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EBU Continues to Hold 700MHz Concerns

by Super User

The European Commission’s High Level Group has recommended that the EU restrict access to the sub-700MHz spectrum to digital TV until 2030. The move has been welcomed by the EBU. The report stated that …

Tags:EBU| Large Display Monitor| Spectrum Allocation| Terrestrial (DTT)| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21

CES Founder, Jack Wayman Dies Aged 92

by Super User

The death has been announced of Jack Wayman, International CES founder and consumer electronics industry legend. He was 92. Consumer Electronics Association president and CEO, Gary Shapiro said that “the consumer electronics industry has …

Tags:CTA (was CEA)| Large Display Monitor| People| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21

Ruige Monitors Chosen for United Nations HQ

by Super User

The United Nations has taken delivery of 52 Ruige TL-S1850HD 18.5″ professional picture monitors for use at its international headquarters in New York. This latest order follows the UN’s purchase of 73 TL-S1850HD monitors …

Tags:Back Panel| Broadcast Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21

Funai Outsources Production to Asia

by Super User

Funai Electric has been experiencing problems selling TVs produced at its factory in Poland into the European market. Europe is a challenging TV market, as many countries have different requirements and licensing laws. To …

Tags:Funai| IFA 2014| Large Display Monitor| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21

Imagination Designs New MIPS for Android L

by Super User

Imagination Technologies has refreshed the ageing MIPS architecture with a new 64-bit processor, the MIPS I6400. It is a multi-core SoC with integrated graphics and simultaneous multithreading; up to four threads per core, simultaneously, …

Tags:Chips| Imagination Tech| Large Display Monitor| SOCs| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21

Sharp Chooses Metal Mesh for Large-Format Touch

by Super User

Although we missed it at the time, we have heard about several new products demonstrated at Touch Taiwan last month by Sharp. They used metal mesh rather than ITO, a proprietary controller chip and …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Metal Mesh| sharp| Touch Taiwan 2014| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21

Medion Impresses With Specs and Price

by Super User

Medion is the consumer brand of Lenovo. This year it was showing several notebook/tablet hybrids designed for mobile and extended use, in the Akoya range. However, our eyes were first caught by the larger …

Tags:IFA 2014| Large Display Monitor| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21

Volfoni Chosen by Asia Cinema

by Super User

Volfoni’s Smartcrystal Diamond 3D technology has been installed in the showroom shared by Walt Disney Studios and Sony Pictures Releasing, at Asia Cinema’s Moscow location. The passive 3D system uses a ‘triple beam’ technology, …

Tags:3D Cinema| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Passive 3D| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

LG Lays Down Gauntlet to Samsung Signage

by Super User

LG actually had new products, which was pleasing to see after mostly being presented with older models and upgrades elsewhere in the hall. The first thing we saw was a demonstration of LG’s WebOS …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| LG Electronics (LGE)| Technology Exposed 2014| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Armada Brings RDK to SoC

by Super User

A new quad-core SoC, supporting UltraHD, has been developed by Marvell. The Armada 1500 Pro 4K (88DE3214) uses an ARM CPU and a ‘multi-core’ 3D graphics processor. UltraHD content can be played at 60fps, …

Tags:Chips| Large Display Monitor| Marvell| SOCs| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Apple Looks to LG for AMOLED

by Super User

The Apple Watch uses an AMOLED screen, we reported last week (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 36). Asian sources now claim that these screens are being supplied by LG Display. Shipments are expected to …

Tags:AMOLED| Apple| Apple Watch (iWatch)| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Nvidia Accidentally Confirms HTC Nexus

by Super User

The Nexus 9 tablet will be built by HTC, Nvidia has accidentally revealed. HTC’s involvement was rumoured earlier this year (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 26). A paper filed with the US International Trade …

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