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AOC V2 Series is in Three Sizes

by Bob Raikes

MMD in Europe has released three new monitors in its mainstream IPS-based FullHD monitors in 21.5″, 23.8″ and 27″ diagonals. They all have a ‘three sides frameless’ design and the thickness goes from 7.7mm …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| IPS| Large Display Monitor| MMD (AOC Philips)| Vol 25 - Issue 26

LDM Vol 25 Issue 26 Product Roundup

by Bob Raikes

Iiyama has updated its TFxx37 series to the TFxx38 series which includes 32″ and 43″ FullHD, 49″, 55″ and 65″ with UltraHD. All have PCap touch with 12 points, although the 65″ supports 50 …

Tags:Iiyama| Large Display Monitor| Philips| Touch| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 25 - Issue 26

HTC Cuts Back Hard, Again

by Bob Raikes

HTC is to lay off around 1,500 employees, almost 25% of its workforce, as part of a major restructuring and bringing its work force down to just under 5,000. The process will be completed …

Tags:HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Vol 25 - Issue 26

Samsung Updates The Frame for 2018

by Bob Raikes

Samsung Electronics America Inc. has updated its “The Frame” TV for 2018 which has enhanced features, new customisation options and more than 800 available works of art. Owners of The Frame now have more …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Samsung| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 25 - Issue 26

Inkjet Printing of OLEDs Comes of Age

by Bob Raikes

That’s two more reports out of the way, with the AWE Expo report in MDM and the Infocomm report in LDM. Added to the normal issues this week, my keyboard has taken something of …

Tags:Editorial| InkJet Deposition| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 25 - Issue 25

Qualcomm Plans a Wearable Chip for Kids and SD 1000?

by Bob Raikes

Qualcomm has a couple of new chips. The Snapdragon Wear 2500 SoC is for wearables with 4G LTE that is said to be optimised for smartwatches for children and will allow a special version …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Chips| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Semiconductors| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 25

Infocomm Bigger Than Ever

by Bob Raikes

I struggled with choosing a topic for today’s Display Daily. For once, I had too many options as I’ve been keeping notes of ideas for topics. That’s unusual for me! Eventually, I decided to …

Tags:Infocomm 2018| LED| Projectors| Video over IP (VIP)| Vol 25 - Issue 26

TCL

TCL Announces Plan to Enter Canadian TV Market

by Bob Raikes

TCL announced plans to expand its TV business into Canada in Q3. The development will be led by Steven Abrams as Director of Business Development in Canada, who was previously employed by Funai which …

Tags:Canada| Large Display Monitor| TCL| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 25 - Issue 25

LDM Vol 25 Issue 25 Product Roundup

by Bob Raikes

Epson America has released a new Power Pilot 3 Projector Connection and Control Box which provides consolidated cable management and three HDMI buttons (one with MHL). The inputs can be displayed side-by-side on suitable …

Tags:Amazon| Colour Critical Monitors| Education| Epson| Large Display Monitor| Laser Phosphor Projectors| LG Electronics (LGE)| NEC| OLED TVs| Panasonic| Projectors| Vol 25 - Issue 25

Infocomm 2018 Attendence Up on 2016

by Bob Raikes

Infocomm this year was in Las Vegas and next year heads back to Orlando on its ‘East/West coast, Tick/Tock’ rhythm. I hear from those on the booths that each location tends to attract a …

Tags:Infocomm 2018| Infrared Touch| Large Display Monitor| Laser Phosphor Projectors| LED| Projectors| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 25 - Issue 23

Infocomm 2018 Roundup

by Bob Raikes

Advoli is a company that impressed us at ISE with its HDBaseT supporting graphics cards (HDBaseT Coordinates Supporters). At Infocomm, it was showing the TA4, a four output (at 4K) card that can support …

Tags:Curved Displays| HDBaseT| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Infocomm 2018| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Vol 25 - Issue 23

Infocomm 2018 Projection Roundup

by Bob Raikes

Canon was showing a special system for dome projection that included both a PC (where the geometric calculations were performed) and a 46″ dome screen. The image was being projected by a WUX500ST projector …

Tags:Canon| DLP Projectors| Epson| Infocomm 2018| Large Display Monitor| LCD Projectors (3LCD)| Optoma| Pcap (Procap)| Projectors| Vol 25 - Issue 23