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JDI Puts OLED Plans on Hold

by Bob Raikes

JDI has had to re-align its capital raising and investment plans in the light of market developments over the last nine months. Having first planned to raise funds to invest in OLED production, the …

Tags:Investment| Japan Display Inc (JDI)| LCD Fabs| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Vol 25 - Issue 14

Airplay 2 to Come to tvOS

by Bob Raikes

Apple may release a version of firmware for the Apple TV (tvOS 11.4) that may include support for Airplay 2, although it is not certain as Apple has previously included it in Betas and …

Tags:Apple| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 14| Wireless

LDM Vol 25 Issue 14 Product Roundup

by Bob Raikes

Faytech AG of Germany has a new 43″ LCD with an IP65 rating and an embedded PC. The unit is designed to work in a standalone portrait mode in retail and other applications. The …

Tags:Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLED TVs| Pricing| sony| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 25 - Issue 14

LDM & MDM Round Up Vol 25 #15

by Bob Raikes

Dell has introduced new Alienware and G series notebooks for the Chinese market only according to local sources. There are Alienware 15 and 17 notebooks that will use 8th gen Intel core processors and …

Tags:Android| Dell| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Notebooks| STBs| Vol 25 - Issue 15

Rumours Swirl about new MacBooks

by Bob Raikes

There are lots of rumours flowing around the market about two new Apple MacBooks. Our friends at IHS Markit certainly believe that there will be two versions, each with a 13.3″ display with 2560 …

Tags:Apple| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 25 - Issue 13

Generation 8 TCO Certified Criteria Released

by Bob Raikes

TCO has released the criteria draft for the next version of the TCO Certified approval – which is generation 8. The latest version (there is a new one every three years) focuses on the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TCO Development| Testing| Vol 25 - Issue 14

UCB Develops Invisible Display

by Bob Raikes

Scientists at the University of California Berkeley (UCB) have developed a new light emission device that is full transparent, with a light emitting layer that is just three atoms thick. The group sees applications …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Novel Displays| R&D (Research & Development)| Vol 25 - Issue 14

VR Progress is Slow

by Bob Raikes

We had a short week, after a public holiday on Monday and I spent some time in France at the Laval Virtual show (much of it hanging around for trains as there was a …

Tags:Editorial| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Training| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 13

PlayNitride Gets Production Go Ahead

by Bob Raikes

PlayNitride has been given permission to set up a $17 million microLED facility in Hsinchu, Digitimes has reported. The company is said to be working with Apple, which is also said to be working …

Tags:Apple| Large Display Monitor| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Taiwan| Vol 25 - Issue 14

Samsung Bullish on Q4

by Bob Raikes

Samsung issued its earnings guidance for Q1 of 2018 and forecast sales of 60 trillion won ($56 billion) with profits of 15.6 trillion won ($14.5 billion). Analysts pointed to strong results from memory as …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 25 - Issue 14

LG Loses Production Following Fire

by Bob Raikes

LG Display had a fire at its Paju site on Wednesday that started in a construction area for the P10 factory due to start operation next year. Aju Business Daily reports that the problem …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| Production| Vol 25 - Issue 13

Dell Extends InfinityEdge Feature

by Bob Raikes

Dell launched some new notebooks as Intel released its 6 core i7 processors and also announced new AIOs and monitors. (Dell Updates XPS 15 Flagship) The Inspiron 22 and 24 3000 AIOs are intended …

Tags:All-in-ones (AIOs)| Dell| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 13