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Samsung Plans In-Cell Touch for S8

by Bob Raikes

The ETNews in Korea reports that Samsung will use Y-Octa ‘in-cell’ touch technology, previously used on the ill-fated Note 7, on its next flagship smartphone (‘S8’). However, the news source reports that the technology …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Touch| Vol 23 - Issue 49

JDI to Control JOLED, Gets Funding

by Bob Raikes

Japan Display Inc (JDI) will invest $100m to take a controlling interest in JOLED, the joint venture set up by JDI, Sony and Panasonic with the aim of developing OLED displays, using printing technologies. …

Tags:Japan Display Inc (JDI)| JOLED| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 49

LG Will Show HDR & ChromeCast Monitors at CES

by Bob Raikes

LG has announced a number of new monitors that will be shown at CES. The LG32UD99 is a 32″ 3840 x 2160 monitor that supports the HDR10 profile for HDR applications and uses an …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Streaming Dongles| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 49

Gatwick Goes Star Wars

by Bob Raikes

London’s Gatwick Airport is backing up the launch of the latest Star Wars episode, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”. In the departure lounge, Primesight set up a display of character costumes but there …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 49

Philips

Philips To Sell Lumileds to Private Equity

by Bob Raikes

Philips has agreed to sell its Lumileds business to a private equity group, Apollo Global Management LLC. The deal means that 80.1% of the company will be sold, with Philips holding the balance for …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Philips| Vol 23 - Issue 49

Game & ESports Revenues to Grow

by Bob Raikes

Digitimes Research in Taiwan forecast that the market for gaming hardware, software and services is projected at a CAGR of 6.6% from $99.6 billion in 2016 to $118.6 billion in 2019. In addition to …

Tags:eSports| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 49

Peraso Releases W120 WiGig Compliant Phased Array Chipset

by Bob Raikes

Peraso has announced a new W120 WiGig phased array chipset for consumer electronics. The W120 builds on the WiGig W110 Chipset, with support for high bandwidth applications such as wireless routers, VR devices and …

Tags:Chips| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 49| WiGIG

Digital View Has 120Hz 4K Ultra-HD LCD Controller

by Bob Raikes

Digital View has said that it has a new integrated SVX-4096-120 LCD controller that can support UltraHD content at 120Hz. This new controller model was designed for 4K Ultra-HD LCD panels, and supports both …

Tags:Display Controllers| HFR - High Frame Rate| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 49

Hololens in Retail

by Bob Raikes

Essential Retail interviewed Leila Martine of Microsoft about the Microsoft Hololens and the plans in retail as the Hololens has started to ship in the UK. Martine (after correcting the augmented reality phrase to …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 49

DTG/German TV Plugfest Successful

by Bob Raikes

The DTG (UK) and the German TV-Platform said that the recent Plugfest at the Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institut in Berlin was successful with more than 60 participants from 29 companies who tested 22 UltraHD displays, receivers, …

Tags:Back Panel| DTG| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 49

98% of OTT is in Home in UK

by Bob Raikes

TBI Vision reports data from GfK that suggests that in the UK OTT content is watched in the home 98% of the time and smart TVs are the most popular devices, although 90% of …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 49

Displaydata Plans new ESLs for Freezers

by Bob Raikes

DisplayData has announced a new ESL product, the Aura29F, which is designed for freezers and works down to -25ºC. The label is 3.4 x 1.7 x 0.5 in / 87 x 43 x 13 …

Tags:Back Panel| Electronic Shelf Labels (ESLs)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 49