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Microvision Signs $1.5 Million Module Agreement

Microvision has entered into a $1.5 million agreement with an unnamed Fortune Global 100 customer, for display module services. The companies ...

Tianma Microelectronics acquires full ownership in multiple fabrication lines

Santa Clara, CA, August 6, 2014 – In a move to strengthen its position as a leading supplier in the LCD ...

Sharp Chooses Metal Mesh for Large-Format Touch

Although we missed it at the time, we have heard about several new products demonstrated at Touch Taiwan last month by ...

5G Gives ZTE Profit Boost

Chinese telecomms, mobile device and technology provider ZTE Corporation reported net profits for the first nine months of RMB3.9 billion ($588 ...

The Return of the Aftermarket

In the final presentation at the Consumer Telematics Conferance, held at the out-of-the-way Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on ...

Control Grid

Although the Braun tube contained all the essential elements of the modern CRT, these existed in a fairly primitive form and ...

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Himax to Develop AR Glasses With Optinvent

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Himax Display, which manufactures LCOS microdisplays for Himax, is to enter a partnership with Optinvent – producer of the Ora Smart Glasses. The companies will aim to produce ‘next-generation’ AR glasses, using Himax’s LCOS …

Tags:AR Glasses| LCOS| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21

B&O Hopes to Move You…to a Larger Size

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Earlier this year (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 19), Bang & Olufsen launched its new Beovision Avant 55 TV: ‘The one that moves’. Designed to fade into the background of the room when not …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| TVs (TV Sets)| UltraHD| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21

Vestel Will Feed UltraHD TVs Through Own STB

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IFA, as a consumer electronics show, has always been an odd place for Vestel to exhibit, as the only products on display are OEM items, which may not even come to market. The company …

Tags:IFA 2014| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TVs (TV Sets)| Vestel| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21

EU Approves BSkyB Deal

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The European Union’s antitrust authority has approved BSkyB’s acquisition of Sky Italia and 57% of Sky Deutschland, saying that the transaction would not hinder competition in the European pay-TV arena. The new entity would …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Monopolies (Anti Trust)| Sky| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

DisplayPort 1.3 Adds 5k(!) Support

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DisplayPort v1.3 has just been released by the Video Electronic Standards Association (VESA), supporting up to 32.4Gbps. The speed of v1.3 (each of the four lanes runs at 8.1Gbps) represents a 50% increase from …

Tags:DisplayPort| Large Display Monitor| VESA| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Amscreen…Relocates Aral Network…

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Amscreen’s Aral network in Germany, which uses more than 1,000 displays, has been switched off. The small (10 displays) Esso network in the Rhine-Main area is also due to be shut down. A small …

Tags:Amscreen| Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Fingerprint Sensor Popularity on the Rise

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Sources in the supply chain claim that orders for fingerprint recognition solutions for smartphones and smartwatches are rising. As well as Apple and Samsung, Chinese makers are beginning to integrate the technology into their …

Tags:Fingerprint Recognition| Large Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Tesco Cancels Hudl Smartphone

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Tesco’s Hudl tablet was wildly popular last year, but the company has cancelled plans for a 4G smartphone under the same brand. Since the phone, apparently capable of challenging the Galaxy S5, was first …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| tablets| Tesco| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

TV Everywhere Not Delayed by Authentication

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A study by US-based The Diffusion Group (TDG) has shown that authentication is not limiting the takeup of TV Everywhere services. Only 7% of users view the authentication process negatively and fewer than 1% …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Security| USA| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Q2 Marks End to Workstations’ Sideways Movement

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Jon Peddie Research (JPR) has referred to the workstation market’s Q2’14 as a ‘breakout quarter’ (while admitting that characterising a mature market as ‘breakout’ “verges upon [an] oxymoron”). Q2 saw record levels of unit …

Tags:Jon Peddie Research (JPR)| Large Display Monitor| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21| Worldwide

Nvidia’s GPUs DOWNSCALE for Sharper Image

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The Maxwell architecture introduced by Nvidia as the eventual successor to Kepler (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 8) now has two new GPUs: the GTX 970 and 980. Maxwell is more efficient than Kepler, …

Tags:Game Playing| GPUs| Large Display Monitor| Nvidia| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Barco Looks to Star Quality to Sell Escape Systems

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Barco is working with musical artists Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga to promote its panoramic, three-screen cinema concept, Barco Escape (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 37). Their performance at the Grand Palace in Brussels, …

Tags:Back Panel| Barco| Cinema Projection| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 38| Volume 21