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Signotec Uses Tablet for Signatures on Complex Documents

by Bob Raikes

At the forthcoming CeBIT show, Signotec will show a specialist 10.1″ tablet that is designed for reading documents and capturing signatures. The product uses a 10.1″ 1280 x 800 resolution TN LCD colour display …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Security| tablets| Vol 24 - Issue 09

LG Electronics to Supply AVM System to Geely

by Bob Raikes

The ETNews in Korea reports that LG Electronics is supplying an ‘Around View Monitor’ (AVM) to Geely, a Chinese auto make, the first time that LG has supplied a Chinese maker according to the …

Tags:Automotive| China| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 09

Spo-book Kumo IV Can Drive Four UHD Displays

by Bob Raikes

SPO-comm has a new UltraHD Media Player, the spo-book Kumo IV, that can be used for VR or for high end digital signage. The box is based on an Intel Core i5-6400T CPU (Skylake) …

MWC 4YFN Show Buzzes

by Bob Raikes

Away from the main show at the older exhibition centre in Barcelona, Montjuic, the organisers held a special event called “Four Years from Now”, or 4YFN, that was designed for technology innovators from academia …

IHS Markit Talks Up 4K and 8K

by Bob Raikes

IHS Markit put out a press release highlighting that the UltraHD TV market will be dominated by China which is expected to take 42% of all the UHD TVs in 2017. The data was …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 09

Taiwan LED Makers Up in February

by Bob Raikes

LED specialist, Everlight Electronics, had sales of NT$2,140 billion ($70 million) in February, up 4.9% on January and 1.72% on February last year. Also in LED, Lextar Electronics was down 0.77% on January at …

Asustek to Choose OLED for HMDs?

by Bob Raikes

Asustek is likely to choose Samsung Display to supply OLED displays for the headsets that it is developing for Microsoft’s Mixed Reality platform (previously Holographic) according to Digitimes, while the headsets are likely to …

Tags:Asus| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 09

Pioneer Blu-Ray Drive can Write UltraHD Discs

by Bob Raikes

Pioneer has added to its line of Blu-ray devices for PCs with the BDR-211UBK which supports Blu-ray UltraHD reading and writing so that it can be used for creating UltraHD Blu-rays. It’s an internal …

Tags:Blu-ray| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 09

Nokia Buzz is About 3310 – Go Figure!

by Bob Raikes

Nokia brand licensee, HMD, was on the Nokia booth to show off two lines of phones. The attraction of the brand was clear as on the first day, the booth was one of the …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2017| Nokia| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 08

SmartDisplayer Working on Credit Card Displays

by Bob Raikes

Tucked away in the back of one hall was a small company, Smart Displayer, based in Taiwan, which is working on bank and smart cards that use E Ink EPDs (or LCDs). The company …

Tags:EPD (Electrophoretic)| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2017| Vol 24 - Issue 08

Elliptic is Behind Xiaomi Mi Mix

by Bob Raikes

We met with Elliptic Labs which is a specialist in ultrasound and was in a good mood as it has been working with Xiaomi on the Mi Mix which uses Elliptic’s ultrasound system for …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2017| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 08

Bosch Sensortec Laser Scanner Looks Good

by Bob Raikes

Bosch Sensortec was showing a new MEMs-based laser scanning projector at the show, the BML050. The basic engine supports 854 x 480 (although higher resolution can be achieved, up to around 720P) and the …