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Lightest Laptop’ Claimed by Gigabyte

The 15.6″ P35X v3 from Gigabyte is marketed as the lightest laptop in its size category. Weighing between 2.2kg and 2.3kg, ...

CES Candy Store for Display Nerds

Each year at CES, LG Display’s by-invitation-only suite, which was in one of the Las Vegas Convention Center’s North Hall meeting ...

Synopsys Integrates VESA Display Stream Compression into DesignWare MIPI DSI IP to Enable 4K Ultra HD and Higher Resolution Displays

Synopsys, Inc. today announced its integrated DesignWare® MIPI DSI Host Controller IP with the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA®) Display Stream ...

Meizu is First With 10-Core Chip

The world’s first 10-core mobile chip, the Mediatek Helio X20 series, is due to become available this month – and China’s ...

Soluble OLEDs Closing on Evaporation Efficiency

Merck has revealed the development results of its red and green solution-processed phosphorescent OLED materials. Results were compared to evaporation material ...

EBU Continues to Hold 700MHz Concerns

The European Commission’s High Level Group has recommended that the EU restrict access to the sub-700MHz spectrum to digital TV until ...

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ARRIS, Charter Acquire ActiveVideo® Through New Joint Venture

by Helen Vince

ARRIS Group Inc. (NASDAQ: ARRS) (ARRIS) and Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTR) (Charter) announced today that they established a joint venture that has agreed to acquire ActiveVideo® for approximately $135 million. ARRIS will own …

Tags:Cloud TV| Mergers & Acquisitions

Samsung Productivity & Curved Displays

by Bob Raikes

We spoke in a telephone interview with Phil Gaut of Samsung UK about the recent release of the firm’s curved desktop monitors (Samsung Brings its Curve to Europe) These were launched a couple of …

Tags:Curved Displays| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 19

OLED TV: Second Wind?

by Ken Werner

A combination of company announcements, seemingly reliable reporting and just plain rumors make it reasonable to believe that OLED television is finally getting its second wind. The reliable reporting centers on LG Display increasing …

Tags:LG Displays (LGD)| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLED TVs| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 16

Touch International Combines Day and Night Readability

by Tom Allen

US-based Touch International has expanded its range of display enhancements. The company can now design, develop and build custom dual-mode sunlight-readable LCD units, which also support night vision use. The custom displays can be …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Sunlight Readable Displays| Vol 22 - Issue 16

Eyevis Builds New Visualisation Wall

by Tom Allen

Eyevis and IVC Technologies are working together to build an automated visualisation wall; they are also working with the R&D headquarters of an unnamed ‘major international client’. The system will be built for research …

Tags:Back Panel| Eyevis| Large Display Monitor| Video Walls| Vol 22 - Issue 16

Sony’s Lifespace Bundled With High-Contrast Screen

by Tom Allen

More than a year after it was announced at CES 2014 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 3), Sony’s Lifespace UX projector – the LSPX-W1S – has been launched in Europe. It is an ultra-short …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Projection Screens| Short Throw| sony| Vol 22 - Issue 16

NEC Expands Large-Format Display Range

by Tom Allen

A 65″ version of NEC‘s X981UHD display has been released. The X651UHD has a 60Hz refresh rate and can display up to four separate content feeds at once. The unit uses an IPS panel …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| NEC| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 16

Eizo Prepares for New Colour Space

by Tom Allen

Two of Eizo‘s UltraHD monitors – the CG318-4K and CG248-4K (Wide Colour and High Resolution on Eizo’s ColorEdgeEizo Reaches New Pixel Density Record) – have had Imagica’s 3D look-up table data integrated. With the …

Tags:Eizo| Large Display Monitor| Rec 2020| Rec 709| Vol 22 - Issue 16| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

Apple Extends UltraHD Support to Single Stream

by Tom Allen

Apple has begun to support lower-cost UltraHD displays with the release of OSX 10.10.3. Previously, Apple’s devices would only send UltraHD signals to Multi-Stream Transport displays at 60Hz. With this change Single-Stream Transport models, …

Tags:Apple| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Transport| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 16

Seene Moves From 3D to VR

by Tom Allen

Seene is a company specialising in 3D image capture on iOS and Android, and has now turned its attention to VR. The Seene app has now been updated, and can be used to shoot, …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 16| Wearables

Signature Plans For Birmingham Transport Extension

by Tom Allen

Signature Outdoor has installed a new LED display in Birmingham’s financial hub. Cityvision Snow Hill is a portrait-style unit overlooking Queensway, with a fortnightly impact of more 3.5 million people, following an upcoming tram …

Tags:Digital Signage| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 16

iFixit Gives 2015 Macbook 1/10

by Tom Allen

Teardown specialist iFixit has found that the secret behind Apple’s new Macbook is…glue. Lots and lots of glue. The company gave the device a 1/10 repairability score. Most of the internals are battery, with …

Tags:Apple| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Repair| Vol 22 - Issue 16