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RDSE 2018 Roundup

by Bob Raikes

3M Touch had no new developments, but was highlighting the touch tables that it supports with object recognition. Dynascan had quite a big booth. The company told us that it got a good project …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Media Players| Retail Digital Signage Expo 2018| Samsung| Video Walls| Vol 25 - Issue 18

LG Has its Own Booth

by Bob Raikes

Last year, LG had a booth at RDSE with a partner, Pioneer, but the company found that this inhibited conversations with other partners, so this year it decided to have its own booth. Most …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Outdoor Displays| Retail Digital Signage Expo 2018| Vol 25 - Issue 18

LEDinside RoadMap Points to AR for MicroLED

by Bob Raikes

The LEDInside site of TrendForce of Taiwan has shown what it calls a roadmap for microLED and miniLED and has forecast that the chips will generate a business valued at $1.38 billion by 2022 …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| MicroLED| MiniLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 18

Nikon Doing Well with G10.5

by Bob Raikes

The Nikkei has reported that Nikon has been able to boost its sales of photo-lithography systems for G10.5 fabs from just three in the last fiscal year to fifteen to twenty per year. Nikkei …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Production Equipment| Vol 25 - Issue 18

Foxconn Takes Share in Epileds and Has Plans…

by Bob Raikes

Companies in the Foxconn group have taken a 7.32% stake in Epileds, a maker of LEDs and may have a plan to become the largest shareholder, according to Taiwanese sources. The stake was enabled …

Tags:Foxconn (Honhai)| Large Display Monitor| LED| MicroLED| MiniLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 18

Nvidia Kills Partner Programme after Two Months

by Bob Raikes

Nvidia introduced a ‘GeForce Partner Programme’ on March 1st, but has quickly killed the initiative because of “rumors, conjecture and mistruths” about the programme, which might have caused it problems with regulators who might …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Nvidia| Vol 25 - Issue 18

ABI Forecasts Self-Driving Vehicles

by Bob Raikes

Although it is not specific to displays, we thought that readers might be interested in this forecast for autonomous vehicles, produced by ABI Research. The company was looking at the market for Lidar and …

Tags:Automotive| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 18

Vivitek Combines UST with L/P Source

by Bob Raikes

Vivitek has a new UST projector, the DH768-UST, that has been added to the D760Z Series. The system uses a reflective mirror and outputs 3,100 Ansi lumens with 12,000:1 contrast. The projector has 1920 …

Tags:DLP Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Laser Phosphor Projectors| UST Projectors| Vol 25 - Issue 18

The Topic of the Week is China

by Bob Raikes

We had lots of market data in MDM this week, with smartphone and tablet data being released and although there was lots in LDM, especially because of the report from Cinemacon, but there wasn’t …

Tags:Augmented Reality| China| Editorial| IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 17

New LG Phone Boosts Audio and Brightness

by Bob Raikes

LG had already revealed that its new G7 ThinQ smartphone would have a new display. It’s a 6.1″ 3120 x 1440 (QuadHD+) IPS LCD with 1,000 cd/m² and with a 19.5:9 aspect ratio. Now …

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 17

Novares Invests in FlexEnable

by Bob Raikes

FlexEnable said that Novares, a global plastic solutions provider serving the automotive industry, will make equity investments into FlexEnable totaling €5 million. This strategic investment will drive FlexEnable’s engineering and manufacturing efforts to bring …

Tags:Automotive| Flexible Displays| Investment| LCD displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 17

Christie Adds to Extreme Series with 49″ Video Wall LCD

by Bob Raikes

Christie has added to its Extreme range of video wall displays with the FHD493-XE 49″ narrow bezel display which has a 1.8mm combined bezel width. Christie said that the panels are pre-calibrated with ‘advanced …

Tags:Christie| Large Display Monitor| LCD displays| LFD - Large Format Display| Video Walls| Vol 25 - Issue 17