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Bentley Uses an OLED in Electric Concept

by Bob Raikes

Bentley has shown a new concept car, the Exp 12 speed 6e, at the Geneva Motor show, that includes a centre console that includes a high definition curved OLED display. The car has ‘copper …

Tags:Automotive| Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 16

Peerless US Adds Indoor Portrait Kiosks

by Bob Raikes

Peerless AV in the US has introduced eight new indoor portrait kiosks from 40″ to 55″ diagonal. The design is rounded on the top corners and features include a flat base that can be …

Tags:Kiosks| Large Display Monitor| Peerless AV| Totem Displays| Vol 24 - Issue 16

LCD Makers Looking at Half G10.5?

by Bob Raikes

We’ve heard that an idea is being floated around in Korea and Taiwan of building ‘half 10.5G’ fabs which are shaped, at 2940 x 1685 (half the 2940 x 3370 of 10.5G) to allow …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| Vol 24 - Issue 16

iPhone 8 To Use Glass Back?

by Bob Raikes

In a detailed analysis, Apple Insider has speculated that Apple might be planning to use glass – probably Gorilla Glass 5 – on the back of the next iPhone. It’s some years since the …

Tags:Glass| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 15

Scientists Open Perovskite Processing Window

by Bob Raikes

Perovskite solar cells made by NRELAlthough this development is related to making solar cells, the issue of the use of perovskties is of big interest in the display world, so we noted with interest …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Perovskite| Solar Panels| Solution Processing| Vol 24 - Issue 15

ASUS VR-Ready VivoPC X Now Available

by Bob Raikes

Asus has a new PC that is intended for use in VR. The VivoPC X uses a seventh generation Intel Core processor and has an NVidia GeForce GTX 1060 graphics card. The PC, therefore, …

Tags:Asus| Large Display Monitor| Oculus Rift| PCs| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 15

Controversy Arises over S8/S8+ Displays

by Bob Raikes

A controversy has developed in the Korean press about the performance of Samsung’s Galaxy S8 and S8+ smartphones as some customers are saying that the displays have a reddish tint. Steve wrote about the …

Tags:Colour Quality| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 15

7Screen Adds to 7Urban Inventory

by Bob Raikes

7Screen of Germany (which is owned by broadcaster, ProSiebenSat1) has announced that its 7Urban service has added eight new outdoor LED displays to its inventory. They are: Brose Arena, Bamberg (25 m²) Duisburg (12 …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Outdoor Displays| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 24 - Issue 15

Tru Optik Can Identify Buyers in Precise Locations

by Bob Raikes

Tru Optik, in the US which specialises in tracking audiences for OTT content said that it has started working with NinthDecimal, a marketing platform that is location-based, to allow targeting of advertising based on …

Tags:Advertising| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 15

Sling TV is First Live OTT TV for LG

by Bob Raikes

Sling TV of the US, a subsidiary of Dish Network, said that it will be the first live OTT TV service on LG Smart TVs that support webOS 3.0 and 3.5. The app will …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| OTT Video| Smart TV| Vol 24 - Issue 15

Samsung and Amazon Propose HDR10+

by Bob Raikes

Samsung and Amazon Video have announced a development of the HDR10 specification to HDR10+ which will add dynamic metadata to the base HDR10 approach. The metadata can be supplied at a frame-by-frame or scene-by-scene …

Tags:Amazon| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 24 - Issue 15

AMD Cards Designed for Upgraders

by Bob Raikes

AMD has introduced the Radeon RX 500 series of graphics cards with improved game performance, higher clock speeds and a second generation Polaris architecture. The cards are aimed at upgraders. Features include: Optimized DirectX …

Tags:AMD| GPUs| Graphics Cards| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 15