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Nagra Enables First Cloud Cinema Show

by Bob Raikes

Nagra announced that Emagine Entertainment of the US has used Nagra’s myCinema CaaS content protection and HEVC compression to show digital cinema content at the Royal Oak Cinema in Detroit. The event was the …

Tags:Cinema| Large Display Monitor| Security| Vol 25 - Issue 36

BenQ Monitor is “Nearly Perfect”

by Bob Raikes

BenQ announced its SW271 ‘professional’ UltraHD monitor last year (BenQ Brings New Monitors to Siggraph) and started shipping it this year. Now Tom’s Hardware has had a look at it and has made the …

Tags:Back Panel| BenQ| Colour Critical Monitors| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 36

California Legislates on IoT Security

by Bob Raikes

When there is technology development, it is often instructive to see what is happening in California, which often sets the trend for the rest of the US and the world. California looks to be …

Tags:Back Panel| Internet of Things IOT| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Security| Smart TV| Smartphones| USA| Vol 25 - Issue 36

IBC Reveals A Stunning Image

by Bob Raikes

We have shorter issues again this week – but as we just sent out the IFA report, we didn’t think that you would be short of things to look at. We finished the IFA …

Tags:Broadcast Monitors| Editorial| HDR - High Dynamic Range| HFR - High Frame Rate| Large Display Monitor| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| sony| UltraHD & 4K| Vol 25 - Issue 35

Wide Displays to Proliferate

by Bob Raikes

Data from Sigmaintell Consulting, quoted in the Taiwanese press, is said to report that all-screen smartphone displays reached 55% of the market in Q2 2018, up from 42%. The top four suppliers are Samsung …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Small Medium Panel Supply| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 36

LG Edging OLED Panel Pricing Up

by Bob Raikes

The OLED-A reports that LG Display has been increasing its pricing for its panels as it has wide acceptance of the quality and performance of the technology, but is still not making money from …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| OLEDs| Pricing| TV Production| Vol 25 - Issue 35

LG Takes a Stake in Nanosys

by Bob Raikes

LG Display has made an investment of $10 million in Nanosys, the developer of quantum dot technology according to the OLED-A and representing around 4% of the company. Analyst Comment We contacted Nanosys to …

Tags:Investment| Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| Nanosys| Vol 25 - Issue 35

IFA is a Bit Dull

by Bob Raikes

The big topic at IFA this year was 8K as Samsung reacted to the success of LG Display’s OLEDs in the premium TV business. Samsung remains the biggest TV brand, by volume and value, …

Tags:GPUs| HFR - High Frame Rate| IFA 2018| Large Display Monitor| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Quantum Dots| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 25 - Issue 34

3IT Holds an Open Day

by Bob Raikes

3IT is focusing these days on AR and VR after starting as the 3D Centre. 3IT is a trade association that has close links to the Fraunhofer HHI in Berlin and each year it …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| Codecs| IFA 2018| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Standards| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 34

ViewSonic UHD Kiosks Have a Touch Option

by Bob Raikes

ViewSonic has two new 55″ ‘ePoster’ kiosks with support for UltraHD resolution. The EP5540 and EP5540T have scratch-proof tempered glass faceplates, 400 cd/m² of output, 6ms response time and stereo 10W speakers. The T …

Tags:Kiosks| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| ViewSonic| Vol 25 - Issue 35

“Quarterly OLED Market Report for TV” was just published.

by Bob Raikes

UBI released its report on the development of the OLED TV market. The company believes that the area of large OLED production was flat between Q1 and Q2 (which is not bad, when the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| OLED TVs| Pricing| Vol 25 - Issue 35

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LG & Samsung Look to VR & Automotive at IMID

by Bob Raikes

At IMID 2018, both LG Display and Samsung showed new OLED displays. LG Display showed a 77″ transparent flexible OLED and a 55″ video wall OLED. The 77″ has peak brightness of just 200 …

Tags:Automotive| Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Samsung| Small & Medium Displays| Vol 25 - Issue 35