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We All Love a Show Reel

RodeoFX has released a show reel showing its ability to create environments and creatures using 3D rendering. It’s called ‘Fantastic beasts ...

China to Dominate 4K and 8K TV Shipments Through 2020, IHS Markit Says

China will continue to dominate the 4K TV market, with 42 percent of all TVs in 2017 expected to ship with ...

DirecTV Boosts UltraHD

A DirecTV satellite has been launched that will deliver UltraHD programming across the USA. DirecTV 14 will begin operation in Q2’15, ...

Register for OC3 and Don’t Miss the Updated Samsung Gear VR, Powered by Oculus

You can now apply to attend Oculus Connect 3! Join us at our largest Connect yet in San Jose, CA, October ...

AUO Prepares 1.4″ AMOLED For Q2

In its latest earnings call, AUO revealed that its 1.4″ circular OLED display will be shipped in Q2’15; the unit has ...

Ingram to Distribute Sony

Ingram Micro has partnered with Sony to distribute its tablets and smartphones in France.

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Gionee Packs in Dual Batteries for Four-Day Lifetime

by Tom Allen

A new smartphone from Gionee has appeared in a TENAA listing in China. The M5 is the successor to the M3, featuring two batteries and four days of lifetime. The display is a 5.5″ …

Tags:Batteries| China| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 22

Updating the Humble Game Boy

by Tom Allen

When the thing that you take away from this image is that he named his Pikachu Platypus, you know that you’re of the Game Boy generation.A Belgian student, known as Raz, has built what …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Nintendo Consoles| Vol 22 - Issue 22

Funding Sought for High-End Smartwatch at CES

by Tom Allen

Credit: CnetA titanium-body smartwatch prototype, running Android 4.4, was recently spotted at CES Asia. The Rockioo Watch is currently being funded on Kickstarter (http://tinyurl.com/oa8hfqq). It has a 1.63″ OLED display (320 x 320) and …

Tags:AMOLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 22

Tianma Dramatically Raises LED Life

by Tom Allen

Tianma NLT America’s new TFT LCD displays feature long-life LED backlights – lasting for up to 100,000 hours. Available in 8.4″ and 10.4″ sizes, the displays have 800 x 600 resolution and are intended …

Tags:LCD Modules| Mobile Display Monitor| NLT| SID Display Week 2015| Tianma| Vol 22 - Issue 22

HTC Switches to AMOLED

by Tom Allen

China’s Economic Daily News says that HTC is to use AMOLED displays on a version of its One E9+ smartphone. The One E9sw will be launching in China with a 5.5″ display and 1.5GHz …

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

Samsung Commits to Chinese Polariser Plant

by Tom Allen

The CEO of Samsung SDI, Namseong Cho, has signed an MOU to set up a polariser plant in Wuxi, China. Samsung will invest more than KRW200 billion ($180.3 million) in the project, which will …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Polarisers| Samsung| Supply Chain| Vol 22 - Issue 22

Rumour: Two Nexus Phones Compensate for Lack of Tablet

by Tom Allen

Google’s newest tablet is the Nexus 9, released in 2014Google is likely to produce two new Nexus smartphones this year, but no tablet, according to Android Police. One phone will be produced by LG; …

Tags:Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 22

And Finally… – Vol 22 No 22

by Tom Allen

Pope Benedict did not follow the same rule, but presumably Gogglebox wasn’t his show of choice.The Vatican is notoriously free of vice, but Pope Francis has revealed that there is another aspect of modern …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TV Viewing| Vol 22 - Issue 22

Rumour: Apple Plans New Supplier

by Tom Allen

Apple plans to take on a new LCD driver IC supplier, according to sources in the supply chain. Taiwanese suppliers including Novatek, Himax and FocalTech are being linked with the rumour.

Tags:Apple| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductors| Vol 22 - Issue 22

Improving Vision with 3D

by Len Scrogan

When modern digital 3D first hit the large and small screen, folks shouted sharply about their visual discomfort: headaches, eye strain, soreness and nausea seemed to rule the day. Although some of those problems …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| 3D software| iPad| Vol 22 - Issue 23

Consumer Sentiment on Overall Economy, Tech Spending Dip Slightly in May

by Helen Vince

Consumer confidence toward the overall economy and technology spending both decreased slightly in May, according to the latest data released today by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). Overall EconomyThe CEA Index of Consumer Expectations …

Tags:CTA (was CEA)| Market Data

Ubiquitous Energy Could Help Solve Battery Problems

by Bob Raikes

Next week at the SID iZone, the display community will have a chance to look at a new technology, being developed just up the road from the event in Redwood City, California by Ubiquitous …

Tags:Batteries| SID Display Week 2015| Solar Panels| Vol 22 - Issue 22