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SID Display Week is One of the Best

by Bob Raikes

SID’s Display Week is always a highlight of the year and this year’s event was one of the best, I think. This year seems to have seen so many spectacular displays for so many …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2018| Vol 25 - Issue 21

Tianma Impressive as Usual

by Bob Raikes

Tianma had its usual long list of developments in a range of different industrial and specialist applications. The first product that we looked at was a circular display designed for automotive and other instrumentation …

OLED TVs beat “QLED” LCD TVs in unit sales

by Bob Raikes

An article in Business Korea has reported data from IHS Markit that shows that OLED remains ahead of QLED in the TV market. Note that data for Q2 2017 was not included in the …

Acer Gaming Monitor Wins Positive Review

by Bob Raikes

Toms Hardware has reviewed the Acer Predator X34P 34″ curved gaming monitor which has 3440 x 1440 resolution and support for up to 120Hz with G-Sync. The site likes the viewing angle and the …

Apple Fined Over Lack of Warranty for 3rd Party Repairs

by Bob Raikes

Apple has received a $6.6 million fine (Aus $9 million) from a court in Australia after it caused some iPhones and iPods to fail after an update, if the devices had been repaired by …

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

SID 2018 Show Floor Roundup

by Bob Raikes

3M was at the show to demonstrate how its films could be used to reduce the power taken by TVs and monitors, which are increasingly being made to support HDR and high levels of …

DNP Hardens Flexible FIlms, has Flexible Colour Filters and new Privacy Film

by Bob Raikes

DNP showed a large transparent front projection screen that is available in 40″ or 80″ and has 50% transparency and haze of about 1.0%. The company expects to see applications in retail as well …

JDI May Have Commercial Problems, but has Technical Highlights

by Bob Raikes

JDI always has an impressive range of displays both in terms of technology and also in applications. Although the company has had some serious financial issues because of its over-reliance on a small number …

MicroLED May Drive You Mad

by Bob Raikes

There is no doubt that the technology topic that has generated most interest over the last few months is microLED, although after SID I think miniLED may also have quite an impact, too. We …

Tags:Direct Backlights| MicroLED| MiniLED| Vol 25 - Issue 24

Zytronic family of ZXY500 multi touch controllers

New ZXY500 Multi-touch Controllers Enable Ultra-narrow Bezels

by Bob Raikes

Zytronic has launched a new generation of multi-touch controllers, which are claimed to enable ultra-narrow inactive borders and improved compatibility with contactless systems. The new Zytronic ZXY500touch controllers allow touch sensors to be designed …

Tags:Interactive Displays| Large Display Monitor| Touch Controllers| Vol 25 - Issue 24

Visionox Shows Outfolding OLEDs

by Bob Raikes

Chinese OLED maker, Visionox, presented one of the keynotes at Display Week (KN01 Press Breakfast and Keynote – check it for more on the displays shown) and had a substantial display in Los Angeles. …

Samsung Highlights Flexible OLEDs and Light Fields

by Bob Raikes

Once again, Samsung Display showed a couple of light field displays which we have reported on in a separate article (3D Display Round up). As in recent years, Samsung did not give interviews to …