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LedCon Moves Pitch for Rental Down

by Bob Raikes

LedCon, which is based in Germany, and is a regular exhibitor at the event was showing its modular Unano system which is optimised for rental, but has a pixel pitch of 1.8mm. In the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| ProLight & Sound 2018| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 25 - Issue 15

ProLight & Sound Doesn’t Disappoint

by Bob Raikes

We headed to the ProLight & Sound event again this year, our third consecutive attendance at this show, which is for professional A/V in live shows and music events. The main display interest is …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| ProLight & Sound 2018| Vol 25 - Issue 15

Apple

More Confirmation of iPhone Plans

by Bob Raikes

Widespread reports are confirming the rumours that the next iPhone range will have 5.85″ and 6.45″ OLEDs and a 6.1″ LCD (Another Analyst Predicts Three New iPhones for 2018). Samsung Display has been reported …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 15

Hatress Looking to Develop in Europe

by Bob Raikes

Hatress was a new name for us as a supplier of LEDs from Yancheng, near Shanghai, although it has a marketing office, of course, in Shenzen. The company is just eight years old, but …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| ProLight & Sound 2018| Rental and Staging| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 25 - Issue 15

JDI acquires 51% of JOLED – Gets Boost from Nichia

by Bob Raikes

Japan Display Inc has said that it plans to increase its shareholding in JOLED from 15% to 51% and make the company a consolidated subsidiary. JDI said that the companies have worked closely to …

Tags:Investment| Japan Display Inc (JDI)| JOLED| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 15

France Sees Growth in Online Viewing

by Bob Raikes

Data from Médiamétrie in France has indicated that 7.3% of viewers in the country watch TV on a device other than TV and including PCs, tablets and smartphones, an increase of 10% from a …

Tags:France| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| SVOD| TV Viewing| VOD| Vol 25 - Issue 15

Microsoft Developing Surface Hub 2

by Bob Raikes

We heard at ProLight & Sound that Microsoft has dropped production of its current Surface Hub. We were able to confirm at press time that there will be a new Surface Hub, the “Surface …

Tags:Interactive Displays| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Vol 25 - Issue 15

AV Stumpfl Updates Screen for One Person Operation

by Bob Raikes

Integrator and system supplier, AV Stumpfl, was showing a new screen system, called the T-shift leg, that has been designed to allow existing Monoblock 32 or Monoclip 32 projection screen frames to be assembled …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Media Players| Projector Stacks| ProLight & Sound 2018| Vol 25 - Issue 15

Christie Access Series Available Exclusively from Stampede  

by Bob Raikes

Stampede in the UK said that the Christie Acccess Series of LCDs in 55″, 65″ and 98″ with UltraHD are exclusively available through the company.

Tags:Distribution| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Vol 25 - Issue 15

Wuxi Smartwatch Uses Graphene for Touch

by Bob Raikes

Wuxi Graphine Film Co Ltd has a new smart health watch, the GF1 that uses a passive OLED 1.3″ white OLED with 128 x 64 resolution. The unit started shipping in China at the …

Tags:Graphene| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Touch| Vol 25 - Issue 15

SID Still Has Some Places for 50th LCD Anniversary

by Bob Raikes

The SID in the UK told us that it still had around 30 places left for its 50th Anniversary of LCD on the 7th of June, in London. It looks like a very interesting …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Society| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 25 - Issue 15

An Update on VR Porn

by Bob Raikes

As it’s mainly about content and might not be fully ‘office friendly’, we haven’t included much here. However, we can point you to an article by the Wareable blog that digs into the development …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 15