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​Panasonic Launches World’s First Official ‘Ultra HD Premium’ TV at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show

Panasonic today announces the first LED LCD TV in the world that meets the stringent standards of the UHD Alliance’s new ...

Control Grid

Although the Braun tube contained all the essential elements of the modern CRT, these existed in a fairly primitive form and ...

Samsung Display Goes Open Cell for LFDs

Samsung Display had a meeting room under Hall 8 with its latest LFD panels. The first area we looked at was ...

SPIL/Foxconn Share Swap Rejected

Shareholders at Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) did not support a proposed share-swap deal with Foxconn Electronics. SPIL had intended to increase ...

Philips Tempts Then Disappoints

Despite arriving 10 minutes late to the Philips conference (Samsung overran), we only missed some appliance talk. The conference itself was ...

Chinese Vendors Drive White-Box Growth

Gartner predicts that white-box mobile devices will grow strongly this year: smartphones rising 50% YoY and tablets 15.6%. White-box products are ...

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Lenovo T Series Undergoes Massive Revamp

by Tom Allen

Lenovo has refreshed its Thinkvision T Series LCD monitor lineup, with seven new models with thin profiles and adjustable stands. Five models have an IPS panel, while two use TN technology. The new monitors …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Lenovo| Vol 22 - Issue 11

Smartwatches – The Future of Wearables?

by Norbert Hildebrand

Wearables were mainly represented by smartwatches at MWC 2015. Most top OEMs have smartwatches in their portfolio or have first models announced with many new announcements coming out at the MWC 2015 in Barcelona. …

Tags:Apple| Apple Watch (iWatch)| LG Electronics (LGE)| MWC 2015| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 12| Wearables

Are Pixels Obsolete?

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Professor Philip Willis at the University of Bath in the UK and his colleagues published an article in the March 2015 issue of the SMPTE Motion Imaging Journal titled “Taking the Pixel Out of …

Tags:Codecs| pixels| Vol 22 - Issue 11

The End of an Era (Final Chapter)

by Aldo Cugnini

Philips Research will close its Briarcliff labs and move the operation to a technology hub in Massachusetts, the company quietly announced last October. According to a letter to staff from Philips Research head Hans-Aloys …

Tags:DTV| Philips| R&D (Research & Development)| Video Encoders & Decoders| Vol 22 - Issue 12

PSCo Showcases the Latest Technology Side-by-Side

by Tom Allen

PSCo is holding a Personal Preview Event from 16-27 March for rental partners, system integrators and consultants to visit the PSCo Assessment Centre, to experience the very latest in display screen technology. A ‘must-visit’ …

Tags:Channels| NEC| Pro AV| Samsung| sharp| Video Walls

ECR 2015 Round Up

by Bob Raikes

Beacon of Shenzen was at the show with its own booth for the second year. The first product it showed us was a 55″ UltraHD monitor that is designed as a kind of “mini …

Tags:Dicom Medical Calibration| ECR 2015| Eizo| Large Display Monitor| Medical| NEC| Vol 22 - Issue 11

Dome Looks to Sell Monitors for Radiologist Home Use

by Bob Raikes

Dome had a split booth. On one, the company was showing Dome@Home solutions – PC and monitor combinations that could be calibrated and certified for diagnostic applications but which are designed for use by …

Tags:Dicom Medical Calibration| ECR 2015| Large Display Monitor| Medical| Vol 22 - Issue 11

Hannstar Sees Monthly Sales Fall 35%

by Helen Vince

Hannstar Display’s February sales fell 35.5% month on month and 23.7% year on year to NT$1.3 billion ($41.1 million), bringing sales for the first two months of 2015 to NT$3.4 billion ($107.4 million). Hannstar’s …

Tags:Financial Data| Hannstar (Hannspree)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 11

Microvision Result 11/03/2015

by Helen Vince

Microvision Inc. has released its fourth quarter and full year results, posting a wider net loss in Q4 of $3.3 million on turnover of $687,000, which compares with a net loss in the final …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Microvision| Vol 22 - Issue 11

More on the Uniti from Barco

by Bob Raikes

We wrote quite a lot about the Barco Coronis Uniti display when it was launched. However, this was the first time that this writer has had a chance to see all the features in …

Tags:Barco| Dicom Medical Calibration| ECR 2015| Large Display Monitor| Medical| Vol 22 - Issue 11