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LG Supplies Slim Panels to Chinese Makers

by Tom Allen

LG Display has signed an agreement to supply its ‘Art Slim’ LCD TV panels to Chinese companies for new lines. The 55″ and 65″ panels will be used in TV ranges from Hisense, Haier, …

Tags:Changhong| Haier| Hisense| Konka| Large Display Monitor| LCD Panels| LG Displays (LGD)| Skyworth| Vol 22 - Issue 17

Ricoh Brings Bright Projection to Classrooms

by Tom Allen

Ricoh’s new entry-level DLP projectors are able to display images from a variety of sources, including PCs, camcorders and DVD players. They also cover multiple resolutions and are compact (314 x 224 x 102mm, …

Tags:DLP Projectors| Education| Large Display Monitor| Projectors| Vol 22 - Issue 17

Tianma Claims SFT-QD Display Will Have High Brightness

by Tom Allen

Content available to subscribers only. Tianma NLT America is preparing a 21.3″ LCD display using quantum dots, to be shown at SID 2015 in June. The unit has 2048 x 1536 resolution and uses …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD Modules| NLT| Quantum Dots| SID Display Week 2015| Tianma| Vol 22 - Issue 17

Eurostar Begins Signage Rollout

by Tom Allen

More than 60 Samsung screens, ranging from 22″ to 55″ (1920 x 1080), have been installed at Eurostar railway stations in London and Brussels. They can be used for way-finding, check-in and to find …

Tags:Belgium| Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| Samsung| Transport| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 17

Chevy Prints a Video

by Tom Allen

American car brand Chevy has worked with its advertising agency to put a video screen and player into physical magazines. 10,000 copies of Esquire and Popular Mechanics had the screen embedded into a printed …

Tags:Advertising| Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 17

Rumour: Apple Takes on JOLED for iPad

by Tom Allen

Korea’s ET News claims that Apple has contracted JOLED – a joint venture between Japan Display, Sony and Panasonic – to produce OLED panels for its next-generation iPads. Similar rumours have appeared before, claiming …

Tags:AMOLED| Apple| iPad| JOLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Supply Chain| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 17

BOE Looks to OLED Production in 2015

by Tom Allen

OLED-Info, citing ‘reports’, says that China’s BOE is aiming to start small-sized OLED production in the second half of this year. The company is ordering equipment for its G5.5 LTPS fab in Ordos, which …

Tags:BOE| China| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Supply Chain| Vol 22 - Issue 17

Dolby Previews Dolby Vision in USA and Europe

by Tom Allen

The Dolby Vision HDR format will be launched on Vizio’s upcoming Reference series of TVs this year – but on 22nd May, you can experience Dolby Vision content for yourself with the premiere of …

Tags:Back Panel| Broadcast| Dolby Vision| Europe| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 17

LA Schools Ask Apple for Multi-Million Dollar Refund

by Tom Allen

It’s a bad time for iPads in education. First, schools began to favour Chromebooks over the expensive tablets – and now the Los Angeles Unified School District has asked Apple for a multi-million dollar …

Tags:Apple| Back Panel| Education| iPad| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 17

LG Teases Brighter, More Colourful Display

by Tom Allen

LG has issued a teaser video about the display of its upcoming G4 smartphone. The video says that the phone will have 2560 x 1440 resolution and will be 25% brighter, with a 20% …

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 17

Acer Eases Projector Set-Up

by Tom Allen

Acer’s H6517ST short-throw DLP projector is designed to make projection a matter of plug and play. It features Acer’s SmartFormat, which supports all wide-format PC signals. A PC can simply be connected and the …

Tags:Acer| DLP Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 17

IoT Drives WiFi Device Growth

by Tom Allen

Around 2.3 billion WiFi-connected devices were shipped worldwide last year, says Taiwan’s MIC, driven by smartphone and Internet of Things (IoT) demand. The figure was an 18% YoY rise. All sectors of the computing …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 17| Wi-Fi| Worldwide