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CDS Hails TOLED Arrival

by Tom Allen

To celebrate the arrival of its transparent OLED Lucid Vue display, Crystal Display Systems will hold a roadshow in London at the end of the month. Interested parties should email Meghan Mudge on [email protected].

Tags:AMOLED| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Transparent Displays| Vol 23 - Issue 15

Nanosys and QD Vision Clash Over Patents

by Tom Allen

Nanosys has brought the legal system to bear against QD Vision in the USA, for patent infringement. Nanosys’ lawsuit alleges that QD Vision’s products infringe upon its photoluminescent QD materials and related methods. The …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Litigation| Mobile Display Monitor| Nanosys| Patents| QD Vision| Quantum Dots| Vol 23 - Issue 15

Tool Shown to Automate 3D Sound Production

by Tom Allen

Click to enlargeFairlight, the University of Salford and DTS have worked together to develop a new approach to assist sound engineers with live sports productions. The SALSA (Spatial Automated Live Sports Audio) tool is …

Tags:3D| 3D Content| audio| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 15

Acer Combats Colour Decay

by Tom Allen

Acer’s new P-Series consists of four DLP projectors, three of which will go on sale in the UK. Designed for board rooms, the range can reach a 144Hz refresh rate when showing 24fps content. …

Tags:Acer| Business Projectors| Colour Wheel| DLP Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 15

Anoto Seals Deal With Ingram

by Tom Allen

Ingram Micro has signed a deal to distribute Anoto Group’s Live Display, as well as other enterprise collaboration products, in Europe. The Live Display is a 55″ UltraHD screen, supporting pen input through Cima …

Tags:Distribution| Ingram Micro| Large Display Monitor| Nordics| Vol 23 - Issue 15

Apple

Yonhap Puts Figure on Apple-Samsung Rumour

by Tom Allen

Rumours continue to circulate of Samsung Display supplying AMOLED screens to Apple for the next iPhone. Yonhap News has now put a number on rumour. According to the source, SDC will supply 100 million …

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

LG Uses Idemitsu Materials

by Tom Allen

LG’s newest OLED TVs use materials from Idemitsu Kosan, the Japanese company has said. The firms have had a strategic OLED alliance in place since 2009.

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| OLED Materials| Vol 23 - Issue 15

Sharp Confirms Robotic Phone – Not a Joke

by Tom Allen

Sharp’s walking, talking ‘RoBoHoN’ smartphone (Sharp’s Phone Dances, Talks and Sings) will go on sale on the 26th May. Pre-orders are live now: the ‘phone’ costs ¥203,140 ($1,865) ex VAT, although there will also …

Tags:Japan| Mobile Display Monitor| sharp| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 15

NakedEYE is Latest and Smallest VR Camera

by Tom Allen

Several companies are moving into the VR camera space – Samsung chief among them – and this week we saw one that will be at NAB called the NakedEYE, which is impressive for its …

Tags:Cameras| Mobile Display Monitor| NAB 2016| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 14

Slow Replacements Lead to High Notebook Resolutions

by Tom Allen

The market for notebook PC displays fell 23% YoY in Q1’16. Panel makers have begun to lower production of the low-profitability HD panels in favour of FullHD types – these panels are therefore expected …

Tags:IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| LCD Panels| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Power Consumption| Resolution| Vol 23 - Issue 14

Amazon Slims and Rebalances Kindle

by Tom Allen

It has been eight years since the introduction of the original Amazon Kindle. Each successive generation has made the device smaller, lighter and faster; progress that has now led to the Kindle Oasis. It …

Tags:E Ink| eReaders| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 14

NBC Chooses Leyard LEDs

by Tom Allen

NBC Olympics, a division of US broadcaster NBC, has chosen to use Leyard’s LED video walls for its production of this year’s Olympic Games. Leyard will supply NBC with three TVH Series LED video …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Leyard| Olympics| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 23 - Issue 14