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Sony & Panasonic Differ in Strategy

by Bob Raikes

An article in Handelsblatt (in German, but Google Translate does a good job!) contrasts the different strategies of Panasonic (the sixth largest electronics company globally) and Sony (the fifth largest). (The top four are …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Panasonic| sony| Vol 24 - Issue 31

Users Positive about AR/VR in Store

by Bob Raikes

We have previously reported on the test project being run by Saturn in Germany (“HoloTour” at PoS – Saturn is based on Augmented Reality). Now the company has released the results of a survey …

Tags:AR/VR| MediaMarkt (Saturn)| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 31

TCL Cancels 50″ And 65″ P-Series 4K HDR TVs

by Bob Raikes

TCL in the US has decided to cancel the 50″ and 65″ versions of its P series TVs, although it will continue to offer the 55″, although the company has not given a clear …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| TCL| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 31

Microsoft Promises UltraHD & HDR Games

by Bob Raikes

Microsoft at Gamescom in Cologne has said that more than 100 games will be available in UltraHD or HDR on the planned XBox One X when it launches in November. Analyst Comment At the …

Tags:4k| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Vol 24 - Issue 31| xBox

Coke Uses Moving LED Display

by Bob Raikes

We heard that a new moving LED display was being built in Times Sq, New York and we reported that it would be officially launched in August 2017 and now it looks at though …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 31

US Ford Dealer Wins a Halo

by Bob Raikes

Panasonic has supplied an LED ‘halo’ display to a US Ford dealer from Birch Run, Michigan that was installed by Installation & Service Technologies (IST), of Kansas City MO. The halo weighs just over …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| Panasonic| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 31

Raspberry Pi-based System Supports Auto Video Walls

by Bob Raikes

A hat tip to Sixteen:Nine.net for spotting a new software app, developed in Germany, that is claimed to automatically set up video walls even where the wall is created with different size displays in …

Tags:Digital Signage| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Software| Video Walls| Vol 24 - Issue 31

Samsung Bangs the Drum for QD LCDs

by Bob Raikes

Samsung put out a press release claiming “dominance in the premium TV market” with first place in the >$1,500 global premium TV market in Q2 2017. The company said that while these TVs account …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Quantum Dots| Samsung| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 31

Kopin’s ‘Elf’ Headset Delivers High Res Images

by Bob Raikes

We spotted an interesting article on the Road to VR blog which highlights that a development platform headset being developed by Goertek, based on Kopin’s design and microdisplays, is a very light unit and …

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Kopin| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 31

‘Relúmĭno’ Visual Aid App Moves out of the Lab

by Bob Raikes

We reported on the Samsung Relúmĭno VR system for helping the visually impaired from the MWC 4YFN event (MWC 4YFN Show Buzzes). The device will now be officially launched as it was previously just …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 31

OLED Encapsulation Materials Market to Grow With 16% CAGR

by Bob Raikes

The OLED encapsulation materials market is set to grow with a CAGR of 16% to $223 million by 2021, according to IHS Markit, although the company is only forecasting 4.7% growth this year to …

Tags:Encapsulation| IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Materials Market| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Materials| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 31