Acer Monitor Named ‘Best of What’s New’
by Raverstead
Acer’s XB280HK UltraHD gaming monitor has won a Popular Science 2014 ‘Best of What’s New’ award, in the hardware category.
Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor
Dolby to Take on IMAX in Large Format Theaters
by Matthew Brennesholtz
On December 3rd, Dolby Laboratories announced Dolby Cinema, a branded premium cinema to compete with IMAX. It will offer moviegoers an experience that combines, Dolby says, “spectacular” image and sound technologies with “inspired” design …
Tags:Cinema IMAX| Dolby| Dolby Atmos| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 48
Kateeva Launches Flexible OLED Display Production Tool
by Raverstead
During the 2014 Printed Electronics Conference (Santa Clara, CA, November 18-20) Kateeva announced its YIELDjet FLEX manufacturing tool for flexible OLED displays. Kateeva offered attendees of Printed Electronics 2014 the opportunity to visit with …
Tags:Flexible Displays| InkJet Deposition| Kateeva| Large Display Monitor| OLEDs| Printed Electronics Conference 2014 (Santa Clara)| Vol 21 - Issue 47
Sceptre Has Large Screen for Low Price
by Raverstead
Sceptre’s new 27″ LCD monitor is intended for use as an all-round device. The E275W-1920 is Windows 8-compatible, with built-in speakers (two 2W) and the ability to tilt between -5 deg and 15 deg …
Tags:Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 48
Apple Gearing Up To Enter Iran
by Raverstead
According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple is meeting with Iranian distributors to discuss the distribution of its iPhone in the country.
Tags:Mobile Display Monitor
ITO Demand to Slow This Year
by Raverstead
Demand for ITO films will rise 25.6% this year, say Taiwanese sources, down from the 40% rise seen in 2013. The sources indicated that the ITO film market will reach 31.4 million m² this …
Tags:ITO| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 47
Supplier Chosen for Lenovo Wearable
by Raverstead
Lenovo will begin to produce wearable devices ‘soon’, say Asian sources. Fenda 295, in China, says that it has been chosen by Lenovo as a supplier for the vendor’s 301. Sina.com claims that the …
Tags:Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 48| Wearables
Amazon Breaks Black Friday Sales Record for Fire Tablet and Kindle
by Raverstead
Amazon released information about its Black Friday sales for the Kindle ereaders and Fire tablets. While Amazon never releases exact numbers in the way Apple does, it did announce great results for its Black …
Tags:Amazon| Black Friday| eReaders| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 21 - Issue 48
Jolla’s Sailfish Tablet Funded in Hours
by Raverstead
Jolla, a spin-off from Nokia that pushes a mobile OS called Sailfish, has successfully crowdfunded a tablet. Actually, the company smashed its $380,000 target on Indiegogo. At the time of writing the campaign still …
Tags:Mobile Display Monitor
Samsung Chooses Corning
by Raverstead
The Samsung Galaxy Alpha (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 29) uses Corning’s new Gorilla Glass 4 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 47) as the cover glass, it has been announced.
Tags:Back Panel| Corning| Glass| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 21 - Issue 49
Actions Semi Builds for Midrange Mainstream Devices
by Raverstead
A quad-core SoC, with many applications areas, has been introduced by Actions Semiconductor. The ATM7059 is primarily designed for mid-tier Android tablets; however, it can also be used in set-top boxes, smart monitors, ultrabooks, …
Tags:Chips| Imagination Tech| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SOCs| Vol 21 - Issue 44
Imagination Scales From 16 to 512 Cores
by Raverstead
New GPU IP has been introduced by Imagination Technologies. PowerVR Series7 range from 16 to 32 (Series7XE) and up to 512 (Series7XT) arithmetic logic unit (ALU) cores. The GPUs feature full hardware virrtualisation and …
Tags:Chips| GPUs| Imagination Tech| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| STBs| UltraHD| Vol 21 - Issue 45
