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Samsung Display Switches Plan from LCD to OLED

by Bob Raikes

Samsung Display has been expected to make a half G10.5 LCD fab (2940 x 1685mm) to allow three 75″ or 4 65″ panels to be made with as much as 94% glass efficiency and …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Samsung Display| Vol 24 - Issue 23

LeEco Closing in US and India

by Bob Raikes

Chinese TV company, LeEco, which has hit financial trouble, has cancelled a plan to raise money via some bonds and has closed its operations in the US and India, laying off staff. In April, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LeEco (formerly LeTV)| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Vol 24 - Issue 23

SID’s Done – time for Infocomm

by Bob Raikes

Phew, that was a busy week. We finished the mammoth SID report, which was a relief and thanks to all of the team that contributed. (We had a problem with some of the mailouts …

Tags:Editorial| Infocomm 2017| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2017| Vol 24 - Issue 22

Chinese OLED Production Forecast

by Bob Raikes

Digitimes Research has released its forecast for the growth of AMOLED manufacturing in China. Seven China-based panel makers have been expanding existing or setting up new AMOLED production capacities, with the total annual capacity …

Tags:China| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Vol 24 - Issue 22

LG To Show New Desktop Monitors at Infocomm

by Bob Raikes

LG said that it would show the 43″ 43MU79 UltraHD monitor at Infocomm along with the 32MU99 and 27MU58P, which are all UltraHD monitors. The 43″ looks like the 43UD79-B which has been shown …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Infocomm 2017| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Vol 24 - Issue 24

Samsung Has 32:9 Gaming Monitor

by Bob Raikes

Samsung announced new CHG90 and CHG70 curved quantum dot LCD monitors for gamers and all supporting the AMD FreeSync 2 technology for frame rate control. The monitors have support for 95% of DCI-P3 and …

Tags:Curved Displays| Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Samsung| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)| Vol 24 - Issue 22

Diamond Ultra 4K/5K Docking Station Uses USB

by Bob Raikes

Diamond Multimedia has launched a USB Type C or Type A dock that uses a DisplayLink chip to support a 5120 x 2880 display at 60Hz (over DisplayPort) or two 4096 x 2160 60p …

Tags:DisplayLink| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| USB| Vol 24 - Issue 23

8K Touch Table for Restaurants Under Development

by Bob Raikes

The Nikkei Asian Review has posted information about the development of an 8K ‘touch table’ that is being developed for use in restaurants and other locations to allow the interaction with 8K content. The …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Touch| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Sofitel Use of Microtiles Confirmed

by Bob Raikes

We reported on a project in the Sofitel Paris Baltimore a few weeks ago (Paris Hotel Installs Video Wall for Guests) and suggested that the display looked like Christie’s MicroTiles and now a press …

Tags:Christie| Hospitality Displays| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 22

intu To Use Landscape/Portrait Displays

by Bob Raikes

Intu, a UK developer and owner of shopping malls and retail centres and the company has said that it is installing eight Epoch displays from ADI that will be rotatable between landscape and portrait …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 24 - Issue 22

Peerless Outdoor TVs Now in UHD

by Bob Raikes

Peerless-AV in the US has announced the latest line of all-season outdoor TVs, the UltraView UHD Outdoor TV. The TVs are equipped with UltraHD resolution and are intended to provide a crisp, clear picture, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Outdoor Displays| Peerless AV| TV Set Market| Vol 24 - Issue 22

NEC

OneLAN Appointed by NEC

by Bob Raikes

OneLAN has been appointed by NEC in the US as a strategic software integration partner which will cover its content, network and device management software, to its meeting room booking solutions. OneLAN also supports …

Tags:Digital Signage Software| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| NEC| Vol 24 - Issue 22