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DSCC Looks at OLED Developments

by Bob Raikes

DSCC recently ran an event in Tokyo under the title “Roadmap to Display OLEDisation” and kindly sent us some information from the event. One of the topics that analyst, Yoshio Tamura, talked about was …

Tags:Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Small Medium Panel Supply| Smartphone Market| Vol 24 - Issue 45

Small Surplus in TV Panels in Q4

by Bob Raikes

Sigmaintell of China has said that it expects LCD TV panel supply to be 6.4% ahead of demand in Q4 of 2017 as the demand to sell TVs outside China declines in Q4. Part …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| TV Production| Vol 24 - Issue 45

Tianma Rises on Strong LTPS

by Bob Raikes

Sigmaintell has released its data on the supply of panels for smartphones in Q3 2017. The total volume was around 1% on last year and Q3 is typically the peak volume quarter of the …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Small Medium Panel Supply| Smartphone Market| Vol 24 - Issue 44

Warranty Week Updates on Apple

by Bob Raikes

We’re a bit behind with some summaries of some interesting reports from Warranty Week. The site looked at Apple’s warranty claim costs, which have stabilised over the last couple of years, after a five …

Tags:Apple| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 44| warranty

Seasonal GPU Pick-up is Good for Nvidia

by Bob Raikes

Jon Peddie Research has published its latest data on GPU shipments and said that while year on year shipments dropped 3.3%, the market was 9.3% up on Q2, slightly below the 9.52% long term …

Tags:GPUs| Jon Peddie Research (JPR)| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 44

Digital Signage for the Arlanda Express in Sweden

by Bob Raikes

In an unusual move, LED displays on the Arlanda Express have been replaced by LCD displays produced by Infinitus, based in Slovenia. The custom 49.5″ double sided displays had to use the existing mount, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD displays| Outdoor Displays| Sweden| Transport| Vol 24 - Issue 44

HbbTV Starts Application Discovery Service

by Bob Raikes

RadioDNS and HbbTV announced that RadioDNS has implemented support for HbbTV’s “Application Discovery over Broadband” specification. This new functionality is intended to benefit consumers that live in markets where the existing HbbTV triggers are …

Tags:Europe| HbbTV| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Smart TV| Vol 24 - Issue 44

Samsung Releases Video for Configurator

by Bob Raikes

Samsung has released a new configurator for its LED and video wall products that can be used on a tablet. The company showed how it works, below. The company said that “your friends will …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| LED| Samsung| Video Walls| Vol 24 - Issue 44

Delta Named as a Best Taiwan Global Brand

by Bob Raikes

Delta said that it has been listed in the top 20 Taiwanese global brands list for the seventh consecutive year, and compiled by Interbrand, as it came in at #15. The brand was valued …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Market Shares - Brands| Taiwan| Vol 24 - Issue 44

6-DoF Standalone VR Headset Next for Samsung

by Bob Raikes

Samsung has teased developers at its recent conference by suggesting that its next VR headset will have inside-out tracking and six degrees of freedom (DoF) control. Analyst Comment This combination would effectively take the …

Tags:AR/VR| Mixed Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 44

UHD DLP projector from BenQ

by Bob Raikes

BenQ has a new UltraHD DLP projector, the W1700 (HT2550 in the US) that uses a proprietary low dispersion lens that improves quality as well as “CinematicColor” which means that the projector has an …

Tags:BenQ| DLP Projectors| Home Cinema| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 44

DisplayMate Measures A Couple of TVs

by Bob Raikes

Ray Soneira of DisplayMate, no doubt with some support from LG Displays, has published a detailed review of an LG IPS TV (LG 65SJ9500 Nano Cell 65 inch TV) and a Samsung set (Samsung …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| Testing| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 44