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Kickstarter Coming for Consumer Holographic Displays

by Tom Allen

A US-based company called Holographic Optical Technologies (HOT) will soon begin a Kickstarter campaign, aiming to bring (static) holographic displays to consumers. HOT’s experience comes from holographic medical displays. It will begin its new …

Tags:Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Holographic Displays| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 14

CJ Group Debuts Panoramic Cinema in Vegas

by Tom Allen

ScreenX (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 40) was developed by South Korea’s CJ CGV in 2012. It presents cinema-goers with a 270° panoramic view; as well as the front screen, images are projected onto …

Tags:3D Cinema| Back Panel| Cinema| Large Display Monitor| Panoramic Displays| Vol 22 - Issue 14

Display Vendors Recognised at Red Dot Awards

by Tom Allen

The annual Red Dot design awards have taken place, with display companies taking multiple wins. 10 Lenovo products won awards, including AIO PCs, laptops, monitors, workstations, tablets and convertibles. Philips went further, with 49 …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Philips| sony| toshiba| Vol 22 - Issue 14

LGD Overtakes Rivals Thanks to iPhone 6

by Tom Allen

LG Display edged out Samsung Display to become the world’s leading sub-9″ display vendor in Q4’14, IHS DisplaySearch data shows. The company had an 18.7% market share, compared to SDC’s 15.7% share. Japan Display …

Tags:IHS DisplaySearch| Japan Display Inc (JDI)| Large Display Monitor| LCD Panels| LG Displays (LGD)| Market Data| Market Shares - Panels| Samsung Display| sharp| Vol 22 - Issue 14

LG Invests in Chinese Polariser Production

by Tom Allen

LG Chemical is to expand polariser production in China. The company will invest $100 million to expand production in Nanjing, raising annual capacity from 40 million m² to 54 million m². LG Chem also …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Polarisers| Supply Chain| Vol 22 - Issue 14

Form Labs Brings Classic 50s TV to Modern Age

by Tom Allen

Form Labs has recreated the iconic 1950s TV, the Philco Predicta, using 3D printing – although the scale is a little off. Using their own printer, the Form+1, and clear resin, the team printed …

Tags:3D printing| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 14

CEC Opens IGZO Line

by Tom Allen

CEC Panda has opened a new G8.5 IGZO LCD production line in Nanjing, China. CNY29.2 billion ($4.7 billion) was invested in the fab, which has an annual output of 720,000 substrates. These substrates can …

Tags:CEC Panda| China| Large Display Monitor| LCD Fabs| Mobile Display Monitor| Supply Chain| Vol 22 - Issue 14

Comp Mall Fits Industrial Monitor With DisplayPort

by Tom Allen

Comp Mall of Germany has developed a 21.5″ industrial monitor, with scratch-resistant 7H hardness glass and a sturdy metal frame. The display is IP65-compliant on the front and will operate in 10° – 50° …

Tags:Germany| Industrial Monitors| Large Display Monitor| LCD displays| Vol 22 - Issue 14

Terra Pad Pro is for Mid-Sized Companies

by Tom Allen

Wortmann AG has a new 10.1″ tablet, the Terra Pad 1061 Pro, which has been specifically designed for medium-sized companies. ‘A tablet that copes with the daily challenges in commerce, industry and trade as …

Tags:Germany| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 14| Wortmann (Terra)

HTC Leak Shows Fingerprint Scaner

by Tom Allen

Credit: @Upleaks@Upleaks has tweeted images of what is apparently the HTC One M9+. The pictured phone has a fingerprint scanner and HTC’s Duo Camera, as well as front-facing speakers. Rumours put the screen size …

Tags:HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 14

Olio Aims to Halt the Notification Tide

by Tom Allen

Former Apple, HP, NASA and Pixar employees have created the Olio smartwatch. Instead of acting like a wrist-mounted smartphone, the Olio aims to protect wearers from a flood of notifications. The watch aggregates everything …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 14| Wireless Charging