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Absen Upgrades M2.9 Rental LEDs

by Bob Raikes

Absen has updated its M2.9 rental LED panel, launched a year ago, to the new M2.9 Pro product which is optimised for rental and staging. The new version continues the fast building time, based …

Tags:Absen| Large Display Monitor| LED| Rental and Staging| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 24 - Issue 40

LG European OLED Day

by Bob Raikes

LG Display held a special “European OLED Day” in Munich, along with seven of its TV partner brands in Europe; B&O, Grundig, LG Electronics, Loewe, Metz, Philips, Toshiba. (Sony was a notable exception – …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| OLED TVs| Vol 24 - Issue 40

Denso Has Largest HUD

by Bob Raikes

Denso of Japan (a Toyota group company) has announced a HUD, based on an LCD imager, that has a nearly 24″ (60cm) display image onto car windscreens and will be released in November 2017 …

Tags:Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 40

Tivo Introduces Bolt Vox

by Bob Raikes

We have been writing positive things about TiVo’s voice and natural language programming, so it’s no surprise that the company is announcing a new Bolt Vox DVR which now includes support for voice search. …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| PVRs (DVRs) Personal Digital Video Recorders| STBs| Tivo| Vol 24 - Issue 40

Smartphones Up in Q3 2017

by Bob Raikes

GfK released data on sales of smartphones in Q3 2017, and reported that global sales volumes reached 367 million units, up 3% year on year, bringing the total to the highest level in a …

Tags:GfK| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 24 - Issue 40

JOLED Set for Production

by Bob Raikes

OLEDNet has reported that at the IMID 2017 Business Forum in Seoul, Joled of Japan said that it now has a stable inkjet process for OLEDs with 220 ppi, with further development work to …

Tags:InkJet Deposition| JOLED| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 40

HP Unveils First Detachable PC Workstation

by Bob Raikes

HP has released what it says is the first detachable PC workstation, the HP ZBook x2. The system has a 14″ IPS 3840 x 2160 LCD with anti-glare treatment and touch, driven by Intel …

Tags:Convertible PCs| HP Inc| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 40| Workstations

Eizo LFD is for Endoscopy & Radiology

by Bob Raikes

Eizo has released the CuratOR LX550W monitor for Interventional Radiology and Endoscopy. The 55″ UltraHD monitor uses an IPS panel for consistent viewing angle performance and has 400 cd/m² of output (recommended for calibration) …

Tags:Dicom Medical Calibration| Eizo| Large Display Monitor| Medical| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 40

Christie L/P Projectors Support a Range of Lenses

by Bob Raikes

Christie has two new single chip (0.65″) DLP laser phosphor projectors, the DHD630-GS and DWU630-GS, which deliver 6,000 and 5,400 ANSI lumens, respectively, with FullHD and or 1920 x 1200 (WUXGA) resolution. The projectors …

Tags:Christie| DLP Projectors| Installation Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Laser Phosphor Projectors| Vol 24 - Issue 40

Qualcomm Gains Share in Processors

by Bob Raikes

Strategy Analytics reports that the market for Application Processors (APs) fell by 5% from last year to $9.4 billion for the first half of the year, but Qualcomm went up and the company believes …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductor Market| Vol 24 - Issue 40

Sweden to Finish 700MHz Migration

by Bob Raikes

Sweden is close to migrating completely, with Stockholm the final area to change frequency at the end of October 2017. The country has also switched to DVB-T2 on one multiplex and is working on …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Sweden| Terrestrial (DTT)| Vol 24 - Issue 40

LDM Vol 24 Issue 40 Round-up

by Bob Raikes

Eizo has said that it has two new stands (MDS-T191 and MDS-T261) that are compatible with its range of 19″ and 25.5″ marine monitors. Both stands, when combined with compatible monitors, comply with the …

Tags:Blend & Warp| Display Mounts| Eizo| Large Display Monitor| Maritime| Matrox| Optoma| Peerless AV| Projectors| Vol 24 - Issue 40