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Teledyne LeCroy Quantumdata 980 Has DisplayPort 1.4 HBR3 module

by Bob Raikes

Teledyne LeCroy has announced a new DisplayPort 1.4 Video Generator & Protocol Analyzer Module that supports HBR3 to support up to 8.1 Gbps data rates on up to four lanes. The module fits the …

Tags:DisplayPort| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Test Equipment| Vol 24 - Issue 18

New ICDM Test Pattern Group Formed

by Bob Raikes

The ICDM has formed a new group to develop new test patterns. Although the group has had static tests in PNG format for some time, the decision has been made to develop some video …

Tags:ICDM| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Testing| Vol 24 - Issue 18

EET Europarts Wins AOpen

by Bob Raikes

AOpen has signed EET Europarts which has offices in 22 European countries, as a distributor for its digital signage and video surveillance technology across the continent.

Tags:Distribution| Europe| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 18

AUO Looks for 1 Million OLEDs per Month

by Bob Raikes

AUO reports that it is to ship its 1.2″ and 1.4″ OLEDs for smartphones to nine different brands beginning in Q2 2017 and has said that it expects volumes to get to a million …

Tags:AMOLED| AUO| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 18

Has UHD Blu-ray Been Cracked?

by Bob Raikes

A Russian torrent tracker (UltraHDclub) has released a copy of a Blu-ray movie (Smurfs 2) onto Bit Torrent which may suggest that the Blu-ray encryption has been cracked. Although this is not certain, as …

Tags:Blu-ray| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Security| Vol 24 - Issue 18

NAB Strong on VR & 360º video

by Bob Raikes

I had planned to write up the story about Intel and Samsung that we cover on the Front Page, but as I had to do an extra Display Daily, I covered it in a …

Tags:360 Degree Video| Editorial| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Sports and Stadiums| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 17

Why LCDs are Not Just Big Chips

by Bob Raikes

This week, IC Insights forecast that because of the current high pricing regime for memory, Samsung might go past Intel in the value of its semiconductor sales in Q2 of this year, the first …

Tags:Intel| Large LCD Supply| Samsung| Vol 24 - Issue 18

Meta to Ship 10,000 Dev Kits in 2017

by Bob Raikes

The editor trying the Meta Headset at AWE in 2016We reported on Meta from the Augmented World Expo last year (Meta Misjudges the AWE Tone) and the company said that it started shipping its …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 18

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Acer To Boost Digital Signage

by Bob Raikes

Acer has established a subsidiary, AcerBeing Signage, that is building cloud-related services to add to its larger displays to allow the company to offer full service digital signage solutions. In Taiwan, the company has …

Tags:Acer| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 17

OLED Microdisplays Can be Used for Fingerprints

by Bob Raikes

The Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology FEP said that it would show an OLED on silicon device with integrated photodiodes that can be used as a fingerprint detector as …

Tags:Fingerprint Recognition| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| SID Display Week 2017| Vol 24 - Issue 18

Optoma Produces Its Own HDBaseT Transmitter

by Bob Raikes

Optoma has launched its new HDBaseT transmitter, the 4K100TX which is, of course, compatible with Optoma HDBaseT-enabled projectors. James Fursse, VSS Technical Product Manager at Optoma Europe, commented: “The 4K100TX HDBaseT transmitter simplifies transmission …

Tags:HDBaseT| Large Display Monitor| Optoma| Vol 24 - Issue 17

VR and the Future of Car Design

by Bob Raikes

design and innovation company Seymourpowell showed the new ways they’re using Virtual Reality (VR) to design cars at this year’s London Motor Show, with all the software coded from scratch, in-house. The core functionality …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 18