Vol 24 – Issue 15 – Page 5

Avegant Wins More Funding

by Bob Raikes

Avegant, which has so far focused on headsets for viewing video, has raised $13.7m in additional funding to further develop its ‘light field’ displays. The FT reports that Avegant has now raised around $50 …

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Midwich Acquires Earpro

by Alan Spencer

Midwich has entered into a binding agreement to acquire a majority stake in Earpro, a value-added distributor of audio, video and lighting solutions in Spain and Portugal that distributes audio vendors including Shure and …

New LED at T5 is Heathrow’s Largest

by Bob Raikes

8 Outdoor of the UK has launched a new LED display at Terminal 5 of London’s Heathrow airport which the company claims is both the largest exterior digital display at the airport and engages …

Trafford Centre Adds Four New LED Displays

by Bob Raikes

Perfect Fit Media of Manchester in the UK has set up four large displays leading into the TraffordCity and TraffordCentre in the city. Four large-scale sequential without motion media sites (two landscape 14m wide …

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12K Video over Three Video walls

by Bob Raikes

A project by VisionQuest Design & Production of Atlanta, USA uses three UltraHD videos on adjacent large (3 x 3) video walls which are interactive, using touch. Each display uses special speakers to provide …

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Users Can Change Menu Language

by Bob Raikes

A hat-tip to Dave Haynes of the sixteen-nine blog for pointing out a demonstration by SoundGraph of Korea which showed at DSE a QSR menu board that was configured to show a second language …

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Holst Puts Touch and OLEDs into Plastic Mould

by Bob Raikes

A couple of weeks ago, the Holst Centre in the Netherlands released information about a demonstration car centre console that it has made based on ‘In-mold electronics’ or IME and with space for storage …

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Can the Magic of OLED Displays Bring Strong Growth to Smartphones?

by Sweta Dash

OLED display hit its shining moment in last few weeks with the introduction of Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ smart phones. Samsung’s latest smartphone models have received rave reviews in the industry especially for …

iWedia Says Teatro Doesn’t Use Android TV

by Bob Raikes

iWedia and HiSilicon issued a statement clarifying that their recent collaboration on Android solutions, running the Teatro-3.5 STB software solution from iWedia on the Hi3798MV200, the latest UHD STB chipset from HiSilicon, is based …

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Panasonic Wins 2017 Energy Star Award

by Alan Spencer

Panasonic Eco Solutions North America has been named a 2017 Energy Star Partner of the Year for continued leadership in protecting the environment through energy efficiency achievements. The award is recognised by the US …

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LeEco Announces Initiative for US Chinese Community

by Alan Spencer

LeEco has announced a Chinese-market initiative to provide easy access to Chinese-language content seamlessly through LeEco’s open eco platform of products in the US. LeEco has built partnerships with many US Chinese TV stations, …

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Apple Considering Stake in Toshiba’s Chip Business

by Alan Spencer

Japanese public broadcaster NHK, is reporting that Apple is considering a bid with its supplier Foxconn, for Toshiba’s semiconductor business. Toshiba is the world’s second-biggest flash memory chipmaker and last week, the company announced …