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Panono’s New Owner Makes Offer to Backers

by Bob Raikes

Panano was a developer of 360º cameras that was sold to pay the company’s debt. (Panono is Sold). Now the new owners (Professional360 GmbH, a subsidiary of Bryanston Group AG) have said that they …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| AR/VR| Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 01

EBU Guides its Members on HDR

by Bob Raikes

The EBU has released guidance to its members on developments in HDR. The announcement suggested that the document might be downloadable generally, but seems to be only available to paid-up members. Analyst Comment Joining …

Looking ahead to CES 2018

by Bob Raikes

This is an unusual week – a gap between the family overload of Christmas and New Year and the technology overload that is CES. This year, there is a brief gap, which gives us …

Tags:CES 2018| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 25 - Issue 01

Samsung Patents A Rollable OLED Screen

by Bob Raikes

The LetsGoDigital blog has spotted an interesting patent from Samsung on the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) database that covers a rollable display device with a fingerprint sensor. The claims are here and the …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Vol 25 - Issue 01

Samsung C-Lab to Reveal Creative New Projects at CES 2018

by Bob Raikes

Since MWC, (MWC 4YFN Show Buzzes) we have reported several times on Samsung’s Relúmĭno app that it has developed via its C-Lab start-up initiative – and which is designed to help those with challenges …

Tags:Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 01

LG to Reveal 88″ 8K OLED Panel at CES

by Bob Raikes

LG Display has said that it will show an 88″ 8K OLED TV panel at the forthcoming CES show. No other real information was released prior to the event. Analyst Comment This is quite …

GPUs Develop Strongly in 2017

by Bob Raikes

Jon Peddie Research (JPR) has just released in annual review of GPU developments for 2017. The report is available free to subscribers to Jon Peddie’s TechWatch, or costs $100 to others. In spite of …

Full Screen Displays Head for Quarter Billion

by Bob Raikes

Sigmaintell has reported that almost a quarter billion ‘full screen’ displays have been sold in 2017, with nearly 200 million in the second half of the year. Samsung is by far the biggest supplier, …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Small Medium Panel Supply| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 01

Oppo Plans Sim-free Phones for Japan

by Bob Raikes

Oppo of China, owned by BBK) is planning to start to sell its phones without SIMs in Japan in the spring of 2018 according to Reuters. The company is reported to be planning to …

Tags:Japan| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 01

Japanese Glass Maker Sold for $158 mn

by Bob Raikes

An Indian company, Vedanta, led by Anil Agarwal, has bought a controlling stake in AvanStrate, a Japanese specialist in LCD glass substrates for small medium panels and with products to support substrates up to …

Tags:Glass| India| Investment| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 02

Pico Has Standalone VR Headset

by Bob Raikes

Pico said that a press conference held in its global headquarters in Beijing, it showed the Pico Neo which it claims as the world’s first mass-produced standalone VR device with six degrees of freedom …

Tags:CES 2018| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 01

German Consumers Remain Positive

by Bob Raikes

GfK reported that consumers in Germany were in a positive mood at the end of 2017, although the propensity to buy ranking is slightly down on a monthly basis, although up on last year …

Tags:Germany| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 01