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LDM Vol 24 #42 Round-up

by Bob Raikes

Epson in the USA is now shipping the BrightLink Pro 1470Ui, and BrightLink 710Ui claimed to be the world’s first laser interactive display solutions and the PowerLite 700U ultra short-throw 3LCD laser display. The …

Tags:Epson| Large Display Monitor| Projectors| QLED| Samsung| sharp| Video Walls| ViewSonic| Vol 24 - Issue 42

S[quadrat] Has Three New LED Display Series

by Bob Raikes

S[quadrat] GmbH l is launching three new product series of LED displays. The three are a transparent SIC series, a slim series that is just 3cm deep and a a Poster series that are …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| Outdoor Displays| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Transparent Displays| Vol 24 - Issue 42

Eizo Goes to UltraHD for Endoscopy

by Bob Raikes

Eizo has added to its range of surgical and endoscopy monitors with the CuratOR EX3140, the first monitor in that series that supports UltraHD. The 31.1″ monitor has an IPS panel with wide colour …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Eizo| Large Display Monitor| Medical| Vol 24 - Issue 42

PlayNitride in Taiwan MicroLED Project

by Bob Raikes

Taiwanese sources have reported that PlayNitride of Taiwan is part of the microLED project that we reported on a couple of months ago. (Taiwan’s EOSRL Planning 2018 MicroLED Production) PlayNitride microLED Display, Credit Business …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Taiwan| Vol 24 - Issue 42

Qualcomm

Broadcom Wants to Buy Qualcomm

by Bob Raikes

Broadcom has made an unsolicited bid to buy Qualcomm for a price of $60 per share, plus $10 in Broadcom stock, valuing the company at around $130 billion and a 28% premium on the …

Tags:Broadcom| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Vol 24 - Issue 42

Olympus EyeTrek Insight EI-10 Smart Glasses are for Business Use

by Bob Raikes

Olympus America Inc. announced the launch of the EyeTrek Insight EI-10 Smart Glasses in the US. The patented optical system in the EI-10 is intended to enable users to see its display without blocking …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Eyewear| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 42

DisplayMate Sees Apple X

by Bob Raikes

DisplayMate has issued its detailed review of the OLED display on the new Apple iPhone X. Dr Ray Soneira from DisplayMate said that the display displaces the Samsung Galaxy S8 as the best smartphone …

Tags:Apple| DisplayMate| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 42

Mobile Projector is Designed for iPhone

by Bob Raikes

Aiptek has set up a Kickstarter project for the OrbitBeam, a projector designed for use with iPhones, from 6/6 plus and up (or Android above 4.2 using Miracast). It also has a battery case …

Tags:Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Pico Projectors| Vol 24 - Issue 42

Google Patents MicroLED Glasses Concept

by Bob Raikes

Google applied for a patent relating to the use of MicroLEDs in AR glasses in March 2016, and that has now been awarded according to the Patently Mobile blog. The concept puts the image …

Tags:Eyewear| Google| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 42

No Such Thing as a Perfect Product

by Bob Raikes

This week, we have a report in LDM on the SMPTE conference in Hollywood from Chris and another report in MDM on the VR event in New York. There’s lots of other news as …

Tags:Editorial| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 42| warranty

Veeco and Allos Can Make 200mm GaN-on-Si Wafers for microLEDs

by Bob Raikes

Equipment maker, Veeco, along with Allos Semiconductor, has completed a micro-LED project to make blue and green microLEDs on GaN-on-Si wafers. Veeco has used technology from Allos in its Propel single wafer MOCVD system. …

Tags:Chips| Large Display Monitor| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductors| Vol 24 - Issue 42

Fujitsu & Lenovo Make a Deal – Finally!

by Bob Raikes

Just as we were finalising our issue this week, we spotted the news that after some delay from the original concept, Fujitsu and Lenovo have formed a PC Joint Venture. We first reported on …

Tags:Fujitsu| Large Display Monitor| Lenovo| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 41