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by Bob Raikes
I’ve had a writing week and my fingers have been hammering at the keyboard. We got the IFA report out earlier this week and the main issues were just a few hours behind. I …
Tags:Editorial| Home Cinema| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 37
by Bob Raikes
Digital UK has set out new requirements for Freeview Play for products developed in 2017 and which will include support for the features in HbbTV 2.0.1, extending from DTG’s D-Book (Version 8). Key features …
Tags:DTG| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 38
by Bob Raikes
Hanjin, the Korean shipping line, was still in some trouble as we went to press (Newsflash – Hanjin Failure May Mean Bad Xmas for Samsung & LG Buyers!), with reports that 89 container ships …
Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Vol 23 - Issue 37
by Bob Raikes
Beijing Shanhai Capital Management Co, Ltd. (Shanhai Capital) is to acquire Analogix Semiconductor Inc for over $500 million, subject to the usual regulatory approvals and the deal is expected to be finished in late …
Tags:Analogix| Investment| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 37
by Bob Raikes
Oculus is reported by Digitimes to be interested in working with Micro-Star International (MSI), who showed a VR backpack notebook system, developed with HTC, at the recent Tokyo Game Show.
Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 38
by Bob Raikes
NEC Display Solutions in America has expanded its line of small pitch LED which now goes from 1.2mm to 6mm for indoor use and from 5.8mm to 12.0mm for outdoors. Displays can be configured …
Tags:Large Display Monitor| NEC| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 38
by Bob Raikes
IHS said that although the demand for cover lens lamination and sensor lamination is declining, rising direct-bonding demand for mobile phones is making up the loss. The functional use of adhesives in direct bonding …
Tags:IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Optical Bonding| Vol 23 - Issue 38
by Bob Raikes
Ingram Micro is offering a ‘Surface-as-a-service’ leasing programme, following the introduction of the concept by Microsoft, which is working with Also. The service will be available through reseller partners and is intended to allow …
Tags:Ingram Micro| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| Vol 23 - Issue 38
by Bob Raikes
At the biennial Photokina camera show in Cologne, Sony and Panasonic have both announced cameras that use 1024 x 768 OLED displays in their viewfinders. The Sony a99 Mark II is a high end …
Tags:Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Viewfinders| Vol 23 - Issue 38
by Bob Raikes
Samsung’s Tizen-based smart signage monitors in the PMF and PHF series that were announced around Infocomm, are now shipping in Europe. The monitors are supplied with the MagicInfo S4 software for content management. Samsung …
Tags:Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 39
by Bob Raikes
IFA is always something of a disappointment, especially if your interest is in TVs. If your main interest is in domestic appliances, cooking or beauty there is lots of news. However, there is not …
Tags:IFA 2016| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 36
by Bob Raikes
SES-imagotag, the specialist in electronic shelf labels (ESLs), is to buy Pervasive Displays (PDi) of Taiwan, subject to customary approvals. It will pay in shares and cash, with a two year ‘earn out’. PDi …
Tags:Electronic Shelf Labels (ESLs)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 37
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