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It’s Bob’s 2nd Law, of Course!

by Bob Raikes

Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve had a number of Display Daily articles that have looked at where we are today in terms of resolution and wondered why some are looking at further …

Tags:Human Visual System (HVS)| Resolution| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 28

Blackmagic Supports MacBook Pro with eGPU

by Bob Raikes

Blackmagic Design, which specialises in broadcast and content creation components, has introduced a new external GPU that has been designed in collaboration with Apple and is built around a Radeon Pro 580 and the …

Tags:Apple| External GPU (eGPU)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 28

ISE Taking a Risk

by Bob Raikes

This is our last issue for two weeks – the next issue will be on 27th July as we have our ‘summer break’. We will still be publishing online during the break, but will …

Tags:Editorial| ISE 2018| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 27

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Apple Updates MacBook Pro Models for 2018

by Bob Raikes

Apple has upgraded its MacBook Pro models for 2018 with new processors that make them much faster (claimed to be 70% faster) and with improved keyboards – as these have been the subject of …

Tags:Apple| Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 25 - Issue 27

LDM Product Roundup Vol 25 #27

by Bob Raikes

Apple has upgraded the MacBook Pro models for 2018 with new processors that make them much faster (claimed to be 70% faster) and with improved keyboards – as these have been the subject of …

Tags:Blu-ray Players| Dolby Vision| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| LED| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 25 - Issue 27

Extron Has a New Touch Controller

by Bob Raikes

Extron has a new controller, the TouchLink Pro Touchpanel TLP Pro 1025M which has a PCap 10.1″ LCD display with 1280 x 800 resolution, 420 cd/m² of output and protected by Gorilla Glass. Contrast …

Tags:Display Controllers| Extron| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 27

CSOT to Make Some TV OLEDs

by Bob Raikes

CSOT will use part of the capacity of its new fab in Shenzen (TCL’s CSOT Commences Production of High Generation Panel Modules) to make OLED TV panels according to the OLED-A, quoting information released …

Tags:CSOT| Large Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| OLED TVs| Vol 25 - Issue 27

Japan Floods Have Limited Impact on Supply Chain

by Bob Raikes

Heavy rain and typhoons have caused dramatic flooding in Japan, Taiwan and East China. Okayama was the worst hit in Japan and the flooding has led to almost 200 deaths at the time of …

Tags:Japan| Large Display Monitor| Supply Chain| Vol 25 - Issue 27

Researchers Develop near-infrared OLED with >100% IQE

by Bob Raikes

A group from Kyushu University in Japan has developed a way to ‘split energy’ in OLEDs and go beyond the 100% limit for exciton production. OLEDs use layers of carbon-containing organic molecules to convert …

Tags:Japan| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Materials| OLEDs| Vol 25 - Issue 27

Huion Releases Professional Pen Display

by Bob Raikes

Huion of China has released the the professional pen display Kamvas Pro 22 which combines an anti-glare 21.5″ FullHD IPS LCD display with 1,000:1 contrast and a pen having 8192 pressure levels, reported 266 …

Tags:China| Desktop Monitors| Mobile Display Monitor| Pen Input| Vol 25 - Issue 27

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Barco Creates White Paper on Contrast

by Bob Raikes

Barco has produced a white paper that highlights the importance of the Ansi contrast ratio measurement, rather than simpler full screen on/off measurements. The white paper can be downloaded here. Analyst Comment As we …

Tags:Back Panel| Barco| Large Display Monitor| Measurement| Vol 25 - Issue 27

The Silly Season Starts

by Bob Raikes

We’ve been catching up this week. We got the CineEurope report finished and Matt has worked late into his night to complete the report on Chris’s event in Hollywood last week, so for the …

Tags:Editorial| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 26