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Jusha Shows Monitor as a Lightbox

by Bob Raikes

After its very aggressive, very bullish attitude when it decided to first tried to enter the European market, Jusha of China is now much more muted, with the reality of the toughness of competing …

Tags:Dicom Medical Calibration| Large Display Monitor| Medical| Vol 25 - Issue 09

Barco Adds Software Productivity Features

by Bob Raikes

Barco had no new monitors at the show, but the company always has plenty of software features, although staff told us that it tries to carefully tread the line between adding useful features and …

Tags:Barco| Dicom Medical Calibration| Large Display Monitor| Medical| Vol 25 - Issue 09

Eizo Highlights Custom OR Options

by Bob Raikes

Eizo did not have a lot of news at the ECR although it did show us a new mount that it has developed at the request of clients who wanted a single mounting system …

Tags:ECR 2018| Eizo| Large Display Monitor| Medical| Vol 25 - Issue 09

LG Intensifies Medical Push

by Bob Raikes

Over the last couple of years, LG has been intensifying its push into the medical space, with a range of displays for clinical review and surgical applications. Recently, as we saw at ISE, the …

Tags:Dicom Medical Calibration| ECR 2018| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Medical| Vol 25 - Issue 09

JVC Kenwood Boosts Brightness

by Bob Raikes

We reported last year that JVC Kenwood would drop the Totoku brand and the only evidence of the old name at this year’s show was the use of the brand on some old models. …

Tags:Dicom Medical Calibration| ECR 2018| JVC| Large Display Monitor| Medical| Vol 25 - Issue 09

ECR 2018 is Lively but Not Much New!

by Bob Raikes

The European Congress of Radiology takes place each year at the end of February and is very much a pan-European event that draws delegates from all over the EMEA region and suppliers from around …

Tags:Dicom Medical Calibration| ECR 2018| Large Display Monitor| Medical| Vol 25 - Issue 09

Optoma HD27e Supports Rec.709

by Bob Raikes

The HD27e – the next evolution of Optoma’s HD27 FullHD 1080p lamp-based DLP home entertainment projector – is now available. The new model offers brighter images, with 3,400 lumens, runs quieter (25dB) and has …

Tags:DLP Projectors| Home Cinema| Large Display Monitor| Optoma| Vol 25 - Issue 10

DisplayMate Tests the S9 Display

by Bob Raikes

Ray Soneira of DisplayMate got early access to the Samsung Galaxy S9 smartphone to run his comprehensive tests on the display and pronounced it “the best performing smartphone display ever’ and the first to …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2018| OLEDs| Samsung| Smartphones| Testing| Vol 25 - Issue 08

5G Is Everywhere – But Who is Looking at ROI?

by Bob Raikes

I’m writing this editorial on the flight back to London from MWC in Barcelona and just grateful that it is more or less on time – and flying – as earlier today, both London …

Tags:5G| Automotive| Editorial| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2018| Vol 25 - Issue 08

Kyocera LCDs are for HUDs

by Bob Raikes

Kyocera International, Inc. announced a new line of LCD panels specifically designed for automotive Head-Up-Displays (HUDs). These LTPS LCDs are said to offer high light transmittance, high resolution, and the industry’s widest operating temperature …

Tags:Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Kyocera| LCD Panels| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 09

BenQ 28″ UltraHD Monitor is for ‘Video Enjoyment’

by Bob Raikes

BenQ has introduced a 27″ UltraHD monitor (described as a ‘Video enjoyment’ model), the EL2870U. It supports HDR, but the maximum output is 300 cd/m², so it doesn’t meet the VESA base level HDR400 …

Tags:BenQ| Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 10

Light Phone 2 Plans to Use E Ink Display

by Bob Raikes

Light Phone 2 is a new project on Indiegogo intended to create a new simple phone, based on an E Ink display that can be used for text messages and notifications. The phone is …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 09