Vol 24 - Issue 46

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LCD Shelf Labels at Gatwick Duty Free Promote Sales

by Andrew Fenn

In the UK, World Duty Free is using SFD Systems’ Digital Shelf Edge platform in the fragrance section of its new store in the North terminal of London’s Gatwick airport to create retail theatre, …

Tags:Electronic Shelf Labels (ESLs)| Mobile Display Monitor| Retail| Transport| Vol 24 - Issue 46

Barneys Shop Windows Have Christie LEDs

by Bob Raikes

Barneys of New York has put in four LED displays from Christie in its annual Christmas/Hanukkah season shop window displays. The displays are animated and change to show day and night as well as …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| LED| Retail| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 46

Emerson College Exploits Building Changes

by Bob Raikes

A hat tip to Sixteen-Nine.net for spotting that Emerson College in Boston is taking advantage of the coverage of the front of its building on Boston Common with a big white tarpaulin has meant …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Projection Mapping| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 46

KOE Maintains Fit, Form, Function in 6.5″ LCD Upgrade

by Bob Raikes

KOE, which is the industrial display business of JDI, has introduced a new 6.4″ module, the TX16D201VM0BAB, which has 1024 x 768 resolution and uses an LTPS substrate with IPS LC technology. Brightness is …

Tags:LCD Modules| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 46

Optoma Business Projectors Have up to 5000 Lumens

by Bob Raikes

Optoma has launched three corporate projectors, the EH470, EH461 and EH460ST which feature FullHD native resolution and produce brightness of up to 5000 lumens. The difference is in the lens which provide 1.5x zoom, …

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Samsung TVs Win in Germany

by Bob Raikes

Samsung has been bragging in a press release of its awards and reviews in Germany. Three of the current range are said to have been category winners in a test by the influential Stiftung …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Samsung| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 46

Barco Looks to Joint Venture for Digital Cinema

by Bob Raikes

Barco announced a big change in its approach to the digital cinema market in an announcement and webinar with CEO, Jan de Witte, on Monday morning. We took advantage of being in the same …

Tags:Barco| Cinema Projection| Laser Phosphor Projectors| PLF (Premium Large Format) Cinema| Vol 24 - Issue 46

JPR Data Shows Long Term Trends

by Bob Raikes

Game Debate.com published this interesting graphic that shows the long term data from Jon Peddie Research on the share of the discrete desktop GPU market by AMD and Nvidia. The site also published an …

Tags:GPUs| Jon Peddie Research (JPR)| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 46

Korean Government to Formally Approve LGD China Plan

by Bob Raikes

Business Korea is confident that the planned G8 OLED plant that LG Display wants to build in China, will be formally approved by the Korean government in the second or third weeks of December. …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Vol 24 - Issue 46

Samsung Producing 512GB Storage for Mobile Devices

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung has announced that it has begun mass production of the industry’s first 512GB embedded Universal Flash Storage (eUFS) solution for use in next-generation mobile devices. Consisting of eight 64-layer V-NAND chips and a …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| storage| Vol 24 - Issue 46

8K Starts to See Applications in Endoscopy

by Bob Raikes

A start-up in Japan, called Kairos, is using 8K cameras to allow laparoscopy (keyhole surgery) using a 70″ Super Hi-vision 8K monitor. The endoscope costs around $500,000, but the company hopes to sell as …

Tags:Medical| Mobile Display Monitor| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 24 - Issue 46

Freetel Smartphone Supplier Files for Bankruptcy Protection

by Andrew Fenn

Plus One Marketing, the supplier of handsets for Japan’s Freetel low-cost smartphone service, filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday, leaving liabilities of about ¥2.6 billion ($22.9 million). The company, established by ex-Dell smartphone pioneer …

Tags:Japan| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 24 - Issue 46