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Sigmaintell Optimistic About OLED TV

by Bob Raikes

Sigmaintell of China has released its forecast for OLED panels for TV applications, based on the recent investment announcements from LG Display. The firm points out that current manufacturing techniques are wasteful of material …

Tags:Forecasts| Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| OLED TVs| Vol 24 - Issue 29

Chinese TV Market Suffers in H1 2017

by Bob Raikes

Sigmaintell released data on the Chinese TV market, including its ranking of the main brands over the first half of 2017. High panel pricing and the pressure on TV pricing have led to relatively …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| TV Set Market| Vol 24 - Issue 29

Apple Software Indicates HDR & UHD Support

by Bob Raikes

An iOS developer has spotted that in the latest Apple Homepod speaker software update, there are lines of code that refer to an Apple TV version that supports both UltraHD and HDR. The HDR …

Tags:4k| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 29

Samsung TVs and Quantum Dots

by Bob Raikes

We struggled to find a front page story this week for LDM, although we probably had too many for MDM. However, we managed to find something! While the switch to OLED is gathering momentum …

Tags:Editorial| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED TVs| Quantum Dots| Samsung| Vol 24 - Issue 28

LG Confirms Display Details for V30

by Bob Raikes

LG has said that its next flagship smartphone, the V30 phablet. It will use a 6″ 18:9 plastic AMOLED with curved edges like the Samsung Edge and with 2880 x 1440 resolution. The colour …

Tags:AMOLED| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 28

Video Released of Dubai OLED

by Bob Raikes

In our round up from the Munich Digital Signage Summit a few weeks ago, we mentioned a new video wall that has been developed in Dubai that uses 820 55″ OLEDs in a 41 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| OLEDs| Transparent Displays| Video Walls| Vol 24 - Issue 28

Changi Uses LEDs to Entertain Travellers

by Bob Raikes

Changi Airport in Singapore has installed a 70 m small pitch LED video wall display in the security screen area of Terminal 4. The content consists of a fifty minute custom video of 17 …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| LED| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 24 - Issue 28

Flexible OLEDs Used in India

by Bob Raikes

A shopping mall in the Ambience Mall in Gurugram, India uses 70 curved LG OLED displays to create a ‘dgital chandelier’ and act as a focal point for the location. The installation weighs 4.8 …

Tags:Digital Signage| India| Large Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 28

TSItouch Wins Protective Glass Patent

by Bob Raikes

TSITouch of the US has registered a patent (#9,671,824) for a protective glass design for video walls that avoids the need to bond displays. The Glass Retention Bezel System (GRBS) is a modular solution …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Patents| Video Walls| Vol 24 - Issue 28

Admedia UK Network Grows

by Bob Raikes

Admedia is adding new LEDs in Reading West and Heston East on the M4 motorway service areas (MSAs) in the UK on 14th August, bringing its network to 18 displays. The initial 16 D48 …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 24 - Issue 28

Vol 24 #28 Product Round Up

by Bob Raikes

Elo Touch Systems has released two new low-profile, open-frame touchscreens, the 4343L and 5543L. They have PCao touch technology and allow up to 12 simultaneous touches. The Edge to Edge glass architecture of the …

Tags:DLP Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Optoma| Touch| Vol 24 - Issue 28

JDI Ponders How to Enter OLED Business

by Bob Raikes

Nikkei reports that JDI (described as ‘limping’) JDI has asked Mizhuo Bank for loans totalling around ¥100 billion ($900 milliion) to help the company to deal with the challenges of the move from premium …

Tags:Apple| Japan| Japan Display Inc (JDI)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 28