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WRT Can Identify Organic Compounds in Displays

WRT Associates has developed and applied the means to identify organic compounds used in a variety of products. For example, the ...

LED Videowalls at ISE

Last time I was at ISE (2014), the giant ribbon over the main entrance was driven by ten edge-blended Barco HDQ-2K40 ...

Ultrahaptics Develops Free-Space Haptics Technology

Bristol UK-based Ultrahaptics is developing a free-space haptics technology that employs ultrasound to create haptic sensations without requiring the user to ...

Tsinghua Eyeing MediaTek?

The chairman of Tsinghua Unigroup, a state-backed Chinese technology company, has said it may be interested in a tie up with ...

SES Presents Liquid VOD

SES Platform Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SES S.A. (NYSE Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG), is presenting a live ...

LG Investigates RGB OLEDs

Sources in China claim that LG Display is considering changing its WOLED TV structure. Currently, the company uses yellow and blue ...

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Signage on the Rise in Spain, Portugal…

by Raverstead

OVAB Europe has been expanding its Digital Signage Business Climate index lately, and has just released its latest for Spain and Portugal. The index rose 14.77 points, to 54.74. After more than two years …

Tags:Digital Signage Federation Europe (was OVAB)| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Portugal| Spain| Vol 21 - Issue 49

Stretched Displays Are for Specific Applications

by Raverstead

Two bar-type signage displays from BenQ, which were introduced at Infocomm 2014 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 20), are now available in the USA. The BH280 and BH380 are professional displays, with a 50,000-hour …

Tags:BenQ| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Mobile Display Monitor| Stretched Displays| Vol 21 - Issue 45

Toshiba’s Z30-A-1C is a Slim Business Notebook

by Raverstead

Toshiba unveiled its Portege Z30-A notebook series in July, although we were not covering the product category as fully as we are now. All models in the series are thin (13.9 – 18mm) and …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| toshiba| Vol 21 - Issue 48

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

John Lewis’ EHT Sales Dip 3.2%

by Raverstead

John Lewis reported “a solid performance” in the last week of October, though sales in the electrical and home technology sector were down 3.2% from the previous week, which the company attributed to the …

Tags:John Lewis Partnership| Large Display Monitor| Retailers| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 21 - Issue 45

JCDecaux Plans Wave-Like Billboard

by Raverstead

A new billboard is being designed for JCDecaux by designer Zaha Hadid, and is to be installed on the south side of West Cromwell Road in London. The sign will use a digital screen, …

Tags:DOOH| JCDecaux| Large Display Monitor| LED| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 21 - Issue 48

Sky Deutschland Brings UltraHD Concert to Germany

by Raverstead

On 20th December, Sky Deutschland will broadcast a live concert in UltraHD – the first such broadcast in Germany. The Die Fantastischen Vier concert will be sent from Stuttgart’s Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle to four selected households …

Tags:4k| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Sky| UltraHD| Vol 21 - Issue 45

Chromecast Judder Flagged as ‘WontFix’

by Raverstead

Google will not fix a framerate issue with its Chromecast device, it has said. In Europe, most video content is delivered at 25fps or 50fps, but Chromecast is hard-wired to send video at 60fps. …

Tags:Large Display Monitor

High-End STB Shipments to Rise Quickly to 2020

by Raverstead

Worldwide UltraHD-capable set-top box shipments will reach 48 million by 2020, says ABI Research. HEVC STB shipments will climb even higher, to 88 million units. Only about 60,000 STBs with both features will be …

Tags:HEVC (H.265)| Large Display Monitor| STBs| UltraHD| Vol 21 - Issue 45

Q3’14 Worst on Record for US Pay-TV

by Raverstead

The 13 largest pay-TV providers in the USA (representing 95.3 million video customers – about 95% of the market) lost around 150,000 net video subscribers in Q3’14 – compared to a loss of 25,000 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor

TPV to Raise Panel Procurement From Panda

by Raverstead

TPV is likely to increase its LCD TV panel purchases from CEC Panda, according to reports from Asia. It is said that CEC’s yields will rise in the second half of next year. Sources …

Tags:CEC Panda| Large Display Monitor| LCD Fabs| TPV (TP Vision)| Vol 21 - Issue 47