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Interbrand Lists its Top 100 Brands

by Bob Raikes

Interbrand put out its annual brand rankings and the list saw six of the top ten from the technology world. Apple was top, followed by Google, Amazon and Microsoft. Samsung was sixth (up from …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 25 - Issue 39

Optoma Adds to L/P Installation Range

by Bob Raikes

Optoma has updated its ZU650+ projector to the 6,500 lumen (6,000 Ansi) 1920 x 1200 ZU660e. The unit has seven lenses including a dome lens and a UST option. The DLP projector has a …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Laser Phosphor Projectors| Optoma| Projectors| Vol 25 - Issue 38

Microsoft Surface Studio 2 Keeps 28″ Display

by Bob Raikes

Microsoft has upgraded its Surface Studio All-in-one PC for content creators to the Surface Studio 2. The system is claimed to have 50% faster graphics performance using Nvidia GTX1060 or GTX1070 cards. It continues …

Tags:All-in-ones (AIOs)| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 38

NTHU Prefers new iPhone for Less Blue Light Effect

by Bob Raikes

We reported on work done by the National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan on the potentially negative effects of blue light on humans (Back to Candlelight – the Shift Away from Blue Spectrum Light) …

Tags:Blue Light| iPhone| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Taiwan| Vol 25 - Issue 38

Posiflex Kiosks Go up to 32″

by Bob Raikes

Posiflex Technology Inc of Taiwan, which opened a new corporate office in the US, having acquired Kiosk Information Systems a couple of years ago and Portwell in 2017. Now the company is showing four …

Tags:Kiosks| Large Display Monitor| QSRs & Menu Boards| Touch PCs| Vol 25 - Issue 38

Smart Speakers to be the Hottest Product

by Bob Raikes

IDC has forecast that the worldwide smart home devices market is expected to grow 31% year over year in 2018 to 643.9 million units and is forecast to be nearly 1.3 billion devices by …

Tags:IDC| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 38

Hitachi Confirms TV Plans

by Bob Raikes

We reported last week that Hitachi had pulled out of the TV market in Japan, but there was uncertainty about other regions. Thanks to the company for this statement, which clarified what is happening …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 25 - Issue 38

IT Panel Pricing Flat in September and October

by Bob Raikes

Sigmaintell has put out its latest pricing data for IT LCD panels for mainstream monitors and notebooks and sees basically flat pricing from August to September (changes of $0.1 to $0.2) while it is …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| LCD displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Pricing| Vol 25 - Issue 38

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CDS Develops Dual Layer LCD

by Bob Raikes

Crystal Display Systems LTD (CDS) of the UK and a value-added reseller of flat panel display solutions, has launched a new transparent technology based on a transparent LCD sandwiched on top of a high …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Transparent Displays| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 25 - Issue 38

How do you Keep a TV Smart?

by Bob Raikes

Well, we got the IBC report done and had, partly as a result, some shorter issues alongside it. However, there was not a lot of big news this week and this was one of …

Tags:Editorial| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smart TV| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 25 - Issue 37

LDM Product Roundup Vol 25 #37

by Bob Raikes

Panasonic said that it will make the EQ1 range of LFDs, shown at ISE and Infocomm, available in Europe in October. (Panasonic Shows New Projectors, LCDs at ISE) Panasonic EQ1 range – Image:Meko Peerless …

Tags:High Brightness Displays| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Panasonic| Peerless AV| Vol 25 - Issue 37

Mitsubishi Has Wide LCD Module

by Bob Raikes

Mitsubishi Electric has released a 12.3″ wide HD colour TFT-LCD module for industrial applications including medical equipment and machine tools. The 1920 x 720 (16:6/8:3 aspect) IPS LCD has 1,600 cd/m² and contrast of …

Tags:Mitsubishi| Mobile Display Monitor| Rugged Displays| Vol 25 - Issue 37