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Praxair to Supply Nitrogen to Samsung OLED Facility

by Andrew Fenn

Long-term Samsung partner Praxair, an industrial gas supplier from the US, has signed a new agreement to construct and operate an air separation plant that will supply 700 tonnes of nitrogen per day to …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Materials| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 41

Nvidia Halts Distribution of GeForce Cards to Server and HPC Clients

by Andrew Fenn

Nvidia has made a bold and controversial move, preventing distributors from selling GeForce graphics cards to their server and high-performance computer (HPC) clients, in favour of its professional—and more expensive—Quadro and Tesla products. Nvidia’s …

Tags:GPUs| Graphics Cards| Large Display Monitor| Nvidia| Vol 24 - Issue 41

AU Optronics “Guardedly Optimistic” Going Into Q4

by Andrew Fenn

LCD panel-maker AU Optronics (AUO) is “guardedly optimistic” as it moves into the fourth quarter of 2017, according to Digitimes. Digitimes quotes AUO chairman Paul Peng as saying that the panel industry is stable …

Tags:AUO| Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 41

ViewSonic Joins Logitech Collaboration Program

by Andrew Fenn

ViewSonic has announced that it has joined the Logitech Collaboration Program’s Complementary Technology Provider track as an integration partner. The ViewSonic IFP7550 LED Ultra HD multi-touch digital whiteboard. The partnership will combine Logitech’s product …

Tags:Back Panel| Interactive Displays| Large Display Monitor| VideoConferencing| ViewSonic| Vol 24 - Issue 41

ZetaDisplay Acquires QYN for $9.81 Million

by Andrew Fenn

ZetaDisplay has expanded its digital signage portfolio by buying another firm, Dutch provider QYN, for 82.3 million SEK ($9.81 million). Before the acquisition, QYN was a subsidiary of KPN and a partner of the …

Tags:Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| Netherlands| Vol 24 - Issue 41

innolux

Innolux Director Predicts Steady Year in 2018

by Andrew Fenn

Digitimes reports that Innolux’s General Director, Yang Chiu-lien, has predicted that 2018 will be a “steady year” financially for the firm and celebrated 2017 as “generally a great one for the panel industry”. Yang …

Tags:Automotive| Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 41

IHSMarkit

Netflix and Amazon Struggling in MENA VoD Market

by Andrew Fenn

According to new data coming from IHS Markit, Netflix and Amazon Prime Video are struggling to compete with local video on-demand providers in the MENA region. According to IHS Markit’s Home Entertainment Research Analyst, …

Tags:IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SVOD| Vol 24 - Issue 41

FIFA World Cup to be Produced in Ultra HD and HDR

by Andrew Fenn

FIFA has announced plans to produce all World Cup matches in Ultra HD and HDR next year. Some games will also be recorded in VR and 360° video, for the ultimate immersive sports viewing …

Tags:4k| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 40

Microsoft Confirms 48 Games Will Run in Ultra HD on Xbox One X

by Andrew Fenn

Ahead of the launch of the Xbox One X on November 7th, Microsoft has released a comprehensive list of the games that will be available in either Ultra HD resolution, HDR10 High Dynamic Range, …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 40| xBox

Royole Moon 3D Mobile Theater Takes Home German Design Award

by Andrew Fenn

Royole Corporation’s Moon 3D Mobile Theater HMD has been named as a winner in the Entertainment category of the 2018 German Design Awards. The German Design Awards began in 2012, with 1,500 entrants. This …

Tags:Back Panel| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 41

VR Head-Mounted Displays Will Use WiGig and 5G by 2022

by Andrew Fenn

A new report from ABI Research has predicted that 84% of VR head-mounted displays (HMDs) will use WiGig to connect wirelessly by the year 2022. Using a wired connection with VR can restrict freedom …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 40| WiGIG| Wireless

Barco Projectors Installed at First All-Laser Cinema in Mexico

by Andrew Fenn

Following the news that Barco recently reached a milestone in its development of all-laser cinemas, the firm has announced that the first all-laser multiplex powered by Barco projectors has opened in Mexico. The installation …

Tags:Back Panel| Barco| Cinema| Large Display Monitor| Laser Projectors| LATAM| Vol 24 - Issue 40