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BOE Overloads us with 8K, Flexible OLEDs and MiniLEDs

by Bob Raikes

BOE had too much to report, again! No doubt we missed some points. We found that staff were not able to give much detail beyond what was on the labels of the products, which …

Tags:Automotive| BOE| Flexible Displays| Large Display Monitor| LCD displays| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| SID Display Week 2018| Transparent Displays| Vol 25 - Issue 21

ITRI Shows MicroLED chip at Computex

by Bob Raikes

At the Computex event in Taipei, research institute, ITRI, showed a new module that puts a microLED array directly onto a PCB to create a 6cm x 6cm RGB LED module with 80 x …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| MicroLED| Taiwan| Vol 25 - Issue 24

Blackberry Keyboard Phone is Upgraded

by Bob Raikes

TCL has launched the latest Blackberry phone, the Key2, which has a mechanical keyboard and is an update to last year’s Blackberry KeyOne (TCL Promotes Alcatel and Blackberry Brands). The new version has a …

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

Optoma UST Projector Supports Rec. 709

by Bob Raikes

Optoma Europe has launched a new UST FullHD laser phosphor DLP projector that can produce up to 4,000 lumens of output. The projector is intended for creating images up to 100″ diagonal, from 87″ …

Tags:DLP Projectors| Europe| Large Display Monitor| Laser Phosphor Projectors| Optoma| UST Projectors| Vol 25 - Issue 24

LDM Vol 25 Issue 24 Product Roundup

by Bob Raikes

MuxLab of Canada has released an HDMI 2.0 fibre extender system that can support DCI 4K (4096 x 2160) resolution at 60fps at up to 100m distance (330′). The transmitter offers the option of …

Tags:Fibre optics| HDMI| Interface Extenders| Large Display Monitor| OLED TVs| Panasonic| TVs (TV Sets)| Vizio| Vol 25 - Issue 24

AUO Has MicroLED at Display Week

by Bob Raikes

AUO was the first panel maker that we met with on the show floor and the company had a wide range of impressive technology to show. AUO was showing a microLED-based prototype display that …

Tags:AUO| Large Display Monitor| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2018| Transparent Displays| Vol 25 - Issue 21

Will LED Dominate?

by Bob Raikes

I’m looking forward to the next couple of weeks as I’m actually going to manage to avoid any flights, although I am away from home and the office, and will be able to fit …

Tags:Editorial| Large Display Monitor| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 23

 Intel Confirms Plan for Discrete Graphics Cards

by Bob Raikes

There was a flurry of activity in personnel, with staff moving between Intel and AMD some months ago and now Intel has confirmed plans to enter the discrete graphics card market in 2020, after …

Tags:AMD| GPUs| Intel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 23

China to Boost LED Capacity

by Bob Raikes

Digitimes reports that Chinese LED makers are boosting the capacity for LED manufacture with 300 more MOCVD equipment sets coming online in the period from October 2018 to the end of March 2019. That …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 23

Acquisitions in US Media Move On

by Bob Raikes

In a busy week for mergers and acquisitions and Comcast has made a bid of $65 billion for the assets of 21st Century Fox (which includes Sky) (Comcast Preparing to Outbid Disney in Sky …

Tags:AT&T| Fox| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Time Warner| Vol 25 - Issue 23

Mimo Monitors Works with Brightsign

by Bob Raikes

BrightSign, LLC has jointly announced with Mimo Monitors a new line of BrightSign-enabled displays. “Mimo Monitors and BrightSign are trusted leaders in their respective markets,” said Mike Campagna, CMO of Mimo Monitors. “By integrating …

Tags:Brightsign| Large Display Monitor| Media Players| Mobile Display Monitor| Touch Displays| Vol 25 - Issue 23

Lenovo Has a VR-Ready Mobile Workstation

by Bob Raikes

Lenovo has introduced a new mobile workstation, the P52 which is an upgrade to the existing P52s. There is a choice of 15.6″ LCD displays with a FullHD option with 300 cd/m² of output …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Nvidia| Vol 25 - Issue 23| Workstations