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Cambrios Gets a Second Chance

by Tom Allen

John LeMoncheck will resume his position as president and CEO of CambriosCambrios has restarted its silver nanowire business, following the liquidation of the company’s assets in February. Steve Victor, a senior MD at Development …

Tags:Cambrios| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Silver Nanowire| Vol 23 - Issue 15

Ateme Works With Technicolor on HDR

by Tom Allen

Ateme is integrating Technicolor’s HDR distribution technology into its Titan product. Titan is a multi-codec and -format video transcoding software. The use of Technicolor’s technology will extend HDR functionality available to content owners, distributors …

VR Revenues to Rise 440%

by Tom Allen

JP Morgan has forecast that the global VR market will be worth as much as $13.5 billion by 2020, compared to just over $2.5 billion this year. Gaming and entertainment applications will see the …

Huawei Competes With Tier Ones – in VR

by Tom Allen

Huawei has shown off a VR headset that is used as a ‘bring-your-own-display’ device, like the Gear VR. The Huawei VR will be used with the flagship P9, P9 Plus and Mate 8 phones, …

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 15

‘E-Skin’ AMOLED is Thinner Than Cling Film

by Tom Allen

An OLED display prototype, developed at the University of Tokyo, is more flexible than any type seen before – and less than quarter of the thickness of cling film (Saran wrap, to our American …

Tags:AMOLED| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 15| Wearables

Most Netflix Customers Still American

by Tom Allen

In the announcement of its Q1’16 finance results, Netflix has revealed that its global customer base more than 6.7 million YoY. The firm now has almost 47 million customers in the USA and 34.5 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Netflix| OTT Video| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 15

HP Shrinks Z1 but Adds UHD

by Tom Allen

HP Inc. has updated its all-in-one workstation, the HP Z1, adding an UltraHD display in a more compact chassis. The shrinking of the product – which includes cutting display size from 27″ to 23.6″ …

Tags:HP Inc| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 15| Workstations

Kyocera Ready for Third Manufacturing Line

by Tom Allen

Kyocera is to begin construction of a third manufacturing facility at its Kyoto Ayabe complex in Japan this week, says Evertiq. The line will be used to produce compact organic packages to house microelectronic …

Tags:Japan| Kyocera| Mobile Display Monitor| Supply Chain| Vol 23 - Issue 15

Digital TV Rises Despite World Economy

by Tom Allen

Worldwide digital TV (DTV) homes will rise by 185% between 2010 and 2021, or almost 1.1 billion, according to Digital TV Research. In 2016 alone, the total will climb by 120 million, and by …

Apple Cuts Production on Low Demand

by Tom Allen

Japan’s Nikkei newspaper says that Apple has cut iPhone production, due to weak sales of the flagship iPhone 6S/6S Plus and rising inventory levels. 6S production was apparently reduced by 30% in calendar Q1’16. …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Supply Chain| Vol 23 - Issue 15

Lang Commits to Panasonic

by Tom Allen

Lang AG has purchased 50 of Panasonic’s PT-RZ31K laser phosphor projectors. These are designed for large venue applications, and will be available for rental starting in the autumn.

Optoma Prepares for Olympics

by Tom Allen

Optoma is preparing for a sports-filled summer, with three new projectors designed for easy set-up and with low input lag (for gaming). The H114, H183X and S331 DLP projectors all feature Texas Instruments’ BrilliantColor, …

Tags:DLP Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Olympics| Optoma| Vol 23 - Issue 15