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Soitec Makes LED Breakthrough

by Bob Raikes

One of the challenges of making LEDs and, in particular, microLEDs, is to keep them consistent, even though the structures of red, green and blue LEDs are usually different, with blue based on Indium …

Gartner Expects Device Growth in 2018

by Bob Raikes

Gartner has revised its forecast for device shipments and now expects device markets to grow by 2.0% in 2018, an improvement over the last two years. The company quoted its online end-user survey as …

LDM Vol 24 Issue 39 Product Round-up

by Bob Raikes

DVIGear has some new DisplayPort 1.4 active optic cables that can support data rates up to 32.4Gbps and are HDCP2.2 compliant for resolutions of 8K (30Hz 4:4:4) up to 50 metres and 4K/60p (4:4:4) …

NVX 200 is an Apple Watch Peripheral

by Bob Raikes

We spotted a new and unusual peripheral the other day, a ‘peripheral phone’ for the Apple Watch 3. The Watch 3 has an LTE version and the NVX200 connects via Bluetooth and acts as …

Tags:Apple| Apple Watch (iWatch)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 39

Samsung Demonstrates OLED Burn

by Bob Raikes

We didn’t spot it at the time, but around IFA, as part of its campaign to spread doubt about OLED technology, Samsung published the video below, showing the effects of 12 hours of game …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLEDs| Samsung| Vol 24 - Issue 39

Huawei Mate 10 Uses LCD, Mate 10 Pro uses OLED

by Bob Raikes

Huawei showed the Kirin 970 processor at the recent IFA show (IFA 2017: Huawei unveils Kirin 970) and has now released its first phones based on the chip, the Mate 10 and Mate 10 …

Tags:Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 39

Midwich Technology Exposed Event 2017

by Bob Raikes

Each year, Midwich of the UK, which is the most important UK A/V distributor, holds an event, Technology Exposed, for its resellers and end users to attend that is supported by many of its …

Tru-Vu Wins Soccer Monitor Deal

by Bob Raikes

Major League Soccer (MLS) in the US has selected Tru-Vu’s Sunlight Readable waterproof monitors for its video replay systems. The organisation conducted evaluation and testing and chose the SRMW-24Z-SS monitor which has 1,000 cd/m² …

AUO & Innolux Join in On Dual LCDs

by Bob Raikes

One of the highlights of NAB and IBC was the appearance of monitors using dual modulation LCDs for HDR from Panasonic. In these panels, one monochrome LCD is used for modulating the light coming …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 39

Rockchip RK3328 STB SoC is Three Times Faster

by Bob Raikes

Rockchip has showed its new upgraded RK3328 UHD TV box SOC solution at a trade show in Hong Kong and claims it is almost three times faster than previous products as well as adding …

HP and iFixit Talk of Obstacles to Repair

by Bob Raikes

Repair is a growing portion of the e-scrap field, and experts predict it will continue to increase as companies learn the revenue that can be realized by reusing rather than shredding certain good-quality components. …

Tags:HP Inc| Recycling| Repair| Vol 24 - Issue 39| warranty

Macroblock Highlights Power Saving in Shanghai

by Bob Raikes

Macroblock, which makes driver chips for LED displays, was at LED China in Shanghai last month and showed its latest chip, the MBI5353 which is for 24/7 applications and allows power saving by reducing …

Tags:Chips| Large Display Monitor| LED Drivers| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 24 - Issue 39