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Optoma Adds to Darbee Range

by Bob Raikes

Optoma has a new DLP projector, the HD39Darbee that is for home cinema and gaming. The company claims good gaming response with an input lag of 16ms. Resolution is FullHD with 3,500 Ansi lumens …

Tags:DLP Projectors| Home Cinema| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 31

ViewSonic Adds New Fogra Certified 27-inch 4K UHD Monitor

by Bob Raikes

ViewSonic has announced the VP2785-4K, a 27-inch 4K UHD (3840×2160) monitor that is for professional pre-publication and other colour critical applications and has been certified by Fogra and supports 99% of AdobeRGB and 98% …

Tags:Colour Critical Monitors| Desktop Monitors| Fogra| Large Display Monitor| ViewSonic| Vol 24 - Issue 31

Stretchable OLED Commercialisation is on the Rise

by Bob Raikes

UBI Research of Korea has released through OLEDNet its views on the development of flexible and stretchable OLED displays. The company highlighted the stretchable display that Samsung showed at SID and that LG Display …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 31

LG Upgrades LED Projectors

by Bob Raikes

LG said that it will show new ProBeam UST (model HF85JA) and MiniBeam (model PH30JG) LED projectors for home cinema use at IFA. The ProBeam UST supports FullHD resolution and can display a 100″ …

Tags:Home Cinema| Large Display Monitor| LED Projectors| LG Electronics (LGE)| Projectors| UST Projectors| Vol 24 - Issue 31

Mercedes Pushes the Boat Out on Concept Design

by Bob Raikes

Mercedes has shown a new concept car at a show in Pebble Beach, California, that has a wrap-around fibre-optic display in the cockpit. The electric Vision Mercedes-Maybach 6 Cabriolet uses four electric motors to …

Tags:Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 31

Emerging Markets Spur Smartphone Growth in Q2

by Bob Raikes

Global sales of smartphones to end users reached 366.2 million units in the second quarter of 2017, a 6.7% increase over the second quarter of 2016, according to Gartner. In the smartphone operating system …

Tags:Gartner| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 31

Vol 24 #31 Product Round-up

by Bob Raikes

3M has developed a new High Clarity privacy filter that is designed to work better with displays that have higher resolutions. The filter is claimed to have “30% more clarity” than previous products and …

Tags:3M (MMM)| Acer| Dell| DLP Projectors| Fujitsu| Large Display Monitor| Lenovo| Privacy| Vol 24 - Issue 31

LDC Dates Set for 2018

by Bob Raikes

We heard recently that the LDC (Laser Display and Lighting Conference) will be held in Yokohama, Japan on 24th – 27th April 2018. The event took place in Germany in 2016, but was in …

Tags:Back Panel| Events| Japan| Large Display Monitor| Laser| Vol 24 - Issue 31

BOE Formalises JV Plan

by Bob Raikes

The ET News in Korea reports that the deal between BOE, Kopin and Olightek Opto-Electronic Technology to build a production line to be dedicated to OLED-based microdisplays has been approved by the board of …

Tags:BOE| Investment| Kopin| Microdisplays| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 31

QMC Claims no Detioration in 1000 Hrs in QD LED Design

by Bob Raikes

Quantum Materials Corp (QMC) of the US said that its cadmium-free quantum dots have surpassed a 1000-hour continuous durability test in a remote LED application. The testing has been conducted with red and green …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD Backlights| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Quantum Dots| Vol 24 - Issue 31

HTC Confirmed as Pixel 2 Maker

by Bob Raikes

Filings with the FCC have confirmed that HTC will be making the smaller version of the Google Pixel 2 smartphone. The phone is also expected to have a feature called “Active Edge” which is …

Tags:Google| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 31

Digital Signage Set for Global Growth

by Bob Raikes

A hat tip to Sixteen:Nine.net for publishing the latest data from IHS Markit on the global public display market. A report is available to members of the Digital Signage Federation as part of their …

Tags:Digital Signage| IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Vol 24 - Issue 31