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Low Consumer Confidence Stymies MEA Tablet Market

by Tom Allen

Tablet shipments fell in MEA last year, as vendors feel the pinch of saturation across the region, as well as the effect of low consumer confidence in oil-dependent countries. Phablets also cannibalised demand, IDC …

Sky Gets Into VR

by Tom Allen

Sky has created a dedicated in-house VR production unit, called Sky VR Studio. Content produced – two films shot at the Formula 1 testing in Barcelona – was first released on the 18th March, …

High-Brightness for KOE’s Module

by Tom Allen

KOE’s latest 5.7″ LCD module is a high-brightness product, which is mechanically compatible with other displays of the same size from the manufacturer. The TX14D23VM12BAB uses an LED backlight with 1,000 cd/m² of brightness …

Tags:High Brightness Displays| LCD Modules| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 11

Testing Resolution with Quality.TV

by Tom Allen

Quality.TV, founded last year by Florian Friedrich (CEO of AVTop) and Joe Kane (CEO of Joe Kane Productions and journalist), introduced a universal test for UltraHD and FullHD in 2015, which was designed to …

Wearables Battle the Hype Cycle at WTS 2016

by Tom Allen

This was our first year attending the Wearable Technology Show in London’s ExCel Centre, which has been running since 2014. Already, the event is beginning to branch out to cover more areas, such as …

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 11

by Tom Allen

A company called Arovia showed a fold-out screen at South by Southwest last week. No, not a foldable OLED: a rear-projection display and projector. The Spontaneous Pop-Up Display (SPUD) is about the size of …

RNIB Rewards Samsung for Accessible TVs

by Tom Allen

The UK’s Royal National Institute of Blind People has presented Samsung Electronics with an Inclusive Society Award; this recognises the firm’s work in making its smart TVs accessible for blind and partially-sighted people. The …

Value Electronics Looks for King of UHD

by Tom Allen

LG’s OLED TV won the shootout in 2015Value Electronics in the USA will host its annual TV shootout event at CE Week in New York City. The shootout (now in its 13th year) will …

Speedo Launches Team Speedo With Holo-Gauze AR

by Tom Allen

Holotronica, creator of a holography/projection screen technology called Holo-Gauze, created a 20m x 9m augmented reality installation for the launch of Team Speedo in New York. A film charting the success of 24 Team …

Christie Brings HS to Frankfurt

by Tom Allen

Christie has revealed the products that it will showcase at Prolight+Sound 2016 (5th – 8th April, Frankfurt). The company’s new HS Series; Boxer models (including the 2K20, 2K25 and 2K30); Velvet LED tiles; and …

Consumer VR Interest High, Awareness Low

by Tom Allen

Despite extensive media coverage, as many as two-thirds of US consumers are unaware of virtual reality as a technology, according to Horizon Media. Although awareness is low, more than a third (36%) of the …

Tags:Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 11

HDR Coming for DirectX

by Tom Allen

Microsoft announced that it will implement HDR support in the DirectX 12 API at GDC 2016. A timescale was not provided or details of what will be included.