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4D Boosts Raspberry Pi Range to add Touch

by Bob Raikes

We reported on Australian company 4D Systems from the Embedded World event last year (Embedded World 2017 – Round Up). Now the company has released through its European distribution, a range of three new …

Tags:LCD Modules| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 24

Samsung Opens Its First Experience Centre in Latin America

by Bob Raikes

Samsung has opened its first experience centre in Latin America with a new location in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The two storey, 400 m² location is built into a historic mansion. The ground floor features …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Latin America (Latam)| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 25 - Issue 25

HDR10+ Licensing, Logo Certification Program Begins

by Bob Raikes

HDR10+ Technologies LLC, which is controlling the HDR10+ specification, said that it has now started its licensing and logo programme. The programme is open to companies that can meet the technology and testing criteria …

Tags:4k| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 24

Epeat to Update Display & Computer Categories

by Bob Raikes

The Epeat label from the Green Electronics Council (GEC) is an important one for those that sell into the US government and public organisation market in the USA. The organisation has now updated its …

Tags:Environment| EPEAT| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 24

LG Updates Hotel TVs in the US

by Bob Raikes

LG Electronics in the US has added new TV sets to its UltraHD Hotel TV range at the 2018 Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition & Conference (HITEC). At the top of the range is a …

Tags:Hospitality Displays| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| USA| Vol 25 - Issue 24

UK Police Force Adopts Platform for Video Evidence

by Bob Raikes

The Cumbrian police force in the UK has adopted Axon’s system for the submission of pictures and videos relating to crimes and based on the evidence.com platform. Axon Citizen for Officers enables police forces …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Security| Smartphones| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 25 - Issue 24

Sony

Google Assistant comes to Sony Bravia TVs in UK

by Bob Raikes

Sony Europe has said that some of its 2018 TVs (AF8, XF90, XF85, XF80, XF75 series) will have support for Google Assistant. The UK will be the first country to get the technology, with …

Tags:Google| Large Display Monitor| sony| UK (United Kingdom)| Voice Input| Vol 25 - Issue 24

HDMI Forum Demonstrates VRR at Computex

by Bob Raikes

At the recent Computex event, the HDMI Forum is reported to have demonstrated the use of variable refresh rates (VRR) using an XBox One X and exploiting the VRR features in HDMI V2.1 and …

Tags:HDMI| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)| Vol 25 - Issue 25

Apple

Korean Report Quantifies iPhone Display Orders

by Bob Raikes

We reported on forecasts from Nikkei on Apple’s plans and now ‘The Bell’ in Koreea has said, quoting Samsung Display as a source, that Apple expects to sell 70 million 6.46″ panels and around …

Tags:Apple| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 24

Asus & Dell Are Top Two Gaming Notebook Brands

by Bob Raikes

Reports from Taiwan suggest that while Asus remains the top brand in the gaming notebook segment, with estimated sales of more than 600,000 ROG-branded notebooks in the first half of 2018, MSI has slipped …

Tags:Asus| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| MSI| Vol 25 - Issue 24

Disney Boosts Fox Offer

by Bob Raikes

Disney has increased its offer for 21st Century Fox to $71.3 billion (€61.6bn) in cash and shares and ahead of the offer for the company by Comcast. The offer is $10 per share more …

Tags:Comcast| Disney| Fox| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 24

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SID Catch Up

by Bob Raikes

Well, we created a very big SID report, but it seems we still missed some things. Irish company, Solas OLED said that it has a number of patents relating to OLED structures, display design …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| SID Display Week 2018| TADF| Tianma| Vol 25 - Issue 25