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MiniLED Better for Niche Applications

by Bob Raikes

Trendforce of Taiwan has said that the easing of supply in the OLED market will make life difficult for LCDs based on miniLED to flourish in the short term. The analyst said that some …

Tags:Automotive| LCD Backlights| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 13

LDM Vol 25 Issue 13 Roundup

by Bob Raikes

LG‘s first 2018 OLED TVs started to appear on Amazon, with the 55″ C8 OLED showing up with pricing of $2,500 (below the LG expected price of $2,999), but had disappeared by the time …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| OLED TVs| Vol 25 - Issue 13

ShelfX Supports 4 Million Transactions

by Bob Raikes

We don’t often report on fridges, but we noted that ShelfX said that it has processed more than four million transactions in its system which allows customers to open the fridge using a credit …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Retail| Vol 25 - Issue 13

BOE Denies LCD Yield Issues

by Bob Raikes

Responding to comments that it might be struggling to get good yields at its G10.5 fab in Hefei and its 8.5G line in Fuzhou, BOE has said that it is running with an overall …

Tags:BOE| Large Display Monitor| LCD Fabs| Vol 25 - Issue 13

US Consumers Deprived of Best Smartphone?

by Bob Raikes

We’ve published a day early this week as we have a public holiday on Friday in most of Europe. This week, there wasn’t one big story that dominated the news. Still, we managed to …

Tags:Editorial| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Security| Smartphones| USA| Vol 25 - Issue 12

MDM Vol 25 Issue 12 Product Roundup

by Bob Raikes

Apple has announced an update to its 9.7″ iPad that adds support for the Apple Pencil and costing from $329. The core tablet was launched a year ago (Apple Refreshes iPad, Cuts Price) but …

Tags:3D Cameras| Apple| iPad| Lenovo| Meeting Rooms| Mobile Display Monitor| Pen Input| tablets| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 12| Wireless

Leyard Has Three Models in Planar VM Video Wall Series

by Bob Raikes

Leyard announced the new VM Series using its Planar brand as a family of narrow bezel FullHD LCD video wall displays with 55″ diagonal and a narrow bezel width of 1.8mm (0.9mm + 0.9mm) …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Leyard| LFD - Large Format Display| Video Walls| Vol 25 - Issue 12

Data Modul Result 30/03/18

by Bob Raikes

Data Modul of Germany put out its annual report and said that it reached €218 million in revenues with net income of €10.623, up from €10.228 on sales of €197.1 million in 2016. The …

Tags:Data Modul| Financial Data| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 13

Alliance for Open Media Releases AV1 specification

by Bob Raikes

We reported on the expected arrival of the new AV1 codec a couple of weeks ago (Get Ready for a New Codec) and now the Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia) officially released the AV1 …

Tags:Codecs| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 12

DSE Product Roundup

by Bob Raikes

In the past, we have had reporters at DSE, but the show is so close to ISE that we didn’t get much that was really new, so we haven’t repeated the exercise. However, we …

Tags:Brightsign| Large Display Monitor| Matrox| NEC| Projectors| sony| Touch Displays| Video Walls| Vol 25 - Issue 12

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Stratacache Takes X2O Media from Barco

by Bob Raikes

Stratacache has added to its previous acquisitions by buying X2O Media of Montreal from Barco, which bought the company back in 2014. Barco said that digital signage was no longer a strategic focus for …

Tags:Barco| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Stratacache| Vol 25 - Issue 12

LeEco Failure Hits Truly Profit

by Bob Raikes

We have reported on the struggles of LeEco to survive (LeEco Still Struggling to Survive) and now Truly Semiconductor has said that it will have to right off $71 million because of a doubtful …

Tags:Financial Data| LeEco (formerly LeTV)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 12