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3M to Outsource DBEF Production

by Bob Raikes

3M has done well over the years with its DBEF dual brightness enhancement film, which is a reflective polariser film that helps LCD makers to get more of the photons from a backlight to …

Tags:3M (MMM)| Film materials| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 38

Samsung Fights Back Against OLED

by Bob Raikes

Samsung is fighting back against the success of OLED TV. As well as the expected special promotions (cash back and free Blu-ray players) on QLED TVs, in Slovakia the company is offering to swap …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| OLED TVs| Samsung| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 37

5G To Arrive in 2019 Says Qualcomm

by Bob Raikes

At the recent Frankfurt motor show, Qualcomm CEO, Steven Mllenkopf has forecast that the US, Korea and Japan would start to launch 5G services in 2019, with China not too far behind. The firm’s …

Tags:5G| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Vol 24 - Issue 37

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Apple Supply Delay Not Because of OLED Supply

by Bob Raikes

There have been lots of rumours recently about Apple and its smartphone plans and shipments. Apple is said to be in some trouble and while many commentators are suggesting that the problem is in …

Tags:Apple| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDA (OLED Association)| Samsung| Vol 24 - Issue 37

Hoffmann Looks for Adaptive TV

by Bob Raikes

Dr. Hans Hoffmann of the EBU is an experienced technologist in the European TV market and recently wrote an article that highlights the problems that have been caused by the fragmentation of the broadcast …

Tags:Broadcast| EBU| HDR - High Dynamic Range| HFR - High Frame Rate| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 38

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Visionect Recruits Sri Peruvemba to Board

by Bob Raikes

Sri Peruvemba who is a Board Director and Chair of Marketing for SID as well as having his own consultancy and working with companies such as Quirklogic (Quilla) and ClearInk Displays, has now joined …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Vol 24 - Issue 37

Gionee M7 Power Released in Thailand

by Bob Raikes

Gionee of China has announce the M7 Power in Thailand, as it moves out of its China base. The display has a 6″ IPS LCD display with 18:9 ratio and 1440 x 720 HD …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 37

Analogix Has DP/USB Compatibility Checker

by Bob Raikes

Analogix has published an online matrix showing the features available and implemented in mobile devices that is intended to help with decisions about how to exploit connectivity via USB Type-C or Micro-USB.

Tags:Back Panel| DisplayPort| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Smartphones| tablets| USB| Vol 24 - Issue 37

The UK Engineering Channel to be Closed

by Bob Raikes

The DTG in the UK said that it would close The Engineering Channel, a DTT channel on Multiplex PSB1 that has been used in the past to deliver software updates to FreeView and other …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Terrestrial (DTT)| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 24 - Issue 37

Radiant Explains OLED Inconsistency

by Bob Raikes

Radiant Vision Systems has published a webinar and a powerpoint that has a lot of information about the process of correcting the inconsistencies in the performance of OLEDs, an issue that is raising its …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Test Equipment| Vol 24 - Issue 37

New DLP Chips Are for Mainstream FHD Projection

by Bob Raikes

TI has added two new DLP chips, the DLP470NE, which is a 0.47″ 1920 x 1080 DMD and the 0.48″ 1920 x 1200 DLP480RE. The chips have 5.4µm pixels and so fit alongside the …

Tags:DLP| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 37

Samsung Preparing for HDR10+

by Bob Raikes

Samsung published an interview that it conducted with Bill Mandel, VP, Digital Media Solutions Lab, Samsung Research America about the development of HDR10+, the technology that the company has developed for PQ-based HDR using …

Tags:4k| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 24 - Issue 39