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Samsung Introduces Tizen-Powered LFDs

by Bob Raikes

Samsung has formally announced the global P-Series standalone Smart signage which run the Tizen operating system. There is a PHF sub-range (700 cd/m²) and a PMF range (500 cd/m² except 32″ which is 400 …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 40

Flat Panel Display Capital Equipment Spending Surging, IHS Markit Says

by Bob Raikes

FPD equipment sales are expected to attain their highest sustained three-year level in the history of the industry. FPD equipment spending will rise 89%, hitting $12.9 billion in 2016. Increased spending levels will continue, …

Tags:IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Production Equipment| Vol 23 - Issue 40

LeEco TV has Dolby Vision

by Bob Raikes

LeEco, which now owns the Vizio brand of TV, is to launch four new TVs, but accidently leaked the details on its website. There are four models of UltraHD Android TVs, the Super4 X43 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LeEco (formerly LeTV)| TVs (TV Sets)| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 40

VR Gambling Set to Grow Ninefold by 2021

by Bob Raikes

New data from Juniper Research has found that gross wagers from VR (Virtual Reality) gambling will grow from just over $58.5 million this year, to just under $520 million by 2021, representing an increase …

Tags:Casinos| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 40

NEC Display Adopts Raspberry Pi for Digital Signage

by Bob Raikes

NEC Display Solutions in Europe has announced that it will introduce a new range of large format displays (LFDs) that will extend its history of supporting modular solutions by allowing the displays to be …

Tags:NEC Showcase 2016| OPS| Smart Digital Signage| Vol 23 - Issue 40

Apple vs Samsung Reaches Supreme Court

by Bob Raikes

The dispute between Apple and Samsung over patents got to the US Supreme Court this week, with Samsung seeking to win a reduction in the $548 million damages that Apple was awarded last year …

Tags:Apple| Litigation| Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 40

ADB Gives More Info on Hotel Casting

by Bob Raikes

We reported on the developments by ADB with its hospitality TV products at the recent IBC show. Now the company has announced that it will show the vuCaster technology at the Hotel Technology Next …

Tags:ADB (Advanced Digital Broadcasting)| Hospitality TVs| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 40

IVRA Established for VR in China

by Bob Raikes

The Electronic Information Division of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has set up an Industry of Virtual Reality Alliance (IVRA.com) to develop the VR market in China and with 170 enterprises …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 40

Etulipa Developing Electrowetting for Public Display

by Bob Raikes

It’s a strange thing about the display industry that many successful technologies are based on what seem like very strange concepts. When I used to give training courses on display technology, first people were …

Tags:Electrowetting| Vol 23 - Issue 41

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Osram Sale on the Cards

by Bob Raikes

The FT reports that ‘at least’ two Chinese companies are looking at buying German LED and lighting specialist, Osram, which was spun off from Siemens in 2013, and which remains its biggest shareholder. The …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Osram| Vol 23 - Issue 40

Save the Dates – Digital Signage Summit Events 2016/17

by Bob Raikes

ISE & Invidis have released dates for next year’s Digital Signage Summit series. Dates are DSS @ISE | Amsterdam: February 8, 2017 DSS South Africa | Johannesburg: 6 April 2017 DSS Orlando | Orlando, …

Tags:DOOH| Events| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 40

Hitachi Ready To Ship Roku TVs

by Bob Raikes

Hitachi is about to release its UltraHD Roku TVs in the US. The TVs are available in 50″ (50R8), 55″ (55R7) and 65″ (65R8) and will be sold through Sam’s Club and costing $499, …

Tags:Hitachi| Large Display Monitor| TVs (TV Sets)| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 40