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Device Forecast Falls From Q4

Worldwide device (PCs, tablets, ultramobiles and mobile phones) shipments are forecast to reach 2.5 billion this year: up 1.5% from 2014, ...

Xiaomi’s Notebook Nears Completion

The notebook apparently being produced by Xiaomi (Rumour: Xiaomi Plans Notebook Entry) will be launched in Q1’16, say Asian reports. However, ...

Corning Lotus NXT Glass Chosen for Samsung Display’s Flexible LTPS-OLED Line (2)

Corning said that Samsung’s flexible LTPS OLED production line would use the Corning Lotus NXT glass as the carrier for manufacture. ...

Robust Tech Enables New Scenes for Pixar

The Hollywood Post Alliance Tech Retreat, co-organised by SMPTE, is dedicated to the technologies of film production. This year, for the ...

Smartphone Maker Honor Introduces its First Flagship Model for the US Market

Honor, a global smartphone manufacturer, has introduced its latest model for the U.S. market. The Honor 8 Androidâ„¢ smartphone combines industry-leading ...

Sharp Surprises With MEMS-IGZO Tablet in 2015

Last month (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 37), Sharp announced that it would begin mass-production of its MEMS-IGZO displays (Display Monitor ...

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Acer Eases Projector Set-Up

by Tom Allen

Acer’s H6517ST short-throw DLP projector is designed to make projection a matter of plug and play. It features Acer’s SmartFormat, which supports all wide-format PC signals. A PC can simply be connected and the …

Tags:Acer| DLP Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 17

IoT Drives WiFi Device Growth

by Tom Allen

Around 2.3 billion WiFi-connected devices were shipped worldwide last year, says Taiwan’s MIC, driven by smartphone and Internet of Things (IoT) demand. The figure was an 18% YoY rise. All sectors of the computing …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 17| Wi-Fi| Worldwide

TSMC Cuts Capex by $1 Billion

by Helen Vince

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) says it is reducing its capital expenditure budget this year by $1 billion to $11 billion, because of disappointing demand for smartphone chips this quarter. Last week Intel also revised …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TSMC| Vol 22 - Issue 17

Apple Watch Touch Marked for Use on iPhone 6S

by Tom Allen

The next iPhone will use the same Force Touch technology as is featured on the Apple Watch, say Taiwanese panel makers. The sources say that Apple is experimenting with the placement of the sensor, …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Touch| Vol 22 - Issue 17

Asus Touch Orders Return to Taiwan

by Tom Allen

Touch panel orders for Asus’ Zenfone smartphones will be moved from O-Film back to makers in Taiwan, say sources in the country. The new suppliers will include JTouch, TPK and Young Fast Electronics. O-Film …

Tags:Asus| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Supply Chain| Taiwan| Touch Interfaces| Vol 22 - Issue 17

FDA Does Not Adopt Recommendations on Laser Projection

by Chris Chinnock

In a setback for the laser projection industry, the FDA has not taken the advice of industry experts and has issued a tentative ruling that many view does not go far enough in removing …

Tags:Cinema| Large Display Monitor| Laser Projectors| Regulation| Vol 22 - Issue 16

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Fraunhofer IIS Does Lightfield Movie Production Test

by Chris Chinnock

At the Technology Summit for Cinema, Frederik Zilly of Fraunhofer IIS told a very interesting story about the making of their first movie using light field production techniques. Over the last couple of years, …

Tags:3D Depth Cameras| Fraunhofer| Large Display Monitor| Light Field Cameras| NAB 2015| Post Production| Vol 22 - Issue 16

Eizo Monitor Identifies Out-of-Gamut 2020 Elements

by Chris Chinnock

Eizo has a new feature on the color calibrating 4K monitors that allows the operator to see what colors are out-of-gamut. This was demonstrated by playing 2020 graded content into two identical monitors, both …

Tags:Colour Grading| NAB 2015| Rec 2020

JVC Shows HDR Displays at NAB 2015

by Chris Chinnock

NAB 2015 was the first place that JVC showed new High Dynamic Range (HDR) monitors it has in development. On display was a 70″ and a 32″, both based on rear projection architectures.

Tags:Fibre optics| KVMs| NAB 2015

Cellphones that can Reconfigure into a Bracelet Format

by Arthur Berman

During this past week, there was patent activity that indicates a continuing interest on the part of major cellphone makers in devices that can be mechanically switched from a conventional flat form to a …

Tags:Apple| LG Electronics (LGE)| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 17| Wearables

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Tianma Shows 5.5″ FHD AMOLED Display Panel

by Norbert Hildebrand

The OLED Association has released news about a new 5.5″ AMOLED display presented to the organisation by Tianma. According to the article the new AMOLED display comes with full HD resolution, a first for …

Tags:AMOLED| FullHD (1080P)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Pentile| Tianma| Vol 22 - Issue 16