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Apple to Re-Enter Display Market

by Bob Raikes

Apple did something very unusual (at least for Apple!) this week, by inviting a small group of journalists into the company’s offices in Cupertino and talking openly and frankly about their plans for the …

Tags:Apple| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Vol 24 - Issue 13

Can CSOT Invest $5 Billion for Flexible OLEDs?

by Bob Raikes

Digitimes of Taiwan has reported that China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSoT) is planning to build a G6 flexible OLED production line with a monthly capacity of 45,000 substrates. The blog quotes sina.com as the …

Tags:CSOT| Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 13

LG Wins Award for OLED Lights

by Bob Raikes

LG Display worked with light designer Tokujin Yoshioka to create a special display during the Milan Design Week and won the top award for design. The design, called “SF Senses of the Future”, included …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 14

Mediaset Suggests UHD Interim Solution in Italy

by Bob Raikes

Advanced Television reports that Marco Pellegrinato, head of R&D and Innovation at the RTI Mediaset group in Italy said in a panel session at the MIPTV event in Cannes that there might be an …

Tags:DVB-T & T2| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Italy| Large Display Monitor| Terrestrial (DTT)| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 13

Digitimes Research Forecasts 8.6% Digital Signage Growth

by Bob Raikes

Digitimes Research has forecast that LCDs for digital signage applications will reach 4.4 million this year, with a CAGR of 8.6% and reaching 5.8 million units in 2020. Although the firm sees competition from …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Vol 24 - Issue 13

Korea to Dominate OLED Materials

by Bob Raikes

UBI Research said that the market for OLED materials and components will rise from $8.7 billion in 2017 to $38.2 billion by 2021 as smartphones switch to OLED displays. Korea is expected to take …

Tags:Market Data| Materials Market| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Materials| Vol 24 - Issue 13

Eizo 46″ Touch Monitor is for Marine Charts

by Bob Raikes

Eizo Corp has announced the DuraVision MDF4601WT – a 46-inch touch panel chart table monitor with 1920 x 1080 (full HD) resolution for maritime route planning and navigation. The monitor can be tilted or …

Tags:Eizo| Large Display Monitor| Maritime| Vol 24 - Issue 13

Pervasive Combines E Ink with RFID for Battery-less Tags

by Bob Raikes

Pervasive Displays of Tainan, Taiwan, said that its EPD displays are being used by Toppan Printing Co Ltd of Japan to create a batteryless EPD tag with integrated RFID functionality, for logistics and inventory …

Tags:E Ink| EPD (Electrophoretic)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 13

AUO Has New Monitor Panels Planned

by Bob Raikes

AUO has released more details of the panel used in the prototype HDR monitors that were shown by Acer and Asus at the recent CES. The M270QAN02.2 panels are 27″ UltraHD units with a …

Tags:AUO| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| LCD Panels| Vol 24 - Issue 13

Loewe adds Dolby Vision & HLG to OLED TV

by Bob Raikes

Loewe in Germany has updated its Bild 7 OLED TV, launched at IFA, with new firmware to support both Dolby Vision and HLG format HDR.

Tags:4k| Dolby Vision| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 13

Eizo MIL Test Facility Completed

by Bob Raikes

Eizo has completed the building of a new facility for the testing of products to MIL standards at its headquarters in Hakusan, Japan. MIL standards mandates materials that can be used remain stable under …

Tags:Eizo| Investment| Large Display Monitor| Testing| Vol 24 - Issue 13

Optoma Adds Six DLP Projectors

by Bob Raikes

Optoma has released six new DLP projector models with up to 4,000 lumens of output and based on lamp technology. Resolutions are FullHD, 1280 x 800 (WXGA) and 1024 x 768 (XGA). Joe Ahmed, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Optoma| Projectors| Vol 24 - Issue 13