Vol 24 – Issue 45 – Page 2

Titanic Remastered in Dolby Vision HDR for 20th Anniversary

by Andrew Fenn

Dolby Laboratories, Paramount Pictures and AMC Theatres announced that Titanic will return to select theatres in the US for an exclusive one-week engagement. In celebration of the film’s 20-year anniversary, audiences across the US …

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New Daktronics Order from Virginia Department of Transportation

by Andrew Fenn

Daktronics has announced it has been chosen to design and manufacture 229 new displays along I-395 this year for the Virginia Department of Transportation (DOT) in the US. In 2012, the DOT installed 83 …

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LDM Product Round Up Vol 24 #45

by Bob Raikes

AOC has put model numbers on the monitors that it previewed at Gamescon (Vol 24 #30 Product Round-Up). The AG273QCX is a 27″ curved TN model with 144Hz of refresh and QuadHD (2560 x …

MCI Choose Barco and Panasonic Projectors for University Project

by Andrew Fenn

Studio Hamburg MCI has released details of its 2017 project, equipping the new 27-hall auditorium centre at Germany’s RWTH Aachen University with a range of media technology. The centre’s three largest halls are all …

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IDC: Phablets to Overtake Regular Smartphone Shipments by 2019

by Andrew Fenn

According to a new forecast from IDC, overall smartphone shipments will steadily grow from 1.5 billion units in 2017 to 1.7 billion units in 2021. Meanwhile, phablets (smartphones with a screen size of 5.5″ …

Ed Market Trends: The 2017 K-12 Horizon Report

by Len Scrogan

What are the cloud-gathering trends in educational tech? What is expected to surge and scale in schools? Which innovations are trending down in the near term? Are there any surprises? Any ho-hums? The 2017 …

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Vizio Brings NBC App to Select SmartCast TVs

by Andrew Fenn

Vizio announced the addition of the NBC app to Vizio SmartCast TV. The NBC app will join other top apps such as Amazon Video, Crackle, FandangoNOW, Hulu, iHeartRadio, Netflix, Pluto TV, Vudu and Xumo …

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IDC: PC Device Market Is Expected to Decline Through 2021

by Andrew Fenn

According to the latest forecast from IDC, global shipments of personal computing devices (PCDs)—composed of traditional PCs (desktop, notebooks and workstations) and tablets (slate, detachable)—are expected to decline 2.7% year-on-year in 2017. While this …

Dimenco Displays Reveals the World’s First 8K 3D Processing Board

by Andrew Fenn

Dimenco Displays has revealed the Dimesa 8, the world’s first 8K 3D processing board. By calculating every individual sub-pixel in real time, Dimesa 8 is designed to create the most natural, engaging 3D viewing …

Oculus Rift Core 2.0 Public Beta Launches Next Month

by Andrew Fenn

Oculus has confirmed that the Rift Core 2.0 public beta will launch next month. Rift Core 2.0 brings about an overhaul to the Home interface and the Dash virtual desktop. The updated Oculus desktop …

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Kateeva Officially Launches R&D and Pilot OLED IJP

by Milos Pavlovic

Kateeva has formally announced new YieldJet inkjet equipment that can be used for RGB pixel deposition in large area OLED manufacture. There is an Explore and an Explore Pro series. Both series perform the …

JR Kyushu to Install Japan’s Largest OLED Display

by Andrew Fenn

JR Kyushu Agency announced it will install the nation’s biggest digital billboard using organic electroluminescence display panels in Japan at Hakata Station in Fukuoka in April next year. The curved digital sign four metres …