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JOLED Prints Large OLEDs

by Tom Allen

Tomoaki Tsuboka, head of business development at JOLED, announced two new OLED panels at Finetech Japan: a 12.2″ unit (1920 x 1080, 180ppi) and a 19.3″ unit (UltraHD, 230ppi), which were made using RGB …

CS Digital Media and OpgeLED Agree Netherlands Network

by Tom Allen

CS Digital Media and OpgeLED have agreed to co-operate on the rollout of a digital network across the Netherlands. The companies worked together on an LCD and LED display network in Rotterdam in February, …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Netherlands| Networks| Vol 23 - Issue 14

iDklic Expands With 260 New Partners

by Tom Allen

iDklic, a Belgian provider of screens for pharmacies, is expanding its network. To date, more than 1,300 have been installed across Belgium, France, Luxembourg and Ireland. 260 more pharmacies have now signed with the …

Tags:Digital Signage| DOOH| Europe| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 14

PC Decline at Worst Point in Nine Years

by Tom Allen

Global PC shipments fell 9.6% YoY in Q1’16 – the sixth consecutive quarter of declines. Shipments reached 64.8 million units: the first time that they have fallen below 65 million since 2007, says Gartner. …

University Prints OLEDs on Paper

by Tom Allen

Research at the University of Sheffield in the UK has led to the possibility of new ways to display information on product packaging. Working with Cambridge-based Novalia, the University describes packaging with printed electronics …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Printable Display| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 14

ICDM Launches File Formats Workgroup

by Tom Allen

The International Committee for Display Metrology has announced a new workgroup, for file format management and standardisation. Based in OpenEXR, Workgroup 4 aims to develop a file format standardisation effort for displays and related …

UK Picture Quality Complaints Fall to 0

by Tom Allen

UK regulator Ofcom has said that complaints about picture quality on public broadcasters’ channels have faded to almost nothing – in fact, there have been no complaints in the last three years. Ofcom is …

Tags:Broadcast| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Visual Quality| Vol 23 - Issue 14

Corning Seeks Lighting Designer

by Tom Allen

Corning and OLEDWorks have launched a contest, seeking ways to integrate OLEDWorks’ lighting panels into functional luminaires. Each of the five winners will be awarded up to $10,000 each. More information at http://tinyurl.com/jb26n7p.

Molecular Glasses Has Bold OLED Claims

by Tom Allen

US OLED material developer, Molecular Glasses, has said that its phosphorescent host material has been shown to raise OLED lifetime by up to 1,500%. The material has an external quantum efficiency of 20%, and …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Materials| Power Consumption| Vol 23 - Issue 14

Netflix Pushes Dolby Vision

by Tom Allen

We heard about Netflix’s HDR plans earlier this year (Netflix has HDR Plans), and the company has now fulfilled them. Marco Polo is the first series available in the HDR (Dolby Vision) format; Marcel’s …

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 14

by Tom Allen

Hisense has revealed two new UltraHD TVs for the German market, just before the European Championship football tournament. Both the 65″ M5500 and 433″ M3000 support DVB-T2 and HEVC decoding. They use Hisense’s Vidaa …

BenQ’s MW883UST is Education Solution

by Tom Allen

BenQ’s MW883UST projector is an interactive UST model for education, first shown at BETT this year and now launched in Europe. The projector uses a DLP chip, and can throw a 78″ image from …