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Leader Standardises Cinelite Features

by Super User

Leader Instruments’s LV5333 is a portable (6.5″) waveform monitor, for use in studios, technical areas or attached to a video camera-support tripod. As well as the video image, the display can show waveform and …

Tags:6G-SDI| Broadcast Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 40| Volume 21

New York Requests Beacon Removal

by Super User

US-based advertising company Titan has been asked to remove Bluetooth beacons it placed in phone booths around New York City. The Mayor’s office requested that Titan remove the beacons – despite their installation being …

Tags:Beacons| Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 40| Volume 21

Vaio Pursues Panasonic in Domestic Market

by Super User

Vaio, Sony’s ex-PC unit (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 6), has shown a tablet PC concept that appears to target the same audience as Microsoft’s Surface Pro. Despite the similarity, though, Vaio says that …

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Smaller iPhone Outsells Larger Cousin

by Super User

Statistics from mobile analytics firm Mixpanel show that around 20% of iPhone 6 handsets sold are iPhone 6 Plus models. In total terms, the 4.7″ iPhone 6 represents just over 6% of all iPhones …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 21 - Issue 40| Volume 21

4G Arrives on Asus’ Padfone Series

by Super User

The PF451CL is a 4.5″ addition to Asus’ Padfone line-up – a range of smartphones that can dock into a larger chassis to power a tablet. In the case of the PF451CL (aka Padfone …

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Hitachi Looks to 2015

by Super User

The first product that we looked at from Hitachi was the new SP-1 small UST projector. It’s based on 3 (0.45″) LCD technology with an LED light source and has a resolution of 1280 …

Tags:Gitex 2014| Hitachi| Large Display Monitor| Short Throw| Vol 21 - Issue 41| Volume 21

WDR Works With Media Broadcast on 2015 -T2 Trials

by Super User

German public broadcaster WDR will begin test broadcasts using DVB-T2, with HEVC, in the Cologne-Bonn area next August. The trial will be conducted with Media Broadcast, which is currently testing DVB-T2 with HEVC in …

Tags:DVB-T & T2| Germany| HEVC (H.265)| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 41| Volume 21

Allwinner Targets Premium SoCs

by Super User

China’s Allwinner Technology has announced a new octa-core SoC for high-end set-top boxes and gaming devices. The H8 chip is based on TSMC’s 28nm process. It uses eight Cortex-A7 cores, running at up to …

Tags:Chips| Imagination Tech| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Mobile Processors| SOCs| Vol 21 - Issue 41| Volume 21

IP to Blame for Broadcom OIC Exit – Apparently

by Super User

The Open Interconnect Consortium (OIC) has not been around for long – it was established this year (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 28). It could be seen as a bad sign, therefore, that founding …

Tags:Broadcom| Internet of Things IOT| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 41| Volume 21

HTC Smartphone Production Moves Out-of-House

by Super User

HTC will outsource part of its smartphone production to contract manufacturers, CEO Peter Chou has said.

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LG Remains EISA Winner for Third Year

by Super User

LG’s 77″ EC980V (EC9800 outside Europe and an UltraHD OLED TV) has won an award from the European Imaging and Sound Association (EISA). It was named as the ‘Best Product 2014-2015’ in the high-end …

Tags:Back Panel| Germany| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 21 - Issue 42| Volume 21

Iiyama Appoints NTT System in Poland

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In Poland, distributor NTT System is now offering monitors and touchscreens from Iiyama.

Tags:Distributors| Iiyama| Large Display Monitor| Poland| Vol 21 - Issue 42| Volume 21