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Samsung Will Triple Edge Production

by Tom Allen

ET News of Korea claims that, following successful pre-orders (Samsung Reaches Pre-Order Record), Samsung wants to as much as triple planned production of the Galaxy S6 Edge. Samsung Display is currently capable of producing …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Production| Production Capacity| Samsung| Samsung Display| Vol 22 - Issue 14

Samsung Will Use WRGB in OLED TV Return, Says ET News

by Tom Allen

Samsung Display is resuming its efforts in the OLED TV market – according to Korea’s ET News. The source says that SDC is taking up OLED TV panel production once more, using a different …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| Licensing| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED TVs| Patents| Production| Samsung| Samsung Display| TV Set Market| Vol 22 - Issue 14| wrgb

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 14

by Tom Allen

Blackberry‘s Leap smartphone (Blackberry Shows new Smartphone and Prototype with Curved AMOLED Display) can now be pre-ordered in the UK, USA, France and Germany; residents of Canada have been told to ‘stay tuned’, so …

Tags:BlackBerry| China| France| Germany| HTC| LCD Modules| LG Electronics (LGE)| Microsoft| Mitsubishi| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2015| Samsung| Smartphones| Smartwatches| tablets| UK (United Kingdom)| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 14| Xiaomi

Eastern Zone Keeps CEE PCs Negative

by Tom Allen

Central and Eastern Europe PC shipments exceeded 18.5 million units last year, falling 14% YoY, says IDC. 2014 was the second year of contraction, as the region’s market was limited by currency fluctuations and …

Tags:Convertible PCs| Europe| IDC| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| Vol 22 - Issue 14

BBC Looks to HDR UltraHD

by Tom Allen

The BBC’s head of innovation and standards, Richard Salmon, has said that he hopes to have ITU standards for UltraHD HDR “by [the] middle of this year”. Salmon made the comment at a recent …

Tags:4k| BBC| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 22 - Issue 14

Red Button Rebranded

by Tom Allen

The BBC’s Connected Red Button service will be rebranded to ‘Red Button+’ this month, with new features launched, such as picture-in-picture browsing of news, weather and video highlights. The service will be available on …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Smart TV| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 14

DTG Updates UK’s D-Book for 2015

by Tom Allen

The UK’s Digital Television Group has launched the D-Book 8. The new version provides the DTT industry with the tools to support Freeview Play and manage the clearance of the 700MHz spectrum. Also included …

Tags:DTG| HEVC (H.265)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Spectrum Allocation| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 14

Leader Chosen for North America’s First UltraHD MPU

by Tom Allen

Leader Instruments’ LV5490 UltraHD waveform monitor has been chosen by the Mobile TV Group, to be used in the first UltraHD mobile production unit in North America. The Mobile TV Group created the MPU, …

Tags:Back Panel| Broadcast Monitors| Large Display Monitor| TV Production| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 22 - Issue 14

Fatih Project Hits More Delays

by Tom Allen

Turkey’s Fatih Project hit significant delays last year. The movement aims to provide a tablet to every school child and a smartboard to every classroom. The Turkish government had planned to distribute 1.2 million …

Tags:Education| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 14

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 14

by Tom Allen

BenQ‘s BL2420PT LCD monitor (BenQ Booth Highlights B2B Push) will be available in Europe this month, for €335. Celluon is now selling two new DLP pico projectors: the wireless PicoAir and more premium PicoPro. …

Tags:BenQ| China| Desktop Monitors| DLP Projectors| ELO| Interactive Tables| Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| MMD (AOC Philips)| Multitouch| Panasonic| Pico Projectors| sharp| Vol 22 - Issue 14| Xiaomi

NLT’s Procap Touch Supports Gloved Operation

by Tom Allen

Content available to subscribers only. NLT Technologies has developed a new type of procap touch technology; a sensor and module combination are able to detect touches even when the screen is wet or the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Multitouch| NLT| SID Display Week 2015| Touch| Vol 22 - Issue 14

TCL’s Roku TVs Start at $220

by Tom Allen

Three new TV ranges, which will be introduced over the coming months, have been announced for the US market by TCL. The S3700, S3800 and S3850 TVs will be Roku models, with UltraHD TVs …

Tags:Education| Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| Roku| TCL| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 14