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NEC Daisy Chains Projectors Through Screen Splitter

by Super User

NEC’s new generation of PA-series 3LCD projectors, for corporate and education use in medium and large venues, can be daisy-chained to create an UltraHD image. NEC claims that this feature is an industry first …

Tags:Business Projectors| Large Display Monitor| LCD Projectors (3LCD)| NEC| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21

Cypress’ Controller Enables Slim Huawei Tablet

by Super User

The Mediapad X1 is Huawei’s 7″ tablet: the world’s thinnest, the company claims, at 7.18mm. USA-based Cypress Semiconductor says that the thin body is partly enabled by its Truetouch Gen5 TMA568 capacitive touchscreen controller. …

Tags:Back Panel| Huawei| Large Display Monitor| tablets| Touch Controllers| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Thoughts after IBC and IFA

by Super User

I’m writing this editorial in the plane on the way back from the Munich Digital Signage conference after spending 14 of the last 15 days at industry events. Add an extra day for travel …

Tags:Dolby Vision| Editorial| Large Display Monitor| Munich Digital Signage Conf 2014| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Asda to Scale Back Electricals

by Super User

Asda in the UK says it is to scale back its sales of consumer electronics, blaming fierce price competition on goods such as TVs. Asda’s CEO, Andy Clarke, said that some of its larger …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Retail Data| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Newad to Invest $10 Million in Signage Network

by Super User

Newad, a Canadian network operator, plans to have 2,000 screens installed across the country by the end of the year – and another 2,000 by the end of 2016. The screens, all 22″ portrait-orientation …

Tags:Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| North America| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Dell Goes OLED on World’s Thinnest Tablet

by Super User

The ‘world’s thinnest tablet’, the Dell Venue 8 7000, has been announced at the Intel Developer Forum- using an OLED display. The 6mm-thick product has an 8.4″ OLED screen, with 2560 x 1600 resolution …

Tags:3D Acquisition| Dell| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Dutch Digital Market Slowly Creeps Forward

by Super User

The Dutch digital TV market grew just 0.8% QoQ in Q2’14, according to Telecompaper. Subscribers totalled 6.76 million, from 6.72 million in Q1. The total market, including analogue customers, was 7.71 million, 87.7% of …

Tags:DTV| Large Display Monitor| Netherlands| TV Reception| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

CEA Supports Definitions With UltraHD Logos

by Super User

The CEA’s UltraHD logos, which we heard it was working on when the organisation updated its characteristics for UltraHD displays earlier this year (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 26), have now been released. Developed …

Tags:CTA (was CEA)| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD & 4K| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

UltraHD TV Panels Exceed 470% Growth

by Super User

Worldwide UltraHD panel shipments will exceed 17.2 million units this year – a 473.4% increase on 2013. Data from Taiwan’s MIC shows that these units underwent a 178.8% QoQ increase in Q2, almost reaching …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| UltraHD & 4K| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21| Worldwide

Slim Bezels and Colour Matching Bring Multi-Monitors to Eizo

by Super User

Eizo’s new Flexscan monitors feature extremely slim (1mm) physical bezels on the sides and top. Both the EV2455 (24.1″) and EV2450 (23.8″) are designed to be used in multi-monitor setups where space is limited; …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Eizo| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Oculus Brings New Display to Crescent Bay

by Super User

Announced at the recent Oculus Connect developer conference, ‘Crescent Bay’ is Oculus VR’s newest prototype headset. While the focus appears to be on audio (the unit features built-in removable headphones and custom audio software), …

Tags:AR Glasses| | Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 38| Volume 21

Fraunhofer May Have Solution for 3D Content

by Super User

The Fraunhofer has a Digital Cinema Alliance that is a kind of “horizontal” grouping of a number of different Fraunhofer institutes (IIS, IDMT, HHI etc) to work together on digital cinema and TV topics. …

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