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AVM Adds Christie Projectors

by Super User

AVM Rental has added Christie’s WU14KM Roadster projectors to its professional fleet.

Tags:Christie| Large Display Monitor| Large Venue Projectors| Rental and Staging| Vol 21 - Issue 34| Volume 21

Apple Supply Chain Rushed After Redesign

by Super User

Apple suppliers are ‘scrambling’ to ready screens for the iPhone 6, says Reuters, after a late component change required a redesign. The website’s sources said that Apple wanted to use a single layer of …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| LCD Backlights| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 34| Volume 21

Japan Adds Features to UltraHD

by Super User

Japan is ready to announce its latest roadmap towards 8k (Super Hi-Vision, or SHV) broadcasting, according to Advanced Television. The roadmap – unannounced at the time of writing – will require three UltraHD channels …

Tags:4k| Japan| Large Display Monitor| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| UltraHD| Vol 21 - Issue 34| Volume 21

Innolux Beats Rivals to Lead Automotive Market

by Super User

Innolux was the world’s largest supplier of automotive displays last year, says NPD DisplaySearch. The company beat former leader Japan Display and rose ahead of Sharp, with a 24.5% market share. Several European car …

Tags:Automotive| Innolux| Large Display Monitor| NPD DisplaySearch| Vol 21 - Issue 34| Volume 21

LG Bridges TV-Signage Gap

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LG announced a new monitor series at ISE this year, and the range has now been launched in Germany. The LS33A digital signage displays, which will roll out to other markets over the next …

Tags:Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| LG Displays (LGD)| Vol 21 - Issue 34| Volume 21

Microsoft Close to Producing Large Touch Displays

by Super User

Microsoft’s EVP of Devices Stephen Elop has said that the company is getting close to mass production of large-screen touch displays, using technology it gained through its acquisition of Perceptive Pixel (PPI) two years …

Tags:Camera-based Touch| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Touch Displays| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21

Efficient STBs Save Americans Almost $170 Million

by Super User

Around $168 million in energy bills has been saved by American consumers using energy-efficient set-top boxes, according to a new report (the Voluntary Agreement for Ongoing Improvement to the Energy Efficiency of Set-Top Boxes …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Power Consumption| STBs| USA| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21

Digital Europe Unveils New UHD Logo

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Digital Europe used IFA 2014 to release a new Ultra HD logo which it says will help consumers differentiate it from the earlier HD standard. In order to use the logo, a device has …

Tags:DigitalEurope| Large Display Monitor| TVs (TV Sets)| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21

Epson Hails First Portable Projector With QR Code Connectivity

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Epson has launched what it describes as the first-ever portable business projector to feature QR code connectivity, the EB-W28. The projector displays a QR code that can be used to connect devices such as …

Tags:Business Projectors| Epson| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21| Wi-Fi

Liberty Global Extends Shareholder Deadline

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As expected, Liberty Global has extended the deadline for Ziggo shareholders to accept the company’s offer for the Dutch cable operator, after the European Commission said in August that it needed more time to …

Tags:Cable| Large Display Monitor| Liberty Global| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21

Toshiba Keeps us Busy

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Toshiba had its usual stand but now that we’re covering both mobile and large displays, practically everything that the firm was showing was of interest – we were in the hall around 90 minutes, …

Tags:IFA 2014| Large Display Monitor| Notebooks| toshiba| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21

CMOS Sensor Enables 100fps Gesture Tracking

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A Japanese firm, Exvision, has developed a technology for high-speed gesture control using a conventional CMOS sensor. The Exvision Gesture System (EGS) can recognise both of a user’s hands at 100fps, says the Nikkei …

Tags:Gesture Recognition| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21