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Mirasol Evolution Produces ‘Any’ Colour

by Tom Allen

Researchers at Qualcomm MEMS Technologies have developed a new display, using a mirror and an absorbing layer to take advantage of the wave properties of natural light. The development is the latest version of …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Reflective Display| Vol 22 - Issue 26

Lattice Provides IR Control to ZTE

by Tom Allen

Lattice Semiconductor has announced that its iCE40 LM field-programmable gate array is being used in ZTE’s Star 2 flagship smartphone. The chipset is used to perform IR remote control and sensor hub functions.

Samsung Scoops Awards at Infocomm

by Tom Allen

Samsung received three awards for its digital signage at Infocomm 2015. Digital Signage Magazine presented the company with its ‘Best of Infocomm’ award; Rave Publications‘ readers voted for Samsung as ‘Favourite Display Manufacturer’; and …

DxO Boasts of World’s First ‘Truly Connected Camera’

by Tom Allen

Cameras are not an area that we often delve into, but we wanted to highlight the DxO One – a smartphone companion, billed as ‘the world’s first truly connected camera’. The lens is held …

Tags:Cameras| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 26

Christie’s Heavy-Duty 304K Enables 360° Projection

by Tom Allen

Christie’s new 3DLP projector, the Mirage 304K, can reach up to a 120Hz refresh rate and 360° projection. It is a bright (30,000-lumen) unit, built for 3D applications and advanced visualisation: for instance, automotive, …

Tags:4K DCI| Christie| DLP Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 26

Is Flexible OLED Possible for Apple’s iPhone?

by Tom Allen

UBI Research, of Korea, writes that flexible AMOLED displays are the newest form of smartphone differentiation. Now that hardware performance has improved ‘as much as possible’, Samsung and LG are using flexible screens to …

Customers Get Choice With HP’s Notebooks

by Tom Allen

HP has shown off new notebooks in its Envy line, which have several options for users: CPUs, GPUs, storage and more. The 14″ Envy 14 and 15.6″ Envy 15 (very innovative names there, HP…) …

Acer Appeals to Laptop Users With Chrome AIO

by Tom Allen

Announced in April, Acer’s Chromebase AIO PC – running Google’s Chrome OS – is now available. The DC221HQ is said to be the first AIO running Chrome. Because Chrome has low hardware requirements, Acer …

Global Display Market to Reach $155 Billion by 2020

by Tom Allen

Marketsandmarkets has published a new report on the global display market: including LCD, LED, OLED and electrophoretic types. The report (paid: http://tinyurl.com/ptorcva) analyses the display market to 2020. CAGR is expected to be 6% …

Samsung AMOLEDs Approach LCD Efficiency

by Tom Allen

Anandtech has posted an article analysing the varying power consumption levels of Samsung’s AMOLED displays, in the Galaxy S4, S5, S5 LTE-A and S6. A white image (forcing the OLED display to draw the …

OnePlus Shares More Info in Dribs and Drabs

by Tom Allen

China’s OnePlus has teased more information about its upcoming smartphone (OnePlus Plans Second Exclusive Handset), the OnePlus Two. On Twitter, the company announced that the phone would use a USB-C connector, incorporating special features …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| USB| Vol 22 - Issue 26

Broadcasters Cautious About New Technologies

by Tom Allen

31% of broadcasters see no potential gain from HDR or HFR A survey by Quantel and Snell predicts that 60% of broadcasters only consider UltraHD as relevant to the future (on a two-to-five-year timescale). …