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Graphene-based LED Clears Way for Flexible Displays

by Tom Allen

Graphene and related 2D materials (such as boron nitride and molybdenum disulphide) can be used to create thin, flexible and semi-transparent LEDs for next-gen phones, tablets and TVs. Researchers at the University of Manchester …

Kyocera’s On-Cell Lowers Reflections

by Tom Allen

Two new LCD modules have been introduced by Kyocera, with on-cell touch technology. The TCG070WVLR-117 and TCG070WVLR-118 have a procap touch sensor layer integrated into the LCD structure, enabling them to be slimmer than units with …

Tags:LCD Modules| Mobile Display Monitor| On-cell| Touch| Vol 22 - Issue 06

MSC Brings eDP to Embedded World

by Tom Allen

MSC Technologies is to show off its embedded DisplayPort (eDP) products at Embedded World 2016 (hall 2, stand 2-240). The show takes place from 24th – 26th February in Nuremberg. They include modules from …

German Retail Sales to Rise

by Tom Allen

German trade association HDE expects a slight increase in retail sales in the country this year – which would make 2015 the sixth year in a row to see an increase. €466.2 billion is expected …

Tags:Germany| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Retail| Vol 22 - Issue 06

Samsung To Show Off Curves in Barcelona

by Tom Allen

Samsung has announced what is widely expected to be the launch date of the next Galaxy smartphone: the 1st March, just before MWC, in Barcelona. The invitation sent to the Display Monitor team indicates …

Microsoft Developing Snapdragon 810 Handset

by Tom Allen

Microsoft is working on a new Windows Phone unit, which will be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 810 processor. Juha Kokkonen, general manager for portfolio and product management at Microsoft, confirmed the news, but no other …

Q4 Marked First Ever Tablet Decline, Says IDC

by Tom Allen

Q4’14 saw tablet shipments fall for the first time since the market became mainstream in 2010, says IDC. Overall shipments of tablets and hybrids reached 76.1 million units, a 3.2% YoY decline. However, full-year …

Cable and IPTV Rule Hungary

by Tom Allen

Hungarian regulator NMHH has said that there were 3.4 million pay-TV subscribers in the country at the end of 2014. More than 2 million received cable or IPTV services, 55% of whom were digital. …

Daktronics Prepares Massive Halo Board

by Tom Allen

A circular LED video display will be built in a new stadium in Atlanta by Daktronics. The display will measure more than 5,900m²; more than five stories high and three times as large as the …

Archimedia Announces Atlas Player Support for 4K 60p and HDR Content on Any Display

by Tom Allen

Archimedia Technology, a company whose applications bring precise multiformat viewing to the professional’s desktop, TV, UHDTV, and SDI infrastructure, today announced the release of Atlas 3.1.1, the newest version of its full-featured precision media …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Media Players| UltraHD & 4K

Eye Expands DOOH at Newcastle

by Tom Allen

Eye Airports is installing new high-res advertising screens in Newcastle International Airport. The Initial rollout is of two 70″ LCD units with 1920 x 1080 resolution; the installation was managed by Eye Airports’ own …

Tags:Digital Signage| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 06

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 6

by Tom Allen

A USB 3.0-to-DisplayPort graphics adapter has been released by Diamond Multimedia and supporting UltraHD resolution. The BVU5500 uses DisplayLink’s DL-5500 chipset (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 3) and is compatible with Windows 7, 8 and 8.1, …