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Gartner Lowers IT Spending Forecast

Worldwide spending on IT devices and services will fall 0.5% YoY in 2016, says Gartner, to reach a total of $3.49 ...

Sony Enjoys Huge Console Success

More than 20.2 million Playstation 4 consoles have been sold to date, Sony announced at the recent Game Developers’ Conference – ...

Acer Attends via VC – Highlights BYOC

Acer is now investing heavily in digital signage. The speaker from Acer was Maverick Shih, who is based in Taiwan and ...

CVision 3D Running Kickstarter Campaign for Mobile 3D Displays

CVision 3D (Shenzhen, Taipei, and Los Angeles) has launched a kickstarter campaign to raise $20K to further the development of 3D ...

4K Stitching Possible in Real Time

A team headed by Dr. Rehan Hafiz in the Department of Electrical Engineering of the National University of Sciences and Technology ...

Warner Announces First UHD Blu-ray Titles

Warner Bros has said that it will release Mad Max: Fury Road, San Andreas, The Lego Movie and Pan will all ...

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Windows 10 Flagship is Leaked

by Tom Allen

Click to enlarge. The Lumia 940XL is said to be the successor to the Lumia 930.The Lumia 940XL is expected to be Microsoft’s flagship Windows 10 smartphone. Nokiapoweruser claims to have seen leaked specifications …

Tags:Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 23| Windows

AUO Expects 10% Rise in TV Demand

by Tom Allen

AUO has told shareholders that it expects TV demand to rise 10% YoY this year. Replacement demand in both emerging and developed markets will drive sales, said chairman and president Paul Peng.

Tags:AUO| Display Supply & Demand| Large Display Monitor| TV Set Market| Vol 22 - Issue 23

New HTC Smartphone Range Incoming

by Tom Allen

HTC will roll out a new series of smartphones in the second half of 2015, according to chairwoman and CEO Cher Wang. These will include a new “hero product” in October, according to the …

Tags:HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 23

Google Plans Chrome Players With AOpen

by Tom Allen

Sources say that Google is to launch two Chrome-based digital signage players, with AOpen, in the middle of Q3’15. Production was scheduled for Q2, but was deferred due to to certification issues. One product, …

Tags:Google| Large Display Monitor| Media Players| Vol 22 - Issue 23

NHK tests 8k at World Cup

by Tom Allen

NHK has said that it will capture the upcoming FIFA Women’s World Cup in 8k. The tournament is being held in Canada this year, and will act as a test for future sporting events. …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| NHK| North America| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 22 - Issue 23

Quested Suggests IP for BBC UltraHD

by Tom Allen

The BBC’s Andy Quested has said that the broadcaster may not use terrestrial signals for any future UltraHD plans. Speaking at the Futuresource Consulting New Content Horizons conference in London, Quested said the Red …

Tags:4k| BBC| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 23

Head Up Displays – Long Way from Mainstream?

by Norbert Hildebrand

I have been following the development of the head up display (HUD) for quite some time. It transformed itself in recent years from a novelty and gadget in a car to a “must have” …

Tags:Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Vol 22 - Issue 23

CPT-FlexEnable Partnership Marks Flexible Mass-Production

by Tom Allen

FlexEnable has entered into a partnership with CPT, to drive the penetration of ‘truly flexible’ AMOLED displays. Working together, CPT and FlexEnable have manufactured a glass-free, full-colour AMOLED display. It is based on FlexEnable’s …

Tags:CPT| Flexible Displays| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 22 - Issue 23

Automotive Demand Pushes KOE to Raise Production

by Tom Allen

KOE is to expand its production of display modules in Taiwan, from 180,000 modules monthly to 450,000, by March 2017. Parent company Japan Display said that the increase is being driven by rising demand …

Tags:Automotive| Japan Display Inc (JDI)| LCD Fabs| LCD Modules| Mobile Display Monitor| Supply Chain| Taiwan| Vol 22 - Issue 23

New Suite of 7″ Industrial LCD Panels Provide Flexible Design Options

by Helen Vince

Sharp Microelectronics of the Americas (SMA) has introduced new LCD display modules in its Industrial Application (IA) TFT LCD line-up in the popular 7.0-inch (diagonal) size class. The company’s new 7.0-inch class industrial LCD …

Tags:LCD Modules| sharp| SID Display Week 2015