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Samsung Supports Students at UEL

by Super User

4,000 first-year students at the University of East London have been supplied with Samsung’s Galaxy Note 8.0 tablet. The tablets, which have eBooks pre-installed and run customised software, were supplied to aid student learning.

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Unowhy Cooks Up Third-Gen With Tegra 4

by Super User

The third generation of the Qooq tablet (Display Monitor Vol 19 No 6), by French company Unowhy, is powered by Nvidia’s Tegra 4 processor (1.9GHz, quad-core). The Qooq v3 is designed for use in …

Tags:Europe| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 21 - Issue 39| Volume 21

Colour TVs Now 63 Years Old

by Super User

The last week of September – the 28th, to be precise – marked the 63rd anniversary of colour TVs arriving in US stores. The first model was the CBS-Columbia – produced partly because the …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 21 - Issue 40| Volume 21

Media Broadcast Begins -T2 Trial

by Super User

German DTT operator Media Broadcast spoke out in support of the DVB-T2 platform in June this year (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 23). The company has now launched a pilot project to test -T2 …

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Siliconcore Brings 1.2mm LED to Infocomm

by Super User

Siliconcore will launch a new high-resolution LED display at Infocomm MEA, running from the 13th-16th October in Dubai: the Lavender 1.2mm. With a viewing distance of less than 1m, the Lavender 1.2mm can show …

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SMPTE Webcasts Look to Content Delivery and Compression

by Super User

Educational webcasts will be run by the SMPTE through the end of November, including one by our own Pete Putman! The subject will be ‘Next Generation Display Interfaces’ (30th November, 5pm UTC), examining the …

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Oculus CEO Hints at 2015 Rift Release

by Super User

In an interview with Bloomberg, Oculus VR founder and CEO Brendan Iribe has hinted that the Oculus Rift might (finally) reach consumers next year. Iribe said that the Rift will be available “pretty soon… …

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Corning Receives BMW Recognition

by Super User

BMW has presented its Supplier Innovation Award to Corning, for its ‘Gorilla Glass for Automotive’ product. BMW uses the glass in its i8 vehicle.

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iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus – Which do you prefer?

by Super User

When Apple announced the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, many saw the iPhone 6 Plus as a way for Apple to participate in the somewhat elusive phablet market. The phablet market is basically …

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Tesco Raises Specs and Price

by Super User

Tesco’s Hudl2 tablet, successor to last year’s Hudl (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 37), features a larger screen – but correspondingly higher price. A deeper integration with Tesco services comes with Blinkbox and My …

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Philips Promotes Soft Blue – AOC Looks to Mobile

by Super User

MMD had a single booth, but with Philips monitors on one side and AOC on the other. On the Philips side, there was nothing since our meeting with the company at IFA (confirmed by …

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Elo Brings Robust Touch to Curved Surfaces

by Super User

Designed for the casino gaming industry, Elo’s newest touchscreen product is particularly interesting for its shape: it is curved from the top to the bottom. The aptly-named Intellitouch Curve is robust enough to handle …

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