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Case Study: Eizo User Likes 32″ UltraHD

by Bob Raikes

Eizo released a case study showing how a finance company, S-Kreditpartner, in Berlin, Germany has found that it can exploit 32″ UltraHD monitors – specifically the Eizo Flexscan EV3237 – can be used throughout …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor

Merck to Supply Phosphorescent OLED Material?

by Bob Raikes

The OLED-info blog has reported that an OLED maker will start to use phosphorescent materials from a supplier other than UDC next year. The blog identified Merck as the probable supplier.

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Materials| Vol 24 - Issue 30

Sling TV Now on Google Chrome

by Bob Raikes

Sling TV has created a new player that allows content to be viewed using the Google Chrome browser on Windows or Mac-based systems. The player is the first browser-based implementation. As well as allowing …

Tags:Chrome| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Sling TV| Vol 24 - Issue 30

IHS Optimistic on 18:9 Wide Screen Smartphone Displays

by Bob Raikes

Shipments of wide screen displays in the 18:9 aspect ratio are expected to Reach 611 Million Units by 2021 according to IHS Markit. In the meantime, the legacy 16:9 aspect ratio can be expected …

Tags:IHS Markit| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 30

IHS Markit Analyses the Wired Interface Market

by Bob Raikes

Wireless connectivity could be the future but when it comes to transfer of high-data, ultra-high definition video and secured transmission there is no better match to bandwidth and features provided by the wired interface …

Tags:DisplayPort| HDMI| Large Display Monitor| MHL| Mobile Display Monitor| USB| Vol 24 - Issue 30

Sony Moves to L/P for Cinema Projectors

by Bob Raikes

Sony has announced four new DCI 4K digital cinema projectors in the SX-R800 series and based on Sony’s SXRD LCOS technology. The projectors support HDR and have a native contrast of 10,000:1 (up from …

Tags:Cinema Projection| Large Display Monitor| LCOS| Projectors| sony| Vol 24 - Issue 30

Tuning the Color of Perovskite LEDs

by Bob Raikes

Sixteen authors from institutions in Austria, Germany and Sweden recently reported on a technique to adjust the color of LED emissions using perovskites. This adjustment is done at the manufacturing stage, not in real-time …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Perovskite| R&D (Research & Development)| Semiconductors| Vol 24 - Issue 30

Alpha Display Now in Bulgaria

by Bob Raikes

We have previously met with Alpha Display of Korea which makes industrial and special displays for gaming as well as transport. At the show, the company was very proud of having its 32″ displays …

Tags:Europe| Industrial Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Touch| Vol 24 - Issue 30

TSMC Gears Up FinFET Production

by Bob Raikes

The Commercial Times in China has reported that TSMC is expected to start making 12nm FinFET chips in the fourth quarter of 2017. They will be used in Xavier CPUs and Volta GPUs for …

Tags:Chip Technology| Chips| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TSMC| Vol 24 - Issue 30

CR & Microsoft Dispute Reliability of Surface Products

by Bob Raikes

Consumer Reports (CR) in the US said that it was removing its recommendation of four of Microsoft’s notebook products and “cannot recommend any other Microsoft laptops or tablets because of poor predicted reliability”. The …

Tags:Convertible PCs| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 30