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Garmin Introduces Touch Aviation Displays

by Bob Raikes

Garmin has developed some new touchscreen display systems for aviation. The G500 TXi, G600 TXi and G700 TXi flight displays are in 7″, 7″ and 10.6″ diagonals and support features such as pinch and …

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LDM Vol 24 Issue 38 Product Roundup

by Bob Raikes

Acnodes Corp of the US has released a new 17.3″ UltraHD monitor that can be rack (8U) mounted or used on a VESA mount. It has front handles and runs from 12V power (60W …

Exertis Acquires Mobile Refurbishment Firm MTR

by Andrew Fenn

UK distribution firm and service provider Exertis has acquired MTR Group, a company specialising in recycling, refurbishing and reselling mobile devices including smartphones, smartwatches and tablets. MTR is situated in Essex and has a …

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Philips Brings New Features to Android TVs with Nougat

by Andrew Fenn

Philips has begun rolling out Android 7.0 Nougat to its 2016 and 2017 lines of Android-powered Smart TVs. The update will enable Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG) HDR for live broadcast and streaming, as well …

New Ströer DOOH Network for Munich Shopping Mall

by Andrew Fenn

The Stachus Passagen in Munich, Europe’s largest underground mall, will become the 110th high-end shopping complex containing a Display-Out-of-Home network created by Ströer. The installation will consist of 23 new 60″ digital displays, which …

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Panel-Makers Focusing on G10.5 Fabs

by Andrew Fenn

Digitimes Research has released new information regarding large-scale display panel production. The company has summarised what various panel-makers are planning with their new G10.5 production lines, including BOE, CSOT, Sakai Display Products (SDP) and …

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Nintendo Increases Switch Production Capacity

by Andrew Fenn

Nintendo has increased production capacity of the Switch console to 2 million units per month, as reported by Digitimes, citing “sources from the upstream supply chain”. Following the disappointing performance of Nintendo’s previous games …

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Sharp Continues 8K Promotion at Ceatec

by Bob Raikes

Sharp went to the Ceatec trade show in Japan and focused on the 8K announcements that it made at the recent IFA show. (Sharp To Re-enter Smartphone Business and Push TV) The Aquos 8K …

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Is the AR / VR Market Booming or What?

by Norbert Hildebrand

For a long time we are reporting on the high potential for the AR and VR markets. With several options available to the consumer and some form of competitive market pressure already at play …

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3M to Outsource DBEF Production

by Bob Raikes

3M has done well over the years with its DBEF dual brightness enhancement film, which is a reflective polariser film that helps LCD makers to get more of the photons from a backlight to …

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Hoffmann Looks for Adaptive TV

by Bob Raikes

Dr. Hans Hoffmann of the EBU is an experienced technologist in the European TV market and recently wrote an article that highlights the problems that have been caused by the fragmentation of the broadcast …

Indoor Mapping Now in iOS 11

by Bob Raikes

Apple’s latest iOS11 release has some new facilities for mapping inside buildings. The system already has maps for a number of major shopping malls as well as transport hubs, including Heathrow Airport. A US …