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LDM Product Round Up Vol 24 #45

by Bob Raikes

AOC has put model numbers on the monitors that it previewed at Gamescon (Vol 24 #30 Product Round-Up). The AG273QCX is a 27″ curved TN model with 144Hz of refresh and QuadHD (2560 x …

Tags:Curved Displays| Game Playing| Interfaces| Kiosks| Large Display Monitor| Media Players| MMD (AOC Philips)| Peerless AV| Vol 24 - Issue 45

New LED Video Display for Messe Karlsruhe

by Bob Raikes

S-Quadrat has installed a new LED display of 30m² to replace an existing 21m² LED that was previously installed in the Messe in Karlsruhe, Germany. The new display has an output of up to …

Tags:Germany| Large Display Monitor| LED| Vol 24 - Issue 46

HDMI 2.1 Finalised – Support for 4K120 and 10K

by Bob Raikes

HDMI has formally released Version 2.1 of the HDMI specification that includes a new Ultra High Speed HDMI cable that will support uncompressed 8K video with HDR. The outline of the specification was released …

Tags:HDMI| Interfaces| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)| Vol 24 - Issue 45

Viaccess-Orca and Rambus Boost Security in TVs and STBs

by Bob Raikes

Viaccess-Orca is working with Rambus Inc to develop a hardware VO Shield Root of Trust (RoT) solution for multimedia chips that might be used in Smart TVs and STBs. The company said that the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Security| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 45

Arm Has New Display Architecture

by Bob Raikes

Arm has created a new architecture, Komeda, to integrate its Mali-D71, CoreLink MMU-600 and Assertive Display 5 technology (acquired by Arm with the purchase of Apical last year). Assertive Display 5 technology is intended …

Tags:Arm| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 45

iPhone Spec Roadmap Revealed

by Bob Raikes

The OLED Association has published a roadmap that sets out the expected specifications for Apple’s iPhone developments, and produced by Mirae Asset Daewoo Research. The main changes expected are a move to higher resolutions …

Tags:Apple| Flexible Displays| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 45

Asus Monitor is for eSports

by Bob Raikes

Asus has a new eSports LCD, the ROG Strix XG258Q, which uses a 24.5″ TN panel from AU Optronics that has FullHD resolution and that supports a 240Hz refresh rate and a 1ms GtG …

Tags:Asus| Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 45

Cubic LED is to be Shown at ISLE

by Bob Raikes

The International Signs and LED Exhibition will take place from March 3rd to 6th at the Canton Fair Complex in Guangzhou, China and the organisers expect more than 1,600 exhibitors and 200,000 visitors to …

Tags:Back Panel| China| Events| Large Display Monitor| LED| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 24 - Issue 45

BOE Pushing to Supply Its Flexible OLEDs to Apple

by Bob Raikes

The ETNews in Korea has said that BOE is trying hard to become a supplier of flexible OLEDs to Apple and the report said that the firm has said that it would make two …

Tags:BOE| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Vol 24 - Issue 45

Samsung Plans to Show 150″ LED TV

by Bob Raikes

ZDNet of Korea has forecast that Samsung will show a new 150″ TV based on microLED technology at the forthcoming CES 20187 show and the resolution is around UltraHD. Analyst Comment It wouldn’t be …

Tags:CES 2018| Large Display Monitor| MicroLED| Samsung| Vol 24 - Issue 45

Samsung Still Discussing Panel Supply with LG

by Bob Raikes

Samsung is reported by the Korea Herald to have agreed to use LCD panels from its rival, LG Display, in its TV business. The discussions have been going on for some time, but the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| LG Displays (LGD)| Samsung| Vol 24 - Issue 45

So When do We See a $25 32″ TV on Black Friday?

by Bob Raikes

We made a decision not to get too obsessed with the details of all the offers that were seen on Black Friday this year. There are lots of amazing deals, not least from Samsung, …

Tags:Black Friday| Editorial| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Pricing| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 44