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LG Plans Firmware Patch for OLED Latency

by Bob Raikes

Last week, we reported that LG was being criticised over the input lag on its TVs, a complaint expressed by gamers. (LG In Trouble with Gamers for OLED Input Lag) Forbes.com quoted LG’s response …

Tags:Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLED TVs| Vol 23 - Issue 46

Samsung to Take Over QD Vision

by Bob Raikes

We reported rumours of a takeover by Samsung of QD Vision last week, (Samsung to Buy QDVision?) and now the ET Times in Korea has confirmed the news and the price of $70 million …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| QD Vision| Quantum Dots| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 46

Is Skyworth Buying TV OLEDs from BOE?

by Bob Raikes

Korean sources are suggesting that Skyworth, the Chinese TV company, may be buying some OLED TV panels from BOE and showed the sets at the Shenzen High Tech Fair. Skyworth plans to use the …

Tags:BOE| Large Display Monitor| OLED TVs| Skyworth| Vol 23 - Issue 46

Netflix’s 4K OK on Kaby Lake PCs with Edge

by Bob Raikes

Netflix has now made its content streamable on a PC, providing that PC has the 7th generation (Kaby Lake) processor and is running the Edge browser from Microsoft on Windows 10 (which is mandatory …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Netflix| OTT Video| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 46

Google adds UltraHD to Play Movies – Extends Countries

by Bob Raikes

Following the introduction of the Chromecast Ultra streaming dongle, Google has said that it will supply UltraHD content from the Google Play Movies for $25 (or $8.00 to rent), up from $13 (or $4.00 …

Tags:4k| Google| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 46

Wall Equips Leipzig with City Screens

by Bob Raikes

Wall of Germany, a local affiliate of JCDecaux, has installed seven free-standing digital city information systems in Leipzig, Germany. The systems were designed to match the style of existing paper posters and have FullHD …

Tags:Germany| JCDecaux| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 46

Munich To Expand Airport

by Bob Raikes

Munich airport has announced that it has a plan to expand the floor area of the Terminal 1 building by 80,000 m² at a cost of €400 million. The expansion will add six million …

Tags:Aviation| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 46

Panasonic Projectors Get 7 Years in Prison

by Bob Raikes

Panasonic has posted a video (below) about an installation of its projectors at the Faengslet prison museum in Horsens, Denmark. After closing as an active prison ten years ago, the site has been restored …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Laser Phosphor Projectors| Panasonic| Vol 23 - Issue 46

Daktronics Claims First Belgian Free Form Display

by Bob Raikes

Daktronics said that a 61.1 m² 50mm pitch LED display that is installed on the Post-X Building in Berchem, Belgium is the first free form LED display in Belgium. The display is 6.25 metres …

Tags:Belgium| Daktronics| Large Display Monitor| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 23 - Issue 46

Dynascan Displays Used in Polish Station

by Bob Raikes

Dynascan has supplied high brightness displays through its local integrator, Dysten, for the Częstochowa Stradom railway station in Poland. Krzysztof Szawerna, Dysten R&D Director said, “We tested a variety of competitive monitors from different …

Tags:DOOH| High Brightness Displays| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 46

Foxconn To Ship 30 million Luna Phones

by Bob Raikes

Asian sources have said that Foxconn will ship more than 30 million smartphones, from a target of 15-20 million, under the Luma brand, in Korea and Indonesia. Foxconn is reported to be making the …

Tags:Foxconn (Honhai)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 46

Sony X850D Cheap on Black Friday

by Bob Raikes

We hope you see this article in time if you want to take advantage of an offer of a 55″ Sony X850D, a well reviewed UltraHD set from the 2016 range, for just $898 …

Tags:Black Friday| Large Display Monitor| sony| Vol 23 - Issue 46