AMOLED| Large Display Monitor| Philips| Vol 24 - Issue 03

Alcatel Calls Ingram Micro

by Isaac Oburu

Ingram Micro has entered into a deal with Alcatel to distribute Alcatel’s business phones in France.

MultiQ Wins Business

by Bob Raikes

Reuters reports that MultiQ has won a new order from a US gaming company valued at $375,000 and due to be shipping in Q1. A separate report showed another order for Europe for 3.5 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MultiQ| Vol 24 - Issue 03

Barco At DistribuTech with Walls and OpSpace

by Bob Raikes

We reported on new laser-based (not laser phosphor) rear projection cubes in general in our coverage of the Display Summit conference at Infocomm (DS31 Barco Happy with RP Cubes for Control Rooms). However, somehow, …

Tags:Barco| Control Rooms| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 03

TCA Looks for VR to Take Off in 2016

by Bob Raikes

At the Taiwan Game Show, the Taipei Computer Association said that it expects the VR market to expand rapidly after growing to $1.8 billion in 2016, up 7.4% from 2015. Acer, HTC, MSI and …

MediaTek Growth Moderates

by Bob Raikes

After a long period of strong positive growth, MediaTek has seen slowing growth and forecast chip sales for smartphones and tablets at 105 to 115 million in Q1, just 5% up from last year. …

Tags:Mediatek| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 03

Siemens Wins Emmy for Early TV

by Bob Raikes

Siemens has been awarded an Emmy for Technical/Engineering Achievement from the US National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) for an artificial eye that was developed by Siemens founder Werner von Siemens and …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 03

TanvasTouch Adds Haptic Capability to Touchscreen Displays

by Arthur Berman

Tanvas (Chicago, IL), a startup out of the Neuroscience and Robotics Laboratory at Northwestern’s McCormick School of Engineering (Evanston, IL), is developing a novel means to add haptic capability to touchscreen displays. The technology …

Tags:Haptics| R&D (Research & Development)| Touch| Vol 24 - Issue 03

Stratacache Buys Real Digital Media

by Yvette Raikes

Stratacache is aiming for global digital signage revenue of $1 billion. Its purchase of Scala last year was a big step towards this (Stratacache Acquires Scala for Global Expansion), but now it has added …

Tags:Digital Signage Software| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Vol 24 - Issue 03