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LCD to OLED Shift Accelerates for Koreans

by Bob Raikes

IHS Markit has confirmed the switch in strategy from LCD to OLED by the Korean panel makers because of growing capacity and price competition from China. As we have previously reported, Samsung has already …

Tags:IHS Markit| IPS| Large Display Monitor| LCD Fabs| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 39

Sharp LFDs from Infocomm Start to Ship

by Bob Raikes

Sharp USA has announced that the new 42″, 49″ and 55″ (PN-R556/R496/R426) monitors in its PN-R series, which we reported on at Infocomm, have started to become available. The new units are slimmer than …

Tags:HDBaseT| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| OPS| Vol 23 - Issue 39

Sharp Shows 1000+ ppi For VR and Rounded Corners on LCD

by Bob Raikes

At Ceatec in Japan, Sharp has shown an LCD based on an IGZO backplane that has reached a pixel density of more than 1000 ppi. The panel was 2.87″ in diagonal with 1920 x …

Tags:Ceatec 2016| Free Form Displays| IGZO| Mobile Display Monitor| sharp| Smartphones| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 39

Google Brings New Phones and VR Headset

by Bob Raikes

Google announced two new smartphone models as well as a VR system. The phones are called the Pixel and Pixel XL and will be sold only under the Google brand and not via a …

Tags:Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 39

Oppo Ahead of Apple in India

by Bob Raikes

The Economc Times reports that Oppo of China has claimed on the basis of data from GfK, that the value of its business in India was more than that of Apple in August at …

Tags:India| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 39

VR Hardware to Be Worth Over $50Bn by 2021 says Juniper

by Bob Raikes

Image: MekoJuniper Research said that it believes that the value of the market for VR headsets, peripherals and 360º cameras will reach a value of $50 billion by 2021, up from an an estimated …

Tags:Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 39

Vodafone Romania launches TV, strikes Netflix deal

by Bob Raikes

Vodafone has entered the Romanian TV market with an application called 4GTV+ which allows smartphone users to view TV content within 72 hours of transmission on the system. The company is also offering Netflix …

Tags:3G & 4G| Europe| Mobile Display Monitor| Vodafone| Vol 23 - Issue 39

Start Up Developing Car Signage

by Bob Raikes

Drive.ai is a Silicon Valley start-up founded by researchers from Stanford University’s Artificial Intelligence Lab and is developing software for autonomous cars and has been given a licence in California to test autonomous cars …

Tags:Automotive| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 40

CGR France Chooses Christie Laser

by Bob Raikes

CGR Cinemas of France, a nationwide chain, is upgrading projection in selected outlets with the Solaria CP42LH RGB laser projector from Christie. Installed and supported by Cine Digital Service, the projectors will be part …

Tags:Back Panel| Christie| Cinema Projection| France| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 39

Crystalplex Gets Patent for Sapphire Quantum Dots

by Bob Raikes

Crystalplex Corp. announced that it has been awarded US Patent No. 9,425,253, “Passivated Nanoparticles,”. The patent, which claims the fabrication and use of Sapphire quantum dots, or passivated quantum dots with improved stability, was …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Quantum Dots| Vol 23 - Issue 39

Crystalplex Gets Patent for Sapphire Quantum Dots

by Bob Raikes

Crystalplex Corp. announced that it has been awarded US Patent No. 9,425,253, “Passivated Nanoparticles,”. The patent, which claims the fabrication and use of Sapphire quantum dots, or passivated quantum dots with improved stability, was …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| OLEDs| Quantum Dots| Vol 23 - Issue 40