Vol 24 – Issue 09 – Page 7

Eizo Has New Review and Diagnostic Monitors

by Bob Raikes

The first new monitor that we looked at on the Eizo booth was a clinical review monitor, the MX315W, that we reported on previously (Eizo RadiForce Monitor Has Highest Brightness). The monitor is a …

Barco Still Looking for ‘Better Outcomes’

by Bob Raikes

Barco was showing one new monitor, a 5 (5.8) megapixel monitor that it calls the Nio Color 5MP. This sits in the range below the 12 megapixel Uniti monitor that it showed first a …

ECR Less Interesting than Prior Years

by Bob Raikes

This impressive projection mapped display welcomed delegate at ECR 2017. I’m not sure that the skull gave the kind of positive message, but delegates are mainly radiologists, so may see it differently! Image:MekoThe ECR …

Tags:Dicom Medical Calibration| ECR 2017| Large Display Monitor| Medical| Vol 24 - Issue 09

New Materials Developed with Potential for Multi-Color OLEDs

by Arthur Berman

A team of researchers headed by Professor Youhei Takeda of the Department of Applied Chemistry within the Graduate School of Engineering at Osaka University (Osaka, Japan) have created multi-color MechanoChromic Luminescent (MCL) materials that …

Oculus Slashes Prices for the Rift VR Headset

by Norbert Hildebrand

Oculus / Facebook announced that they are lowering the price of their headset Oculus Rift to $499 and the controllers Oculus Touch to $99. This is a $200 price cut over the prices of …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus Rift| Pricing| Vol 24 - Issue 09

LG to Launch Steam-based VR Headset

by Bob Raikes

At the Game Developers’ Conference (GDC), SteamVR said that LG is working on a new headset that will use the SteamVR platform. A prototype headset shown at the event used a 1440 x 1280 …

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ClearLED Enjoying Retail

by Bob Raikes

GWS said that it is getting a good response to its ClearLED displays which are being used by Zara and McDonald’s. The LEDs are bright enough for use all day in shop windows, but …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 24 - Issue 09

Complex TV Production to be Democratised?

by Bob Raikes

A company called Cinamaker has said that it would show a multi-camera video streaming technology that is claimed to allow the easy creation and broadcasting of multi-camera TV shows at SXSW. A tablet can …

Tags:Broadcast| Content Creation| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 09

Twitter Signs Agreement to Live Stream Esports Tournaments

by Alan Spencer

Twitter has signed an agreement with two esports companies, ESL and DreamHack, to live stream events and original content, with all events available globally. During 2017, more than 15 events will be live streamed …

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Deutsche Telekom Sees Growth in IPTV

by Alan Spencer

Deutsche Telekom’s Entertain TV, its domestic IPTV service, saw an increase in new customers to 196,000 last year, and saw a total customer base increase of 7.3% to 2.88 million, compared to 2015. The …

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Croatian Pay TV DTH Sees Growth

by Alan Spencer

Croatia experienced growth in pay-TV services during 2016, with DTH representing the biggest gain, according to data published by the regulator Hakom. Satellite TV subscriptions grew 8.52% more than in 2015, with subscriber numbers …

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The Kudelski Group Files Patent Case Against Shaw

by Alan Spencer

The Kudelski Group has filed a patent infringement case against Shaw Communications in Canada. It is alleged that Shaw’s system infringes six Canadian patents owned by Nagravision, and OpenTV, both being subsidiaries of the …