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DS32 Geo Explains Processing for HUDs

Paul Russo is from Geo Semiconductor which makes processors for HUDs. He started by saying that once you have a remote ...

Crestron Room Booking Includes Displays

Crestron has launched a range of room booking systems that can connect to corporate scheduling systems such as Exchange, IBM Notes ...

Gartner Forecast Increase in Global IT Spend for 2018

Gartner, Inc. has estimated that worldwide IT spending will grow by 4.3% to $3.7 trillion in 2018, from $3.5 trillion in ...

Tsingtoo Visit at Display Summit China

The third company visited as part of the Display Summit China event was Tsingtoo Display Technology Co., Ltd. All three companies ...

Arris HD PVR has HEVC for Streaming

Arris has launched a new PVR, the DStv Explora 2 decoder, that is for customers in South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa ...

TCL Chooses Nanosys

TCL continues to grow, said North American VP Chris Larson at the company’s press conference. TCL was the largest TV exporter ...

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QD Vision Granted RoHS Exemption

by Tom Allen

The European Commission has granted an exemption to the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS 2) Directive for Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE) to QD Vision for its cadmium-based quantum dots. The EC stated, ‘Colour-converting LEDs using quantum …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| QD Vision| Quantum Dots| ROHS| Vol 22 - Issue 05

E Ink Monitor is not Cheap!

by Tom Allen

Chinese company Dasung has gone in a new direction with desktop monitors, creating one using an E Ink display. The Paperlike is powered by USB and intended to act as a portable secondary screen, …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| EPD (Electrophoretic)| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 05

10% of UK Viewers Could Benefit from UltraHD

by Tom Allen

A survey of TV viewing habits in the UK has been conducted by the BBC, as it considers moving to UltraHD broadcasts. The results showed that only 10% of viewers would benefit from the …

Tags:BBC| Broadcast| CRT| Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| Notebooks| OLED TVs| PCs| PDP| Projectors| Smartphones| Sound Bars| Streaming Video| Surround Sound| tablets| UltraHD| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Did Chinese TV Sales Decline in 2014?

by Tom Allen

Hisense has moved some of its TV production to Africa (photo: WSJ)Bing Zhang, research director for Greater China at DisplaySearch, has posed the question: is China’s TV industry slowing down (http://tinyurl.com/pwy6yen)? Zhang’s question was …

Tags:China| Haier| Huawei| Large Display Monitor| Lenovo| NPD DisplaySearch| Skyworth| TCL| TV Set Market| Vol 22 - Issue 05| Xiaomi

JCDecaux Expands Airport Portfolio

by Tom Allen

JCDecaux Airports has taken on the contract to operate interior and exterior advertising displays at French airport Golfe de Saint-Tropez. All displays will be newly installed, including a large-format unit visible from the runway. However …

Tags:Digital Signage| DOOH| France| JCDecaux| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 05

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Squats for Subway Rides in Mexico City

by Tom Allen

To combat rising obesity levels in Mexico, officials in Mexico City are offering free tickets on the metro trains to passengers who indulge in some light exercise. Thirty ‘health stations’ have been installed at …

Tags:Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| LATAM| Vol 22 - Issue 05

LG Achieves 1,400 Lumens on LED Projector

by Tom Allen

LG has announced a new DLP LED projector in the Mini Beam Pro series: the PF1500. Mini Beam Pro is the top end of the company’s portable range; the projector has 1,400 lumens of …

Tags:DLP| Large Display Monitor| LED Projectors| LG Electronics (LGE)| Vol 22 - Issue 05

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BBC Gives Public Insight Into Future of Broadcast

by Tom Allen

The BBC has opened its innovation labs up to the public – sort of – in the form of a website called BBC Taster (http://tinyurl.com/nc73f46). Users can visit the site and see what the …

Tags:BBC| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus Rift| R&D (Research & Development)| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 05

UDC, LG Display Sign 7 Year OLED Agreement

by Helen Vince

Universal Display (UDC) and LG Display (LGD) have signed a new OLED technology license agreement and supplemental material purchase agreement which both run through until the end of December 2022.  Under the terms of …

Tags:AMOLED| Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Materials| OLEDs| UDC| Vol 22 - Issue 05| WOLED (White OLED)

Display Module Output Rises 5% in 2014

by Tom Allen

Taiwan’s Photonics Industry & Technology Development Association (PIDA) has said that the value of global display module output reached about $82.6 billion last year. The figure was a 5% YoY increase, from just under $78.9 …

Tags:Components Market| Large Display Monitor| LCD Modules| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Acer Still Sees Opportunities in Smartphones

by Tom Allen

At a supply chain conference in January, Acer CEO Jason Chen said that the company will continue to look for business opportunities in the smartphone market. The smartphone business is not profitable for Acer …

Tags:Acer| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2015| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 05| Windows

Quarter of a Billion Connected Cars by 2020, Says Gartner

by Tom Allen

There will be more than a quarter of a billion connected cars on the road by 2020, making them a major element in the Internet of Things, says Gartner. The IoT will grow 30% this …

Tags:Automotive| Gartner| Internet of Things IOT| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 05