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Apple Takes On VR Researcher

Apple has hired Doug Bowman, a VR researcher who recently went on sabbatical from his post as computer science professor at ...

Please give up VGA & LVDS!

I thought I’d pick up on another of the stories from this week’s issue, the release put out by the big ...

Apple to get into VR? Watch out for Fake News!

Well, it’s been a busy week and we’ve been beavering away on our CES report and we had hoped to get ...

Hibox Smartroom Integrates with Philips Android Smart TVs

Philips Professional Display Solutions and Hibox Systems have announced the integration of the Hibox Smartroom solution with the full range of ...

Displays at CES Unveiled

CES Unveiled was held in New York on November 10th. It is mainly a press event, intended to get press coverage ...

Nintendo Promotes Kimishima to President

Nintendo has named Tatsumi Kimishima as its new president, succeeding Satoru Iwata. Kimishima is a former banker who joined Nintendo in ...

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Oculus Rift: Does the Emperor Have Any Clothes?

by Raverstead

Since 2012, Display Central has published roughly 60 articles that discuss the Oculus Rift. I’ve reviewed most of them and not one of them mentions the terrible image quality produced by the head mounted …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Opinion

Prysm Expands European Team

by Raverstead

Videowall company Prysm is expanding its European team with the hiring of two new executives. Glenn Wastyn has been named as vice president of Europe and Rod Wheeler is appointed regional director of sales …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| People| Prysm| Vol 21 - Issue 47

Samsung Relies on QDs to Compete With OLED

by Raverstead

During a gathering at Samsung’s offices in Seoul the company’s head of TV, Kim Hyun-seok, reiterated Samsung’s stance on OLED TVs. He said that it is too early for such TVs to be launched; …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Quantum Dots| Samsung| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 21 - Issue 44

Signage, UltraHD and Projection for NEC in 2015

by Raverstead

Stephan Peters, General Manager of the DACH region at NEC Display Solutions Europe, has spoken to Invidis about the company’s plans for the coming year. Signage, in both small and large sizes, will be …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| NEC| Projection| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 21 - Issue 49

Taiwan’s Notebook ODMs See Monthly Sales Dip

by Raverstead

Most of Taiwan’s major notebook ODMs reported slight month on month declines in sales in October, though all of the companies performed better in October 2014 than they had a year earlier. Only Pegatron …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| ODMs & OEMs| Vol 21 - Issue 45

TPK Sales Half YoY

by Raverstead

TPK said sales in October fell 50% from October 2013 to NT$11.2 billion ($372.2 million), though this was 4.9% higher than September. Sales to date increased almost 4% to NT$128.3 billion ($4.2 billion).

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor

Visionect Addresses EPD Signage Technology

by Raverstead

A company called Visionect, based in Slovenia, is working to bring electrophoretic display (EPD e.g. E Ink) signage to the mainstream market. The company has developed new hardware and software that enables custom signage …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor

zzz Product Roundup2

by Raverstead

The BL3201PT monitor from BenQ (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 37) is now available in the USA. It is known as the BL3201PH and costs $1,100. A new variant on LG’s 34″ curved widescreen …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor

LG Chooses Informática

by Raverstead

Informática Megasur, in Spain, in now distributing LG’s smartphones and tablets.

Tags:Distributors| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Smartphones| Spain| tablets| Vol 21 - Issue 44

Kenya Announces ASO Dates

by Raverstead

We knew that Kenya wanted its analogue switch-off to go ahead soon (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 47), after several delays (Display Monitor Vol 19 No 50 and Vol 20 No 48). The Ministry …

Tags:ASO (Analogue Switch Off)| Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Vol 21 - Issue 48

Spain Not Ready for Digital

by Raverstead

More than 1.8 million Spaniards (around 4% of the population) could lose DTT services after the country’s digital switchover is completed on 1st January. People living in areas that are traditionally difficult to distribute …

Tags:ASO (Analogue Switch Off)| Large Display Monitor| Spain| Terrestrial (DTT)| Vol 21 - Issue 48

Consent Granted for New A40 Towers

by Raverstead

Wildstone, in the UK, has been granted planning consent for two new double-sided towers with LED displays. The towers will be constructed at Greenford Roundabout on the A40 (West London), with a tender in …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| LED| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 21 - Issue 45