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Fulldome and Giant Screen Projection

On February 25 through March 1, 2015, IMERSA held its 6th annual Summit in Denver Colorado. IMERSA’s tag line is “Advancing ...

Samsung Shows Monster Monitor .. and LED.. and QLED

Samsung had a closed booth and was offering tours. We went around with a group from Ingram Micro. We started with ...

Are AR and VR Becoming the Tech Bubble of the 21st Century?

Writing about augmented and virtual reality is kind of fun, as it describes a new technology that is developing incredibly fast, ...

Falling White-Box Shipments Affect Supply Chain

As large vendors produce more low-cost smartphones, international shipments are falling for Chinese white-box handset manufacturers. Asian sources say that the ...

Panasonic Undergoes Major Restructure

Panasonic has announced that it’s board of directors has reshuffled the representative directors due to senior management changes. Yasuji Enokido, Mototsugu ...

Berlin Prepares for SMPTE Forum

The SMPTE Forum will take place on 7th and 8th May in Berlin, Germany. The title of this year’s event is ...

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Use of Touchscreens by Toddlers Linked to Less Sleep

by Alan Spencer

A new study has found that the more time toddlers spend using iPads and other touchscreen devices, the more likely they are to have sleep problems. The UK survey also revealed that three quarters …

Tags:Blue Light| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Touch| Vol 24 - Issue 15

New HP Pavilion Notebooks Support Active Pens

by Bob Raikes

HP Inc has released Pavillion notebooks that run the latest Windows 10 Creators Update. The Pavillion x360 has a flexible four way configuration, with displays at 11.6″ (HD IPS), 14″ and 15.6″ (HD or …

Tags:HP Inc| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 24 - Issue 15

VR First Programme Developing

by Bob Raikes

We reported on the VR First initiative at IFA last year. The organisation said that it now has 26 labs operating in the US, Europe, Asia and Oceania and will bring the number up …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 15

Only 3% of MENA TV Channels are HD

by Alan Spencer

A report from Noorsat on TV viewing in MENA, indicates that although 80% of viewers in the region are already equipped to receive HD TV, the region is lagging behind the rest of the …

Tags:4k| Broadcast| HDTV| Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Vol 24 - Issue 15

Freenet TV Expects Over 1 Million Customers For DVB-T2

by Alan Spencer

Freenet, the German media company, is expecting its DVB-T2 platform to reach more than one million paying customers by the end of 2018. This was announced at the Freenet Capital Market Day 2017 on …

Tags:DVB-T & T2| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Terrestrial (DTT)| Vol 24 - Issue 15

Garmin Adds Stress Management to Wearable

by Bob Raikes

Garmin has a new wearable, the vivosmart 3 fitness tracker. As well as VO2 max and heart rate tracking, the device is said to be able to measure stress. The display is a monochrome …

Tags:Fitness Trackers| Garmin| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 15

Samsung & LG Revising Plans for LCD

by Bob Raikes

The Investor blog in Korea reports that both LG Display and Samsung Display have dropped plans to reduce their LCD capacity. “We previously expected the LCD supply shortage to ease in the second quarter, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung Display| Vol 24 - Issue 15

And Finally…. Some Bizarre Market Data…

by Bob Raikes

We often see market research reports from unknown companies. Few are as bizarre as the one from ‘Persistence Market Research”. According to a press release, the global flat panel display market will be valued …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| PDP| Vol 24 - Issue 15

RitDisplay Boosts PMOLED Capacity

by Bob Raikes

RiTDisplay is to boost its capacity for PMOLED displays according to Digitimes which was quoting the company’s CEO, DC Wang, at an investors’ conference. The firm’s capacity has increased from 15,000 to 18,000 substrates …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| PMOLED| Vol 24 - Issue 15

Seoul Semiconductor Files Patent Lawsuit

by Alan Spencer

At the end of last month, Seoul Semiconductor filed a patent infringement lawsuit at the District Court of Düsseldorf in Germany, against Mouser Electronics asserting infringement of a LED patent relating to high-power light …

Tags:Germany| Large Display Monitor| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| Vol 24 - Issue 15

Quanta Makes 9.2 Million Notebooks

by Bob Raikes

The Taipei Times reports that Quanta Computers reported shipping 9.2 million notebooks in Q1, up 9.52% on last year, although down 12.4% from 10.5 million units in Q4, in line with seasonal trends. Revenues …

Tags:Asus| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Quanta| Vol 24 - Issue 16

Is Shifted 2D Content Fake 3D?

by Arthur Berman

The cost and complexity of capturing stereoscopic 3D video or of converting conventional 2D video to stereoscopic 3D in post-production can be considerable. With this the case, producers of stereoscopic 3D content occasionally use …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| Human Visual System (HVS)| Stereopsis| Stereovision| Vol 24 - Issue 15