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Ignis Signs Patent License With LGD

by Tom Allen

Ignis Innovation has signed a patent license agreement with LG Display, covering its circuit technology for use in OLED displays. The agreement is non-exclusive, but specific terms were not disclosed. Analyst Comment I wrote …

Sony Ends Manufacturing in Brazil

by Tom Allen

Sony has decided to stop making smartphones in Brazil, which was being done through deals with Foxconn and Arima. The company took the decision due to a lack of fiscal incentives and the poor …

Foxconn Plans Big Changes for Sharp

by Tom Allen

Foxconn chairman Terry Gou has said that his company will “carry out a series of measures to help Sharp make a turnaround as soon as possible,” after officially joining the board in July. Gou …

Tags:Foxconn (Honhai)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| sharp| Vol 23 - Issue 24

Rumour: Nanoco Has New TV Customers

by Tom Allen

We have been told that Nanoco’s cadmium-free quantum dots have been adopted for use in LCD TVs from Chinese and Taiwanese makers. The sets are expected to arrive in the second half of this …

Peter Chou is No Longer at HTC

by Tom Allen

HTC has confirmed that former CEO Peter Chou has left the company. Although he is still an honourary consultant to HTC, Chou is now serving as chairman of the Digital Domain, a Hong Kong-based …

Tags:HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| People| Vol 23 - Issue 24

China Maintains Large-Screen Lead

by Tom Allen

IHS says that demand for large-screen (55″+) TVs is ‘surging’ in China, as falling prices promote consumer adoption. Shipments of these sets rose almost 80% YoY in Q1’16, with many local brands offering steep …

Horizon Boosts 3D Brightness

by Tom Allen

Masterimage 3D specialises in 3D display technology, and its most recent advancement is the Horizon: a new and very efficient passive 3D polariser. It was launched several months ago. Light efficiency in the Horizon …

CineEurope Roundup

by Tom Allen

During an informal meeting, Korea’s CJ Group said that its 4DX technology is spreading across Asia and Latin America. Take-up is now accelerating in mature markets such as Western Europe and the USA. The …

Ingram Micro and Tech Partner broaden cooperation to Europe

by Tom Allen

Ingram Micro is now distributing PC-based PoS systems for Tech Partners Europe GmbH. Ingram is TPE’s first pan-European distributor.

Optoma Promotes Colour With Rebranding

by Tom Allen

In a bid to focus attention on the colour reproduction of its DLP projectors, Optoma has come up with a new marketing term: Amazing Colour. It is a catch-all piece of marketing, referring to …

Barco is Pro-Laser, Anti-Speckle

by Tom Allen

I had time to sit down with Bill Beck of Barco to talk about speckle, which is inherently related to laser projection – which was a theme at the show for just about everybody! …

Tags:Barco| CineEurope 2016| Large Display Monitor| Laser Projectors| Speckle

Festo Chooses Dual-Screen Eizo Solution

by Tom Allen

Industrial control and automation company Festo has used Eizo’s FlexScan EV2450 monitors throughout its new Automation Centre building in Esslingen, Germany. 400 work stations can be found inside, each featuring two of Eizo’s displays. …