Volume 21

subscribe

Outdoor Plus Chooses Impact 10

by Super User

Outdoor Plus has commissioned and installed a new LED screen from Lighthouse Technologies. The unit, in East London, is mounted on a custom-made steel tower near the A12 road. It is 12.16m x 2.88m …

Tags:Billboards| Europe| Large Display Monitor| LED| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Hannspree Prepares for Smartphone Market Entry

by Super User

Hannspree will expand its mobile product portfolio in Q4, adding large-screen smartphones to its line-up, as well as new tablet PCs. The products will be marketed at ‘affordable…entry-level price points’. The first smartphone, the …

Tags:Hannstar (Hannspree)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Netflix Enters Major Markets

by Super User

Netflix has made a major push in Europe, launching its service in France and Germany. Other countries – Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland – will follow soon, and a launch in Spain and Australia …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| Netflix| OTT Video| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Digitaleurope Requests Changes to New Regulation

by Super User

Digitaleurope has outlined its concerns over the European Commission’s decision to combine computer monitors and TVs into a single regulation (we understand this is regarding import duty, but have requested clarification – TA). Some …

Tags:DigitalEurope| Duty| Europe| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

24/7 Operation Arrives on Elo’s Intellitouch

by Super User

The 42″ 4209L is a new interactive LCD signage display from Elo Touchsystems. Designed for 24/7 operation, the screen is rated for an MTBF of 50,000 hours. As part of Elo’s Intellitouch series, the …

Tags:Acoustic| ELO| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Squid Skin Research Leads to Tiny Pixel Display Technology

by Super User

A full-colour display technology, based on the simulation of squid skin, has been developed by Rice University’s Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP), in the USA. Squid skin is able to ‘see’ colours and blend into …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Novel Displays| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

DisplayPort and USB

by Super User

This week, I’ve been back in the office and starting to catch up with some of the things that I should have been doing when I was away. I managed to get the IBC …

Tags:Editorial| Large Display Monitor| USB| Vol 21 - Issue 38| Volume 21

Sony Prepares for the Future

by Super User

Damien Weissenburger is a business director at Sony Professional, whom we have met before. We had a long discussion with him about Sony’s vision for the future when it comes to projectors – the …

Tags:Events| Large Display Monitor| Technology Exposed 2014| Vol 21 - Issue 38| Volume 21

JCDecaux Claims Title With Saudi Screen…

by Super User

A new world record has been set by JCDecaux ATA, together with LG Electronics and KKIA. The companies have designed and installed the world’s largest outdoor advertising billboard (taking a Guinness World Record in …

Tags:Billboards| JCDecaux| Large Display Monitor| LED| Vol 21 - Issue 38| Volume 21

Apple and Samsung See Smartphone Success

by Super User

Apple has revealed that 10 million iPhone 6 and 6 Plus units were sold during the smartphone’s launch weekend. Samsung also enjoyed a minor celebration recently, having sold the 1 millionth Galaxy S5 smartphone …

Tags:Apple| Back Panel| iPhone| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 21 - Issue 38| Volume 21

Microsoft Works With Miracast

by Super User

Earlier this year (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 34), a Chromecast-like dongle called the HD-10, for Windows Phone devices, was leaked by Windows Phone Daily. Microsoft is now going further down that road with …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Streaming Dongles| Streaming Video| Vol 21 - Issue 38| Volume 21

Hudl 2 Is On Its Way

by Super User

Considering the success of Tesco’s Hudl tablet last year, a second-generation model was always going to be in the works. The supermarket has sent out invitations to a Hudl-related event in London in October. …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Tesco| Vol 21 - Issue 38| Volume 21