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Veeco Reduces ALD Investment

by Bob Raikes

Earlier this month, Veeco, a maker of process equipment, said that it is planning to significantly reduce its future investments in Atomic Layer Deposition (“ALD”) technology. “While we have continued to make progress with …

Tags:Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD)| Encapsulation| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Production Equipment| Vol 23 - Issue 43

Berlin Looks for DOOH Network Operator

by Bob Raikes

Image: ProlocoThe Berlin Senate Administration for Urban Development and the Environment said that it has issued a tender invitation on a European basis for running an advertising network that would include the waiting rooms …

Tags:DOOH| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 43

HNMF Celebrates Birthday with Internet Wall

by Bob Raikes

Twenty years after being opened by Chancellor Helmut Kohl, the Heinz Nixdorf MuseumForum in Paderborn, Germany, has celebrated its anniversary. It has developed an idea of an ‘Internet Wall’ that is 13 metres long …

Tags:Back Panel| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Museums & Exhibitions| Video Walls| Vol 23 - Issue 43

Spud Aims for Road Warriors

by Bob Raikes

Spud (spontaneous pop-up display) is a new DLP-based collapsible rear-projection monitor designed for portability and being launched as a Kickstarter project. The 24″ final display has 1280 x 720 resolution and brightness is from …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 44

VIZIO SmartCast App Expands to Include FandangoNOW

by Bob Raikes

Vizio said that it has integrated FandangoNow (previously M-Go) into the Vizio SmartCast app, joining Vudu, Hulu and Google Play Movies and TV. Consumers can control their Vizio SmartCast displays from any room in …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Streaming Dongles| TVs (TV Sets)| USA| Vizio| Vol 23 - Issue 43

SID Business Track Goes to DSCC

by Bob Raikes

SID has awarded the SID Business, Automotive Display, AR/VR/Wearables and Investors and Conferences at SID Display Week to Display Supply Chain Consultants after being run for a number of years by IHS. According to …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2017| SID Society| Vol 23 - Issue 43

Hyundai Tracking Cars for Signage

by Bob Raikes

Hyundai has started a campaign in the UK for its Ioniq vehicle that uses vehicle recognition technology from Ocean to identify cars from their registration details and to display customised messages aimed at drivers …

Tags:Automotive| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 23 - Issue 43

Juniper Optimistic on Gestures for VR

by Bob Raikes

Juniper Research said that there will be 128 million smartphone-enabled VR devices, climbing to 492 million by 2020 – a growth of over 280% said the CIO blog. The report identifies gesture and motion …

Tags:AR/VR| Gesture Recognition| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 43

Samsung Display Supplies OLED Panel for Apple’s New MacBook Pro

by Bob Raikes

ETNews from Korea said that the touch panel in the Apple MacBook Pro, released last week (Apple Event Introduces New Mac Book Pro), is an OLED, as we expected, and is made by Samsung …

Tags:AMOLED| Apple| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Touch Pads| Vol 23 - Issue 43

BOE Commits to $6.8 Billion Flex OLED Fab

by Bob Raikes

BOE plans to establish a G6 flexible OLED factory with a capacity of 48,000 substrates per month in Mianyang City, in Western China with an investment of $6.94 billion, it said (the document in …

Tags:AMOLED| BOE| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Vol 23 - Issue 43

LG Drops OLED TV Prices for Holiday

by Bob Raikes

LG has reduced the pricing of its entry level OLED TVs in the US, with the 55″ OLED55B6P now $1,997 and the 65″ OLED65B6P is now $2,997 (from $3,999). LG told CNet that the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Pricing| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 23 - Issue 43