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Articles Feature Information about DisplayPort

by Bob Raikes

We recently saw a number of interesting articles about DisplayPort, and published by hub-maker StarTech. The first article gives a brief overview of the DisplayPort Alt-Mode. A second article covers the MST mode that …

Tags:DisplayPort| Thunderbolt| Vol 24 - Issue 30

UniPixel Signs Deal for Equity Credit

by Bob Raikes

UniPixel said that it has entered an equity purchase agreement that gives the company the right to “put,” or sell, up to 13.1 million shares of common stock to L2 Capital for an investment …

Tags:Investment| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Unipixel| Vol 24 - Issue 30

Sony Updates 3LCD Projectors

by Bob Raikes

Sony has released four new D-series projectors to replace current models. The new VPL-DX221, VPL-DX241, VPL-DX271 and VPL-DW241 models are based on 3LCD technology with a 215W UHP lamp. Full screen contrast is 4,000:1 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD Projectors (3LCD)| sony| Vol 24 - Issue 30

Transsion Launches New Phones in India

by Bob Raikes

We recently saw a reference to Transsion Holdings, which has an HQ in Shenzen in China, and is building a new HQ there. The company is reported to have made 80 million handsets in …

Tags:India| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 30

DVB Approves New Sub-Title Specification

by Bob Raikes

The DVB steering board has approved a new specification for subtitling for broadcast TV and which will be based on the W3C Timed Text Markup Language and will run alongside the current bitmap-based technology …

Tags:DVB| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Standards| Vol 24 - Issue 30

Samsung to Invest in Cynora

by Bob Raikes

A Korean blog has said that Samsung has decided to invest in Cynora of Germany. The Investor puts the level of investment at €100 million. Analyst Comment We recently reported that both Korean panel …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Materials| Samsung Display| Vol 24 - Issue 30

BOE Formalises Second G10.5 Plan

by Bob Raikes

BOE has formally announced its plan to build a second 10.5G line in Wuhan, China. The plant will start construction in Q4 of this year and will take up to two years to come …

Tags:BOE| Large Display Monitor| LCD Fabs| Vol 24 - Issue 30

Sharp Could “Help” JDI

by Bob Raikes

Dai Cheng-wu, President of Sharp, has said that his company is ready to assist JDI as it struggles to deal with the switch to OLED in its key smartphone market. (Japan Display At the …

Tags:Japan Display Inc (JDI)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| sharp| Vol 24 - Issue 30

Inflection Points Again…

by Bob Raikes

We have a combined issue of Large and Mobile Display Monitor as each was going to a bit thin this week. Much of Europe disappears to the beach for this month and news slows …

Tags:Editorial| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Pricing| Vol 24 - Issue 29

Miracast Plans to Build on Wide Acceptance

by Bob Raikes

Back in 2012, a technology that was being used by makers of Android to compete with AirPlay from Apple and WiDi from Intel and called Miracast, was taken into the Wi-Fi Alliance and now …

Tags:Miracast| Vol 24 - Issue 30| Wi-Fi Alliance

LCD TV Price Drops Accelerate

by Bob Raikes

TrendForce of Taiwan has said that, as we expected, TV panel price reductions have accelerated with 65″ dropping by 5% to 7% between May and August and with 43″ and 55″ dropping 4% to …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD Panels| Mobile Display Monitor| Pricing| Vol 24 - Issue 30