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Stronger Shadow Masks Raise OLED Yields

Korean Inha University researchers have developed a new shadow mask production method, which may raise high-resolution (500ppi+) OLED yield rates. It ...

GDS Promotes Bonding & E Ink

GDS was showing a range of its more unusual products. First we looked at its ‘floor LCDs’. The company told us ...

Peruvembra Joins Quantum Materials Board

Sri Peruvemba, CEO of Marketer International and head of marketing for SID, has joined Quantum Materials’ board of directors. Peruvemba has ...

ClearInk is a Clear Highlight of SID 2016

Several weeks ago, Ken wrote a Display Daily on a start-up called ClearInk (CLEARink Brings New Wrinkle to Electrophoretic Displays). I ...

Vestel Speeds Betting Sector

Vestel is one of the largest OEMs in Europe, and is deeply involved in Turkey’s Fatih Project. However, the company was ...

Dolby Updates for Live Production

Dolby’s Pat Griffis walked us around the Dolby booth to provide an update with a focus on using PQ in a ...

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Luxin-Rio Wholly Acquires Volfoni

by Isaac Oburu

On January 23rd, 2017, Shandong Luxin-Rio Visual Technology Company Limited held the signing ceremony for Luxin-Rio’s 100% acquisition of Volfoni in Jinan, China. Mr Jiang Dong, chairman of Luxin-Rio and Mr. Thierry Henkinet, CEO …

Tags:Mergers & Acquisitions

A New Configuration May Improve OLED Performance

by Arthur Berman

Researchers from the South China University of Technology (Guangzhou, China) are developing a new Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) structure. It is claimed to have the potential to enable low cost, highly efficient fluorescent …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 05

Hulu Releases 360º Update for Gear VR

by Bob Raikes

Hulu has released an update to the Gear VR app that allows up to three people to watch regular and 360º videos together online. This feature was first promised by Netflix some time ago …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 05

WebVR Officially Launches on Chrome for Android with Daydream Support

by Bob Raikes

WebVR is now officially available on Chrome for Android on a Daydream headset-supported mobile phone. WebVR uses the same version of Chrome that is available in the Google Play store. With WebVR and a …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 05

HBO Now Subscribers Pass 2 Million

by Alan Spencer

Time Warner announced, that HBO Now subscribers have passed 2 million in the US. The streaming service was launched in April 2015 and reached 800,000 subscribers by the year end, and nearly one million …

Tags:HBO| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Dell to Cut its Number of Distributors

by Alan Spencer

Following the merger of Dell and EMC, the combined company ended up with over 300 distributors. Now Dell-EMC is planning to cut the numbers. Dell-EMC made it clear last year that it has too …

Tags:Dell| Distribution| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Apple Takes Nearly 80% of Smartwatch Revenue in 4Q16

by Alan Spencer

According to Canalys estimates, Apple took nearly 80% of total smartwatch revenue in the last quarter of 2016. Sales of Apple watches in this quarter were more than $2.6 billion and this set a …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Asus and MSI become Top Gaming Notebook Vendors in 2016

by Alan Spencer

Asus and MSI have become the top global gaming notebook vendors for 2016. Estimated total worldwide sales for gaming notebooks were 4.5 million for 2016 of which Asus shipped 1.2 million units and MSI …

Tags:Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| PCs| Vol 24 - Issue 06

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Asustek & Acer See Revenue Drop in January

by Alan Spencer

Asustek Computer has seen a drop in revenues for the month of January 2017. Consolidated revenues for the company were NT$31.349 billion ($995 million) which is the lowest monthly level since May 2016. The …

Tags:Asus| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 06

EU Cinema Attendance Hits New Record

by Bob Raikes

The European Audiovisual Observatory releases its first estimates for European cinema attendance in 2016. Building on a strong 2015, the Observatory estimates that total admissions in the European Union continued to grow, increasing by …

Tags:Cinema going| Europe| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 05

Acer to Create VR system for National Palace Museum

by Bob Raikes

Acer is to work with the National Palace Museum in Taiwan to create a VR system for viewing antiques. The company has been working with the museum to create electronic versions of the museum’s …

Tags:Acer| Back Panel| IMAX| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Taiwan Notebook ODMs see Rises and Falls

by Alan Spencer

There were mixed results for notebook shipments for Taiwan ODMs for January this year and for 2016. Wistron shipped 1.3 million notebooks in January, up 18.18% on 1.1 million shipments for January 2016. Shipments …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Taiwan| Vol 24 - Issue 06