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Nanolenses Boost Reflectance for Crystal Screens

by Tom Allen

Crystal Screens will show off its newest and brightest projection screen at CEDIA 2016 (15th – 17th September). The screen uses nanolens technology; much like RealD’s Ultimate Screen, this create a random pattern on …

Lower Pitches Drive Rising Revenues in LED Displays

by Tom Allen

LED video display shipments are expected to grow 27.5% this year, with 4.9% revenue growth. IHS, which made the forecast, says that the higher shipments are due to a ‘dramatic’ 26% YoY fall in …

Tags:IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 23 - Issue 29

Actions Semiconductor Develops 360° Chips

by Tom Allen

Chinese fabless semiconductor company Actions Semiconductor has released two new 28nm chipsets for VR, through its subsidiary Actions Technology. The S900VR is designed as an all-in-one solution for 360° panoramic VR devices. It has …

Tags:Chips| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductors| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 29

LG Display To Invest $1.8 Billion in Flexible OLEDs

by Tom Allen

LG Display is investing KRW1.99 trillion ($1.8 billion) in a new flexible OLED production line. The E6 line will be located in Paju, South Korea and will manufacture sixth-generation (1,500mm x 1,850mm) substrates. Han …

NEC Leads LFD Sales in the US

by Tom Allen

PMA has published its data for large (50″+) displays sold in the USA, for June. Sharp led the 70″-79″ professional display category with its LC-70LE661U, followed by NEC’s E705. Samsung’s DM75E and ED75E took …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| PMA Research| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 29

Vizio Sells Out to LeEco

by Tom Allen

LeEco (formerly LeTV) of China has announced a definitive agreement to acquire US TV brand Vizio, for $2 billion. LeEco will operate the Vizio hardware and software business as a wholly-owned subsidiary. Vizio’s data …

AMD and Nvidia Compete in Video Stitching at Siggraph

by Tom Allen

Computer graphics event Siggraph is ongoing at the time of writing, and several announcements have been made by both AMD and Nvidia. Unlike previous years, virtual reality was a focus of the 2016 show. …

Samsung Quits TOLED

by Tom Allen

Just over a year since Samsung announced production of transparent OLED displays – and two months since the first customer was announced (Korean Hair Salon is First User of SDC’s Mirror OLEDs) – the …

LG Relocates from UK to Germany

by Tom Allen

LG has confirmed that it will move its European HQ from London and Ratingen, near Dusseldorf, to Eschborn in Germany. All employees who are willing to move with the company will be able to. …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 29

Samsung’s Next Note in NYC

by Tom Allen

Samsung will reveal its Galaxy Note 7 on the 2nd August, say Asian sources. The handset will be shown off at an event in New York City. It is expected to have a curved …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| phablets| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 29

Sony Brings Laser to Euskalduna Centre

by Tom Allen

AV media managers at the Euskalduna Conference Centre in Bilbao, Spain, wanted to standardise their video projector pool in their conference rooms, to simplify maintenance. They chose Sony for the work, based on its …

IHS Finds Oxide More Cost-Efficient Than a-Si

by Tom Allen

IHS has said in a research note that oxide backplanes are the most cost-effective TFT-LCD substrate for tablet PC displays. The firm calculated that the manufacturing cost for a 7″ 1920 x 1080 oxide …