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ProLight & Sound is Important for Rental & Staging

The Prolight & Sound took place at the Frankfurt Messe from 4th to the 6th of April, running alongside the Musik ...

Top Pay-TV Providers End Subscriber Losses

Informitiv’s Multiscreen Index shows that the top 10 pay-TV providers in the USA gained a total of 54,800 digital subscribers in ...

RealD Finds Big Problem with 6p 3D Glasses for PLF Laser Projection

6p laser projection offers many advantages for theatrical 3D such as high luminance and high contrast. 3D separation is based upon ...

Vector Claims Month-Long Battery

A new company called Vector is to introduce a smartwatch later this month with ‘a whole month’ of battery life. Vector ...

Apple Tours the World in Support of AR

Tim Cook, CEO of Apple has been supporting AR and the release of the ARKit through many CEO interviews with news ...

Ocean Group and Signature Outdoor unveil The Loop

Birmingham has unveiled its brand new digital out of home network which deploys the very latest in screen technology. The Loop ...

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What’s your raison d’être?

by Bob Raikes

Does your company manufacture displays, projectors, or enabling technologies?  Does your group produce, curate, or distribute content? Does your team provide distribution, sales, integration, or support services for the display industry? If so, this …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| Education| Large Display Monitor| Opinion| Vol 21 - Issue 50

Xbox (Finally) Overtakes Playstation

by Bob Raikes

After many months at the top, Sony’s Playstation 4 has been dislodged from the top-selling console spot by Microsoft’s Xbox One. Display Daily Comment The full graphic is a little large to include here, …

Tags:Consoles| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| sony| Vol 21 - Issue 50

UK Study Shows Children Will Get Smartphones for Christmas

by Bob Raikes

A survey commissioned by TigerMobiles.com has shown that in the UK children as young as four can be expecting a smartphone for Christmas. The survey of parents with 4 to 12 year old children …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 21 - Issue 50

Thin Clients Grow in PC Battle

by Bob Raikes

Thin clients achieved single-digit growth in EMEA in Q3’14, says IDC, competing directly (and intensely) for market share with commercial PCs. While these products are still niche in the region, they have grown faster …

Tags:Europe| IDC| Large Display Monitor| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| Thin Clients| Vol 21 - Issue 50

The Prynt Picture Printer Turns a Smartphone into a Polaroid Camera

by Arthur Berman

Since last January, start-up hardware company Prynt SAS (Paris, France) has been working to develop a product that can turn a smartphone into the modern day equivalent of a Polaroid camera. The device consists …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 50

Stronger Shadow Masks Raise OLED Yields

by Bob Raikes

Korean Inha University researchers have developed a new shadow mask production method, which may raise high-resolution (500ppi+) OLED yield rates. It is possible that the new technique could entirely replace the existing etching process …

Tags:Korea| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Production Technology| Vol 21 - Issue 50

Square Trade Releases Tablet Scores for Tablet Durability

by Bob Raikes

Square Trade, the independent insurance company for mobile devices, has released a ranking of tablets by their durability. The company rated each device based on its breakability, durability, water resistance and slide and drop …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Testing| Vol 21 - Issue 50| warranty

Sony’s Single-Lens Display Module is Glass Competitor

by Bob Raikes

Sony has announced an augmented reality headset based on a single-lens OLED display module, similar to the Google Glass headset. Sony announced the SmartEyeglass device and the software development kit earlier in September 2014, …

Tags:AMOLED| Augmented Reality| Eyewear| Google Glass| Mobile Display Monitor| sony| Vol 21 - Issue 50

Smartphones Rise but Samsung Falls, Says MIC

by Bob Raikes

Mobile phone shipment volume will reach 529 million units in Q4’14, according to Taiwan’s MIC. Of this number, 373 million units will be smartphones, representing a 12.7% QoQ rise. Despite the shipment rise, Samsung …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 21 - Issue 50

Sharp to Supply Free-Form to Nintendo

by Bob Raikes

Sources have told The Japan Times that Sharp is likely to supply its Free-Form Display (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 25) to Nintendo. The FFD has a minimal bezel and does not need to …

Tags:LCD displays| Mobile Display Monitor| sharp| Vol 21 - Issue 50

Royole Achieves Thinnest OLED

by Bob Raikes

Royole, a start-up with operations in China and the USA, said that it has developed a flexible OLED display with a thickness of just 10µm. The full-colour unit has a bend radius of 1mm …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 21 - Issue 50

Qualcomm’s New Flagship SoC, the Snapdragon 810

by Bob Raikes

Qualcomm Technologies (QTI) first publicly mentioned the Snapdragon 810 in April 2014, and positioned it as Qualcomm’s new flagship application processor (AP). It featured a new GPU design, and a half dozen new firsts. …

Tags:GPUs| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| SOCs| Vol 21 - Issue 50