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Chief introduces new in-wall swing arm mounts
2nd December 2007
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Chief Manufacturing has introduced a new series of integrated in-wall swing arm mounts. Designed for 26-63" flat panel TVs up to 200 lbs (90.7 kg), the new MIWRF and PIWRF Series allow TV placement during installation ...... more

NEC intros 65-inch LCD for information display, digital signage
25th November 2007
CHICAGO — NEC Display Solutions of America has announced its largest LCD to date — the 65-inch NEC MultiSync LCD6520. The screen is embedded with NEC’s Digital Signage Technology Suite, which includes more than 20 features and ...... more

Planar introduces new transparent, flexible displays
27th Sep 2007
 Planar Systems Inc. announced the addition of transparent and segment electroluminescent (TASEL) displays to its family of high-performance EL displays. This new technology offers added benefits of transparency and the ability to cut or shape t ...... more

New Gefen distribution amplifier splits HD signal onto 10 displays
5th September 2007
  A new rack mountable distribution amplifier from Gefen splits the HDMI audio/video signal and sends it to ten displays, each supporting high-definition video to 1080p.The Gefen 1:10 Distribution Amplifier’s ten outputs may be used in par ...... more

Fujitsu’s jumbo 231in display tops them all
16th Aug 2007
There are big TVs, ridiculously big TVs and then those sets that just make you wonder about people who own them, but out gunning all of those categories of ways to waste money is a new 231in display from Fujitsu. The Super Frontech Vision LD is not, ...... more

Perspectives on Next-generation Displays
13 Aug 2007
There has been enormous activity to create next-generation displays such as flexible displays, since they really would be ultra thin and light, low cost, and design free devices. Moreover, flexible displays allow us to expand the current display mark ...... more

Tightrope unveils Carousel digital signage player
22 Jul 2007
Tightrope unveils Carousel digital signage player  SAINT PAUL, Minn. — Tightrope Media Systems announced that it has begun shipping the Carousel Solo 210 Digital Signage Player. About the size of a paperback book, Carousel Solo features th ...... more

Active Inc develops See-through LCD screen
20th July 2007
Active Inc., a Tokyo based company that makes optical components has developed a new "composite LCD display" that is see-through. From the above picture it looks quite transparent like the stain-glass paintings we see at medieval churches, ...... more

Panasonic TH103PF9EK UK's largest Flat Screen
20th July 2007
Panasonic TH103PF9EK UK's largest Flat ScreenCurrently the largest flat panel TV available to consumers in the UK, Panasonic’s TH103PF9EK Plasma is a whopping 103in Full HD leviathan, which at around £45,000 would make a serious dent in ...... more

Samsung claims 500,000:1 contrast ratio with 70-inch LCD
22nd June 2007
Samsung has introduced a new high definition 70-inch LCD TV with dynamically-controlled LED backlighting that provides a contrast ratio of 500,000:1 and can halve power consumption, the company has announced. The new display was launched in South Kor ...... more

CrystalLine turns plain glass into rear projection screen
22nd June 2007
German company Woehburk has unveiled technology to give glass the ability to act as a rear projection screen. The material is as transparent as regular laminated sheet glass, therefore the glass is not noticeable as a multimedia screen when not in us ...... more

Sony Makes Paper-Thin Video Screen
30th May 2007
Sony has found a way to create video screens that are as thin and pliant as a piece of paper, but the company hasn't settled on what to do with the cutting-edge technology as yet. Sony (NYSE: SNE)  has developed a display screen so thin it can ...... more

Panasonic sees future in digital signage
8th May 2007
Panasonic has released its new digital signage products to 50 AV integrators at CeBIT.Hardware vendor Panasonic released its new digital signage products to 50 AV integrators at technology trade show CeBIT.Digital signage is the use of display screen ...... more

Epson launches first 3LCD projector with USB and multi-screen technology
24th April 2007
Epson announced at a press conference held on the sidelines of GITEX Saudi Arabia 2007, the launch of the EMP-1715, the world’s first 3LCD projector with USB connectivity and multi-screen technology that serves as an ideal lightweight, portabl ...... more

LCD's Watch for a price drop
18th April 2007
If you've been waiting for fast-falling prices of LCD flat-screen TVs to flatten out, you can stop. Now's the time to buy.Or maybe not.Prices have been basically stalled since the retail wars of the 2006 holidays, when LCD TVs, once luxury items, w ...... more

Samsung debuts USB-connected monitor
17th April 2007
Samsung claims that its UbiSync LCD monitor is the world's first USB-connected display, and needs no graphics card. The 19-inch 1280x1024 screen uses a software graphics adapter which it downloads to the PC when it is plugged into a USB 2.0 port. Sa ...... more

Sony's 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio 27-inch OLED HDTV
14th April 2007
Some people need bigger and better LCDs, but we're just fine with the 27-inch prototype Sony mentioned during its press conference yesterday. With a contrast ratio of greater than 1,000,000:1 (not a misprint) to go with its 1080p resolution, and > ...... more

Projection emerges as third big-screen choice
16th April 2007
LCD and plasma screens have been the primary hardware options for digital signage, but digital projection is emerging as a viable third choice.Projection allows for screens that are very large — as big as 200 inches diagonal. It allows vir ...... more

Sony demos new screen technology
9th April 2007
FED display boasts amazing contrast performance.  Sony has been showing off a 19.2inch flat screen display in Japan that uses a technology called FED (Field Emission Display). FED is similar to the SED technology that Canon has been trying to pe ...... more

E-paper comes of age
4th April 2007
Digital Bumper Stickers and MoreLicense plate frames go digital, high-def devices cut their cables, and audiophiles get new earphone options.Bumper stickers were all the rage in the 1980s, with signs like "Baby on Board" reminding drivers t ...... more

Sony: OLED screens coming in 2007
12th April 2007
Sony is once again showing off their beautiful OLED TVs we first peeped at CES. No surprise there, after all, we love to gawk at that incredible 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio just as often as possible. The real news is that Sony is finally ready to mov ...... more