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Car Charger has 75″ Display

by Bob Raikes

Invidis has reported an installation of a 75″ portrait mode outside totem that is also used for vehicle charging and developed by ST-Digital of Bielefeld, Germany. The system is reported to have been installed …

Tags:Automotive| Large Display Monitor| Outdoor Displays| Totem Displays| Vol 24 - Issue 19

Taiwan Panel Makers Should be Up in Q2

by Bob Raikes

Digitimes Research has forecast that Taiwan-based LCD makers will ship 304 million small to medium panels in Q2 2017, 2.8% up on Q1 and 13.0% up on the year. 15.5% will be based on …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Small Medium Panel Supply| Taiwan| Vol 24 - Issue 19

Element Amazon TVs Start to Ship – What Happens to Seiki?

by Bob Raikes

The Tong Fang-owned Element brand has launched the Amazon Fire-based UltraHD TVs that it showed at CES this year. There will be 43″ ($449), 50″ ($549), 55″ ($649) and 65″ ($899) models and they …

Tags:Amazon| Large Display Monitor| TVs (TV Sets)| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 19

BT To Show Champions League Final in VR

by Bob Raikes

BT has said that it will broadcast the UEFA Champions League final in a number of 360°streams on YouTube and the new BT Sport Virtual Reality App, allowing viewers to choose between a 360°produced …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Sports and Stadiums| UK (United Kingdom)| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 19

FlexEnable’s Plastic LCDs Aimed at Automotive

by Bob Raikes

FlexEnable plans to talk about its latest free-form and flexible LCDs at next week’s SID event, in the Automotive special event. The displays have been developed with Merck (Merck To Promote LCD, OLED and …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Merck| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2017| Vol 24 - Issue 19

LG and SES Show UHD High Frame Rate Technology

by Bob Raikes

LG & SES showed HFR video in a collaboration at the annual SES Industry Days. The 4K HFR content was transmitted live via an ASTRA satellite at 19.2 degrees East and displayed on LG’s …

Tags:HFR - High Frame Rate| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLED TVs| SES| Vol 24 - Issue 19

Thunderbot Comes to Europe with Gaming Notebook

by Bob Raikes

Thunderobot, which has been selling gaming laptops online in Asia, has established a service centre in Barcelona and will start to promote its products in Europe. The first product is the ST-Plus, based on …

Tags:Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 24 - Issue 19

InFocus Adds Two Distributors in Germany

by Bob Raikes

InFocus has added Delo Computer GmbH and L&R IT Vertriebs GmbH as distributors for its interactive displays in Germany.

Tags:Distribution| Germany| InFocus| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 19

Barco Launches LED Canvas with 7 mm Pitch

by Bob Raikes

One of the most innovative LED products launched last year was Barco’s Series R ‘Canvas’ range, which was originally only available with a 10mm pitch. (R-series is Barco’s Thin, Light LED Solution) It has …

Tags:Barco| ITEC 2017| Large Display Monitor| LED| Vol 24 - Issue 19

LG OLED TVs Close to Sony, but Better Value

by Bob Raikes

A review by 4K.com compared Sony’s A1E 65″ OLED TV with LG’s C7 and found that while they both are exceptional TVs, the differences are very small and the price difference (Sony’s 65 inch …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| OLED TVs| Testing| Vol 24 - Issue 19

Apple Awards Corning First Advanced Manufacturing Fund Investment

by Bob Raikes

Apple today announced Corning Incorporated will receive $200 million from Apple’s new Advanced Manufacturing Fund as part of the company’s commitment to foster innovation among American manufacturers. The investment will support Corning’s R&D, capital …

Tags:Apple

Amazon Echo Show Announced

by Bob Raikes

Amazon has released the Amazon Echo Show which is a new form factor device (compared to the Echo and Echo Dot) that includes a 7″ diagonal touch screen (of unstated resolution). The device has …

Tags:Amazon| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 19