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Smartphones Drive MEA Handsets to Record Sales

A new record was set for the MEA tablet handset market in Q2 this year, rising 27% YoY to 64 million ...

Bodega Smart Kiosks Use Image Recognition

Bodega, a new start-up by two former Google employees, has raised $2.5 million in its first financing round. The company aims ...

Verlase Aims to Replace Phosphors and QDs

Verlase Technologies has patented its Chromover wavelength conversion technology. According to the company, Chromover enables full-colour micro-LED arrays for near-eye displays. ...

IDTechEx Research: Microdisplays enabling the AR-VR smartglasses revolution

If the buzz at CES is any indication of things to come (and it usually is), 2016 is expected to be ...

Mitsubishi Electric Unveils Emirai 4 Smart Mobility Concept Car

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) unveiled its Emirai 4 concept car featuring next-generation driving-assistance technology, which is expected to help reduce ...

BenQ Brings New Monitors to Siggraph

BenQ will show two new colour-critical monitor at Siggraph 2017 in early August. The PD3200U and SW271 will join the recently ...

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BBC VR Research Highlights Audience Pros and Cons

by Andrew Fenn

A study conducted by the BBC and research company Ipsos Connect has revealed what consumers perceive to be the benefits and drawbacks of virtual reality. Participants were asked to use VR headsets over a …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 27

Another Nine Pay TV Operators Sign Up to SES UHD Trials

by Andrew Fenn

The number of Pay TV content providers that are delivering Ultra HD content via SES in the US has now reached a total of 30, with a combined audience of more than 10 million …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| SES| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 27

Tricolor to add Youth-Oriented Channel in UltraHD

by Alan Spencer

The Russian pay-TV operator, Tricolor TV, is to add the youth-oriented 4K TV channel C4K360 to its programming line-up on 1st August, and will include the channel in Tricolor’s Ultra HD package. The channel, …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Russia| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 27

Global Smartphone Demand Peaks – ASPs Rise

by Bob Raikes

GfK has put out data on regional sales of smartphones and said that sales were 347 million in Q2 2017, up 4% year on year, with Emerging Asia growing 13%, Central and Eastern Europe …

Tags:GfK| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 24 - Issue 27

Lenovo Smartphone-Watch Hybrid “Could Ship Within 2-3 Years”

by Andrew Fenn

Back in December 2016, we reported on Lenovo’s forthcoming foldable, wearable smart device, the CPlus. Last week, the company demonstrated its remarkable product again, and it now boasts a slightly larger 4.35″ display. Lenovo …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Smartwatches| Vol 24 - Issue 27

Hulu’s Live TV Now Available on Amazon Fire TV and Fire Stick

by Alan Spencer

In May this year, Hulu launched a redesigned app along with a live TV beta service on Apple TV, Chromecast, iOS, Android, and Xbox One. The redesigned Hulu app is now also available on …

Tags:Amazon| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 27

Littlebit Rolls Out Volvo Project

by Bob Raikes

Littlebit Technology has worked with Volvo in Switzerland to create a new in store presence for Volvo. The company worked in 85 showrooms in the country to add information displays and kiosks using different …

Tags:Automotive| Large Display Monitor| Retail| Switzerland| Vol 24 - Issue 27

Calman Adds Colour Volume and HLG Support

by Bob Raikes

Spectracal, now part of Portrait Displays, has released a new version of its Calman software (Version 3) that adds new features including measurement of colour volume and HDR support of HLG format. Auto Calibration …

Tags:4k| Colour Grading| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Testing| Vol 24 - Issue 27

Wacom Pen LCD Tablets Endure 25 Yrs With New 32″ UHD

by Steve Sechrist

Graphic pen input company Wacom (Saitama, Japan) recently announced it’s latest line of integrated pen LCD tablets with support for UHD displays in both 24″ and 32″ diagonal screen sizes. The technology, more popularly …

Tags:Colour Critical Monitors| Pen Input| UltraHD & 4K| Vol 24 - Issue 27

Means to Quickly Transfer OLED Films May Reduce Manufacturing Time

by Arthur Berman

A team of researchers headed by Professor Yoon Hong-seok within the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Hanbat National University (Daejeon Metropolitan City, Republic of Korea) are developing a new process to simultaneously transfer all …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Korea| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| R&D (Research & Development)| Vol 24 - Issue 27