Vol 25 – Issue 32 – Page 5

StarVR Headset is Immersive

by Bob Raikes

StarVR is a company that we have been watching for a while, having first seen its VR headset at IFA in 2016. At the time, we weren’t over impressed with the quality. However, the …

Sixteen-nine Publishes SoC Infographic

by Bob Raikes

Sixteen-nine.net has published an interesting infographic that sets out what each brand is doing in the Smart Signage area. Click on the image to be taken to the full resolution chart on the blog’s …

Tags:Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| SOCs| Vol 25 - Issue 32

Motorola Under Fire for Copying iPhone X with P30 Handset

by Andrew Fenn

Motorola has revealed its new P30 smartphone, which has been described as a “brazen”, “shameless” and “egregious” Android remake of the iPhone X. We’re not here to make a judgement as to whether that’s …

Apple Store Evacuated Following iPad Battery Explosion

by Andrew Fenn

An Apple store in Leidseplein, Amsterdam was evacuated at the weekend after an iPad’s battery exploded. The local fire service was called to assist, while employees extinguished the fire by placing the device into …

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Network Outage Causes London Airport’s FIDs to Fail

by Andrew Fenn

The UK’s London Gatwick airport was plunged into chaos earlier this week when a damaged fibre cable caused an outage that crippled its flight information displays. Staff had to resort to writing out flight …

Tags:Flight Information (FIDs)| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 25 - Issue 32

Nvidia Brings RTX to GeForce Range

by Bob Raikes

At Siggraph, Nvidia announced its RTX cards for professional content creators, based on the new Turing GPU architecture. (Nvidia Changes the Game in Ray Tracing) Now it has released three versions for consumers and …

AOC Previews DisplayHDR 400 Monitor

by Milos Pavlovic

AOC announced the Agon 3 Series monitors with two 27″ monitors, which have curved 3-side frameless designs and the AG273QCX features a VA panel with 2560 x 1440 resolution, 144Hz refresh (with FreeSync 2), …

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Arte to Conduct Ultra HD and HDR Trial Next Month

by Andrew Fenn

Franco-German TV network Arte has announced it will be running a UHD and HDR trial from September 12th – 22nd, in collaboration with Amazon CloudFront, AWS Elemental, Anyware Vidéo, ATEME, Cobalt, Globecast, Molotov, Philips, …

IHS: China’s TV Programming Market is Now Second Only to the US

by Andrew Fenn

China has overtaken the UK in the television programming industry, becoming the second-largest market in the world after the United States, according to IHS Markit. TV programming expenditures in China, including online platforms, hit …

US Cord-Cutting Slows While Satellite Suffers Record Customer Losses in 2018 Q2

by Andrew Fenn

The pressure on traditional multichannel subscriptions abated in the US during the second quarter of 2018, a positive direction that is further supported by the forwarded momentum of virtual services Sling TV and DirecTV …

Do Mainstream Enterprises Consider AR/VR Mainstream?

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Supporters of augmented and virtual reality keep saying that AR/VR technology is going mainstream. In the business world perhaps there is nothing more mainstream than the Harvard Business Review (HBR). What do they have …

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Virtual Hybrid Advertising Tech Used at German Supercup

by Andrew Fenn

Virtual replacement advertising technology was commercially deployed in the German Supercup for the first time last weekend. A virtual hybrid LED system was installed specially for the match, hosted at the Commerzbank-Arena. The LED …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| Outdoor Displays| Sports and Stadiums| Vol 25 - Issue 32