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Innolux Looking to Mini LED to Compete with OLED

by Bob Raikes

The Taipei Times reports that Innolux has said through EVP, Ting Ching-lung has decided to develop ‘mini LED’ displays rather than microLEDs because of the time that it will take to make microLEDs at …

Tags:Innolux| Large Display Monitor| LED| MicroLED| Vol 24 - Issue 23

BBC Looks to WCG & HFR for UHD Success

by Bob Raikes

The BBC’s Andy Quested has said that he believes that Wide Colour Gamut (WCG) and High Frame Rates (HFR) will be critical in making a success of UltraHD at the SES UltraHD conference. He …

Tags:BBC| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Hypebox Used in MediaMarkt

by Bob Raikes

MMT of Berlin, Germany, has supplied a number of transparent 32″ Hypebox display boxes to Media Markt in the Netherlands to be used in special promotions. Ten of the systems have been used in …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MediaMarkt (Saturn)| Netherlands| Transparent Displays| Vol 24 - Issue 23

UHD Dominating UK TV Market Value

by Bob Raikes

Nick Simon of GfK spoke at a recent UltraHD conference held by SES in London and said that UltraHD sets are now the dominant HD TV type, especially in the over £350 price bracket. …

Tags:4k| GfK| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| UK (United Kingdom)| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 23

JCDecaux Wins Guangzhou Baiyun Airport Contract

by Bob Raikes

JCDecaux SA, the number one outdoor advertising company worldwide, announced that following a competitive tender, its wholly-owned subsidiary JCDecaux Advertising (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. has won the contract to install and operate the advertising concession …

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Rubin Shows Phone and Assistant with Circular Display

by Bob Raikes

Andy Rubin is a well known name in mobile phone circles as he was a key individual in the development of Android. He now has a company, Essential, which has a new smartphone, a …

Tags:Android| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Dolby Gets to 100 in Cinema

by Bob Raikes

Dolby said that has added ten new titles to the list of films that support Dolby Cinema, bringing the total to 100 by January 2018. This brings the total of titles announced in 2017 …

Tags:Back Panel| Cinema| Dolby| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 23

GFU Surveys German Consumers on TV

by Bob Raikes

The GFU in Germany has released the results of a couple of surveys of Germany consumers, covering their appreciation of marketing terms in TV and the plans for the change to DVB-T2. The first …

Tags:Germany| GFU| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Vol 24 - Issue 23

IDC Bullish on AR & VR

by Bob Raikes

IDC has forecast that AR and VR headset sales will grow with a CAGR of 57.7% from just under 10 million units to just under 100 million by 2021. VR headsets have led much …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Forecasts| IDC| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Freedeo Raises Lawsuit Against GetD and Le-Vision

by Bob Raikes

Freedeo announced today that they have launched a lawsuit with the Shenzhen Court in China against the mother companies of GetD and Le-Vision for patent infringement on the polarized 3D cinema system that they …

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Why I Stopped Using Multiple Monitors – A Single Monitor Manifesto

by Bob Raikes

Many developers believe multiple monitors improve productivity. Studies have proven it, right? Well, keep in mind, many of those studies are commissioned by monitor manufacturers like Dell and NEC. ? Despite the fact that …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Ergonomics| Vol 24 - Issue 23