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Qualcomm Ships Mid-Range APUs

by Bob Raikes

Qualcomm introduced the 630 and 660 Snapdragon application processors which are updates on the Snapdragon 625 and 653 processors with more power, more features and better connectivity as well as addressing battery life. Performance …

Tags:Chips| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Semiconductors| Vol 24 - Issue 18

Retail Digital Signage Expo has Good Visitor Quality

by Bob Raikes

The Retail Digital Signage Expo took place on Monday and Tuesday this week (unusual days) and seemed busy when we visited on the Tuesday. The show is a section of a three event combination …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Retail| Retail Digital Signage Expo 2017| Vol 24 - Issue 18

ThinFilm Expands in San Jose

by Bob Raikes

We reported on Thinfilm’s new printed electrochromic label last week (ThinFilm Smart Label Starts to Ship) and now we have heard that the company is building a new fab in San Jose, in a …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| NFC| Printed Electronics| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 18

Aska3D is not ‘Just Pepper’s Ghost’

by Bob Raikes

We were walking past the booth of Aska 3D and saw what looked like a typical ‘Pepper’s Ghost’ display, which are often described as ‘holographic’, but are not. We then realised that the image …

Tags:Holographic Displays| Large Display Monitor| Retail Digital Signage Expo 2017| Virtual Displays| Vol 24 - Issue 18

UBI Forecasts Strong Growth for OLED Emitters

by Bob Raikes

UBI Research of Korea has forecast that the market for emitting materials will expand from $960 million to over $3.3 billion by 2021 as OLED continues to take share in the smartphone and TV …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Materials| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 18

Optoma Updates to GT5000+ Higher Brightness Version

by Bob Raikes

Optoma has announced the latest version of its UST home entertainment projector, the GT5000+ boosts brightness by 20% to 3,600 ANSI lumens from the GT5000 and with contrast up from 23,000:1 to 25:000:1. Other …

Tags:DLP Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Optoma| Vol 24 - Issue 18

SmarDTV Wins in South Africa

by Bob Raikes

SmarDTV, a Kudelski Group company, said that its third generation System-In-Package (SIP) technology was selected by Altech UEC of Durban, South Africa, to be included in a brand new HD set-top box for OpenView …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Semiconductors| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 18

Exertis rebrands its AV division

by Bob Raikes

Exertis has completed the integration of AV VAD Medium UK and is rebranding its AV division as Exertis Medium (Exertis buys Medium)

Tags:Distribution| Exertis| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 24 - Issue 18

Philips 32″ Monitor is Curved

by Bob Raikes

MMD has announced a new 32″ LCD curved FullHD monitor under the Philips brand. The 328E8QJAB5 monitor joins the Philips E Line and has an 1800R curvature and uses a VA panel with 250 …

Tags:Curved Displays| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| MMD (AOC Philips)| Vol 24 - Issue 18

Cestel Wins Istanbul FIDs Contract

by Bob Raikes

Reuters has reported that Vestel of Turkey has won the contract for the flight information displays system to be installed in the new Istanbul 3 airport which is due to start operations in 2018. …

Tags:Flight Information (FIDs)| Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Vestel| Vol 24 - Issue 18

Philips Light Signalling Used in Media Markt in Eindhoven

by Bob Raikes

Philips Lighting said that it is installing an LED lighting system that can provide location information to Media Markt in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. The system will run using software from Aisle411 of the US …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Netherlands| Retail| Vol 24 - Issue 18

Sigmaintell Says Chinese eSport Monitors are 40K in Q1

by Bob Raikes

Sigmatell has said that it believes that around 40,000 monitors for use for eSports were shipped in China during Q1 2017, with an expected rise to 45,000 in Q2. The company said that a …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Vol 24 - Issue 18