With lockdown accelerating and popularising WFH, increasing numbers of knowledge workers are using their increasingly powerful smartphones as their primary IT devices. Fine as far as its goes, but what if users need to share their content with a group of meeting attendees. The super elegant ViewSonic TD1655 Portable Touch Monitor provides a means of extending the smartphone or laptop display to a 16” Full HD display with a built-in stand. cover and speakers. What’s more, the TD1655 was found to add touch facilities to a non-touch PC laptop! The ViewSonic TD1655 is a beautifully designed portable 16” Full…
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Philips Professional Display Solutions is offering a complimentary Android upgrade across its range of HFL5014 and 6014 Google-certified MediaSuite hospitality TVs, bringing all the latest entertainment, control and security features to new and existing models, whilst extending product lifetime, maximising return on investment and reducing e-waste for a more positive environmental impact. As part of Philips PDS’ commitment to supporting the hospitality industry, the company’s game-changing ‘Extended Lifetime’ promise ensures its Android-powered hotel TVs get better with age, with regular updates bringing a consistent, high-performing experience in every room, regardless of when the TV was purchased. Extending the lifetime of…
The speed at which the new way of working has become the new normal has taken everyone by surprise. CTouch argues that this is all the more reason to accelerate the shift to the ideal normal! Remember this? ‘The future’s way of working: flexible jobs only?’ This was the title of one of our previous whitepapers, published in late 2019, when the world had never heard of COVID-19. Of course, no-one could have guessed just how foresightful this would be, but the fact is that the new way of working has become the new normal at an unprecedented speed. In many…
Making the case for Teams in the classroom! In the wake of massive changes to our education systems across Europe, now is a crucial time for teachers and educators to become fully trained up on the digital platforms which enable them to work together and connect with children remotely, as well as in the classroom. Recently, Maverick AV Solutions undertook a beta test for teacher training, getting to understand the issues faced by teachers in the classroom. David Johnson shares the insights after working with teachers for 3 months in lockdown. Across Europe we were seeing shared issues with teachers…
Even before COVID-19, many organisations faced considerable IT challenges. Now, COVID-19 is rapidly pushing companies to operate in new ways and IT is being tested as never before. Matt Parker, CEO of Babble, unlocks the secrets to successful technology partnerships. As businesses juggle a range of new systems, priorities and challenges, including business continuity risks, sudden changes in volume, real-time decision-making, workforce productivity, security and customer satisfaction, leaders must act quickly to address immediate systems resilience issues and lay a foundation for the future. If leaders wait until the other side of the pandemic before applying lessons learnt from the…
Peerless-AV is celebrating a momentous achievement with the official presentation of the Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2020 for International Trade. Members of the Peerless AV EMEA team are planned to be invited to Buckingham Palace for a Queen’s Award winners celebration in 2021. Only around 7000 UK businesses have received this award since 1965 and Peerless-AV is thrilled to be one of them. The EMEA business was formed in 2009 when Peerless Industries Inc acquired UK company BBG Distribution Limited. Despite 2009 being one of the worst recessions in Global history, Peerless-AV was launched and has since won an unprecedented…
Midwich has announced a UK and Ireland distribution agreement with ZeeVee Inc, a manufacturer of AV distribution products. ZeeVee develops digital technology and products for distributing Audio Video over Internet Protocol (AVoIP) content from one or multiple sources to any number of displays. Its products are deployed worldwide within the education, government, corporate, healthcare, broadcasting, hospitality, retail and housing sectors, among others. ZeeVee uses only open-standard digital technologies for AV distribution to offer the best advantages to both integrators and end-users in terms of cost, quality, longevity, reliability, scalability and upgradability. The full range of ZeeVee products is currently available…
An iconic watch tower that overlooks China’s second-longest river – the Yellow River – is magnificently lit by Christie laser projectors for a visually stunning light show aimed at promoting Yellow River culture and boosting the local cultural tourism industry. Located in Lanzhou, capital of Gansu province, the 90-metre-high Yellow River Tower is the centrepiece of a night-time extravaganza titled “The Great Lanzhou”, which made its official debut on September 29 ahead of China’s 71st National Day celebrations. The outdoor show features state-of-the-art 3D projection mapping, stage lighting, lasers, atmospheric effects and live performances to tell the story of…
Based in London’s Fitzrovia, Epic Games’ London Innovation Lab is a hub for the creative community, offering creators across industries a platform to produce real-time content and immersive virtual experiences, using Epic’s Unreal Engine (UE) software. The new curved LED Volume, recently installed at the Lab and running on Brompton Technology processing, is a testament to the company’s continuous commitment to empower new ways of content creation using the latest technology advances. Whilst Epic’s Unreal Engine (UE) has been at the forefront of Virtual Production (VP) since the first workflows began to emerge, it is the first time that…