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Sharp Buys eLux

by Bob Raikes

Foxconn will acquire US-based MicroLED company, eLux, for around $28 million through shareholdings by Sharp (31.82%), Cybernet (45.45%), Innolux (13.64%) and AOT (9.09%) – all of which are owned by Foxconn. The company was …

Acer Looks for Higher ASPs from Gaming

by Bob Raikes

Sources in Taiwan have reported that Acer is looking to raise its monitor ASP this year, while keeping shipments stable, by increasing the share of its product mix of monitors for gamers. Victor Chien, …

Tags:Acer| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 20

Google to Work with Asustek?

by Bob Raikes

Digitimes reports that Google is working with Asustek to make a new smartphone with a 5.7″ display and intended to give a good VR experience that it may launch later in 2017. As we …

Tags:Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 20

Apple iPad Shipments Growing

by Bob Raikes

Digitimes is quoting ‘upstream supply chain’ sources as saying that the shipment of Apple tablets will grow to around 600K units in Jjuly, around 20% ahead of current numbers which include a new 10.5″ …

Tags:Apple| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 24 - Issue 20

Xbox One S Now Supports Amazon Prime Video in 4K

by Bob Raikes

Microsoft said that the XBox One S console (Xbox OneS Launches 4K Game Console Era) will now support UltraHD video sources, using the Amazon Prime Instant Video app. After the announcement, Microsoft confirmed that …

Amazon Adds Channels in Three Countries

by Bob Raikes

Amazon has started a ‘Channels’ service for live TV to its Prime platform in the UK, Germany and Austria. The á la carte service allows individual channels to be added and include Discovery, Eurosport …

ATSC 3.0 Conference Optimistic On Next Generation Television

by Aldo Cugnini

With the completion of the new ATSC 3.0 broadcast TV standard now imminent, technologists, business executives, and industry experts gathered last week in Washington, DC for the “NextGen TV Conference: Powered by ATSC 3.0.” …

Consumer IT Market Down in Germany, but Overall Up

by Bob Raikes

The GfU in Germany has published its latest Hemix (home electronics) index, an extension of the previous Cemix index to now include electrical appliances and small appliances. I the first quarter of 2017, business …

SID Business Conference Buzzes on OLEDs

by Bob Raikes

I’ve just got back from my first day at the SID Display Week, and I spent it at the Business Conference, run this year by Display Supply Chain Consultants, a new market research firm …

Microsoft Research Publishes Results on a Phase Only Holographic Projection System

by Norbert Hildebrand

Siggraph 2017 is shaping up to be a very interesting conference for holographic display enthusiasts. Just a little while ago Facebook / Oculus announced their work on a head mounted display system to overcome …

First Metrology Workshop was Well Received

by Chris Chinnock

Metrology is the art and practice of measurement and the International Committee on Display Metrology (ICDM) is devoted to developing display measurement methods. At the SID DisplayWeek in LA this week, the group organized …

Tags:Automotive| Display Metrology| ICDM| SID Display Week 2017| Vol 24 - Issue 20

Projection Mapping Used in Manila Casino

by Bob Raikes

Christie has provided a projector to light up the new Okada casino in Manila. A glass walkway is using projection mapping once dusk hits to illuminate the window panels on the arched corridor. There …

Tags:Christie| Large Display Monitor| Projection Mapping| Vol 24 - Issue 20

Flexible OLED Project Reaches Completion

Nvidia ‘Fills in Gaps’ in TV Industry

Tobii Looking at Gaming, Power and Mobiles

Samsung Electronics Debuts Three New Professional Monitors for the Modern Workplace at IFA 2017

OLED – LCD Supply Chain Results

DisplaySearch: Unfilled Capacity Drives Down Panel Prices

Sharp Buys eLux

Acer Looks for Higher ASPs from Gaming

Google to Work with Asustek?

Apple iPad Shipments Growing

Xbox One S Now Supports Amazon Prime Video in 4K

Amazon Adds Channels in Three Countries

ATSC 3.0 Conference Optimistic On Next Generation Television

Consumer IT Market Down in Germany, but Overall Up

SID Business Conference Buzzes on OLEDs

Microsoft Research Publishes Results on a Phase Only Holographic Projection System

First Metrology Workshop was Well Received

Projection Mapping Used in Manila Casino