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Christie Phoenix EP OPS Runs Dual Displays

Christie announced a new OPS module that allows a second display to be connected to the host display via an HDMI ...

LDM Vol 24 #48 Product Round-up

Cinemood LTE is a new portable projector that is a crowdfunding project that will be shown at CES in January. An ...

New ZeeVee HDbridge 2920 Distributes Dual HD-SDI Channels

New ZeeVee HDbridge 2920 Distributes Dual HD-SDI Channels for HD Video and Digital Signage Littleton, MA — March 29, 2015 — ...

Valve Streams Games Cheaply, Provides Console Release Date

Valve has finally provided a date for the release of its Steam Machine consoles. Units will begin to be released from ...

Fraunhofer Shows Lici in KVMs

Various Fraunhofer groups had a shared booth in Hall 8. We talked to the team behind the Lici lightweight codec. This ...

Steady Chinese Panel Shipments Expected in Q4

Chinese TV vendors will place steady panel orders in Q4, say Asian sources. UltraHD TV sales in the country are regular ...

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Fraunhofer Stacks OLEDs for Colour Tunability

by Tom Allen

Fraunhofer COMEDD has developed colour-tunable OLED lighting panels, and showed them off at the recent LOPEC event in Munich, Germany. Photo credit: OLED-InfoColour tunability is the feature most desired by lighting designers after flexibility, …

Tags:Fraunhofer| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Lighting| OLEDs| Vol 22 - Issue 11

Google Planning WiFi for Android Wear

by Tom Allen

The Verge claims that Google is planning to release an update to Android Wear that will bring Wi-Fi support to devices running the OS. Other smaller updates will add gesture control and UI changes.

Tags:Android| Gesture Recognition| Google Glass| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 11| wireless communications

HTC’s One E9 Appears as Upgrade to One M9

by Tom Allen

Last year, HTC offered a lower-priced version of the One M8 smartphone called the One E8; it sacrificed the metal body for plastic, as well as losing the duo camera. The HTC One E9, …

Tags:Android| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 11

Netflix Future Proofs Programming With 6k Recording

by Tom Allen

Netflix, according to The Hollywood Reporter, has shot season three of its original programme, House of Cards, in 6k resolution. Netflix apparently used cameras from Red to accomplish the high-resolution challenge, with Encore handling …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Netflix| OTT Video| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 22 - Issue 11

Lattice Semiconductor Closes Acquisition of Silicon Image

by Helen Vince

Lattice Semiconductor has announced the closure of its acquisition of Silicon Image, at an estimated closing price of $606.6 million. The companies announced that they had entered into an agreement in January (Lattice Semiconductor …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Lattice Semiconductor (Silicon Image)| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 11

JDI Free to Take Rivals’ Orders at Apple-Funded Plant

by Tom Allen

Despite Apple putting up the majority of the $1.4 billion investment in a new Japan Display LCD plant, JDI will be free to mass-produce products for other vendors at the facility. According to the …

Tags:Apple| Japan Display Inc (JDI)| LCD Fabs| Mobile Display Monitor| Production| Vol 22 - Issue 11

BLU Sales, Shipments Fell Last Month

by Helen Vince

Taiwan’s two main BLU manufacturers, Coretronic and Radiant-Optoelectronics both reported declines in sales and shipments in February. Coretronic shipped 5.3 million BLU units, 24% down from January and said that it expects overall first …

Tags:Coretronic| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| LCD Backlights| Mobile Display Monitor| Radiant| Vol 22 - Issue 11

Taiwan Chip Companies See February Sales Fall

by Helen Vince

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing(TSMC) recorded its lowest monthly sales since June 2014 in February, at NT$62.2 billion ($2 billion). This was 28.1% lower than January 2015 but 33.8% higher than February 2014. For the first …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mediatek| Mobile Display Monitor| TSMC| UMC| Vol 22 - Issue 11

Motive Signs Tablet TV Licenses

by Tom Allen

Motive and Tablet TV have entered into two licensing agreements for the service’s US and Canadian launch of mobile and VOD content services. They cover the technology used in the service and define the …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| TV Reception| TV Viewing| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 11

Free’s Android Box Plays UltraHD Content

by Tom Allen

Free, a French company, has launched the ‘Freebox Mini 4k’ – a gateway/set-top box that runs Android TV and can play UltraHD content. It consists of two units: a server and a player. The …

Tags:Home gateways| Large Display Monitor| STBs| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 22 - Issue 11

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DSE 10th Annual Live Tour Offers Surprises

by Steve Sechrist

It’s Press Day at the 2015 Digital Signage Expo and while most exhibitors are busy setting up, a select lucky few had the chance to attend the Live Installation Tour that has become a …

Tags:Casinos| DSE 2015| Large Display Monitor| large displays| Large Venue Projectors| LFD - Large Format Display| Vol 22 - Issue 12

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Meet the Cuberox

by Arthur Berman

Cuberox (Vancouver, WA and Prague, Czech Republic) is developing a unique device also called Cuberox. Physically, the device is a black cube with a 16 x 16 white LED display on each of its …

Tags:LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 11| Wireless Charging