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PQ Labs Reduces IR Bezel Depth

by Bob Raikes

PQ Labs is a key supplier of infrared touch technology to many of the brands on the show floor. We spoke with the company at ISE about its G7 technology which deals with one …

Tags:Gesture Recognition| Infocomm 2017| Infrared Touch| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Peerless Updates US Outdoor TVs

by Bob Raikes

Peerless was concentrating its efforts on a new range of Xtreme outdoor and tough duty TVs. Since the company came into the market, it has learned a lot about the needs of buyers and …

Tags:Infocomm 2017| Large Display Monitor| Outdoor Displays| Peerless AV| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Panasonic Shows Fast Mapping and New Projectors

by Bob Raikes

Panasonic was putting the emphasis on its booth on its integration skills, rather than simply highlighting product supply. There was a new high speed projection mapping application that was mapping a ‘breastplate’ and other …

Tags:Infocomm 2017| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Panasonic| Projection Mapping| Projectors| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Optoma Innovates for Projection Future

by Bob Raikes

Optoma was in a good mood, especially when they found we were aware of the recent press release that highlighted its new UHD projectors which are being offered at surprisingly affordable prices – a …

Tags:Infocomm 2017| Large Display Monitor| Laser Phosphor Projectors| Museums & Exhibitions| Optoma| Projection Mapping| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 23

NEC Emphasises Solutions

by Bob Raikes

Once again, NEC didn’t have a lot of new products to show us as we have recently reported from the NEC Showcase in London. However, the company pointed out to us that it is …

Tags:Colour Critical Monitors| Desktop Monitors| Infocomm 2017| Large Display Monitor| NEC| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Macroblock Works on Reducing LED Problems

by Bob Raikes

Macroblock of Taiwan, a major supplier of LED driver chips had a number demonstrations of new chip features. First, the company showed us that it has developed a power saving algorithm that completely powers …

Tags:Infocomm 2017| Large Display Monitor| LED Drivers| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 24 - Issue 23

LG Still Pushing OLED for LFDs – Tries Flat Frog Technology

by Bob Raikes

Staff at LG Electronics were rejoicing. The main OLED display area (with the curved, double-sided display) was right next to the Epson booth and Epson had arranged to have the overhead lighting reduced to …

Tags:FlatFrog| Infocomm 2017| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLEDs| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Leyard/Planar Has Just 12 Panels of 0.7mm LED

by Bob Raikes

Leyard/Planar was showing its currently shipping TWA range of LED displays which were being shown in 1.2mm. Before the show, the company talked about a new film that could be applied to the surface …

Tags:Infocomm 2017| Large Display Monitor| Leyard| Planar| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Video Walls| Vol 24 - Issue 23

InFocus Looks at Multiple Display Configurations

by Bob Raikes

InFocus is concentrating strongly on flat panel displays and collaboration solutions these days. It was showing new UltraHD units with glass to the edge and using PCap touch and this was the first public …

Tags:Collaboration| Infocomm 2017| InFocus| Large Display Monitor| VideoConferencing| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Hitachi Bows to the Inevitable with New IFPs

by Bob Raikes

Hitachi was, to some extent, ‘bowing to the inevitable’ by starting our booth tour with its interactive flat panel range. There are 65″ (FullHD – 10 touch), 75″ (UltraHD – 20 touch) and 86″ …

Tags:DLP Projectors| Hitachi| Infocomm 2017| Interactive Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Retail| UST Projectors| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Epson Adds Periscope UST Lens for 600″ Images

by Bob Raikes

Epson told us that it is very happy with the sales of its installation products using laser phosphor sources. The company has 6, 7, 8 and 12 thousand lumen versions. New at the show …

Tags:Epson| Infocomm 2017| Large Display Monitor| Laser Phosphor Projectors| UST Projectors| Vol 24 - Issue 23

ECS Claims World’s Smallest PC

by Bob Raikes

ECS of Taiwan was showing its media player range which uses the Intel Apollo Lake processors and is now in mass production. At the end of this month, a new OPS module will become …

Tags:Infocomm 2017| Large Display Monitor| PCs| Vol 24 - Issue 23| Windows