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Interaction at Festo AG’s AutomationCenter

We reported earlier this year on a contract won by Eizo at Festo AG’s automation centre. Now, we’ve heard from Sharp ...

Internet Speeds Rise for 4k Readiness

According to Akamai’s latest State of the Internet report, 15% of global IP addresses are now classified as ‘4k-ready’ (defined as ...

The Waiting’s Over:Apple Shows the X

Much of the news from the Apple press event this week was not a surprise as there have been an uncharactertistic ...

GameFace Updates Headset and Tracking

At the recent E3 conference, GameFace Labs showed the latest revision (EP1) of its prototype headset, which uses SteamVR tracking and ...

FlexEnable’s Plastic LCDs Aimed at Automotive

FlexEnable plans to talk about its latest free-form and flexible LCDs at next week’s SID event, in the Automotive special event. ...

Sharp Prepares to Relocate, Says Japanese Media

Japan’s Nikkan Kogyo Shimbu has said that Sharp is considering relocating its headquarters in Osaka to the nearby city of Tenri, ...

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HKC To Expand Panel Making to G11

by Bob Raikes

HKC is planning to build a new fab that will use G11 substrates in China to support supply for the TV industry. The plant is to be built in Kunming, according to some sources, …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| LCD Fabs| Vol 23 - Issue 49

Synopsys Can Test DP 1.4 with DSC

by Bob Raikes

Synopsys said that it has what it claims to be the industry’s first Verification IP (VIP) and source code test suite for DisplayPort 1.4 with DSC 1.2 and for eDP 1.4a/b. “The new DisplayPort …

Tags:DisplayPort| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Testing| Vol 23 - Issue 50

BlackBerry

Blackberry Confirms TCL (Alcatel) Deal

by Bob Raikes

Blackberry has confirmed that TCL, which also runs the Alcatel brand, has licensed the Blackberry brand for smartphones on an almost global basis (BlackBerry To Drop Smartphone Design and Build). The first phones to …

Tags:BlackBerry| Mobile Display Monitor| TCL| Vol 23 - Issue 50

IHS Markit Expects TDDI Boost

by Bob Raikes

IHS Markit has released information about developments in TDDI (Touch and Display Driver Integration LCD Makers Developing In-Cell Touch Based on TDDI) which integrates the circuitry to monitor touch and drive the display into …

Tags:IHS Markit| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Touch Controllers| Vol 23 - Issue 50

LG Display Working with Google and Apple on Flexible

by Bob Raikes

The ETNews in Korea has said that LG Display will work with Apple and Google to make foldable displays and the paper says that the company will start mass production in 2018. Customers will …

Tags:Flexible Displays| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 50

LG Display Reorganises Around OLED

by Bob Raikes

Business Korea reports that LG Display has finished its annual re-organisation and will switch its five divisions, TV, OLED, IT, mobile and AD into three businesses, TV, IT and Mobile. Hwang Yong-gi (a VP) …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 23 - Issue 50

LG UHD BD Player Expected at CES

by Bob Raikes

LG is expected to release a new UltraHD Blu-ray player at CES, following the spotting of a filing by LG in the Wi-Fi Alliance database, spotted by 4Kfilme.de. Analyst Comment Frankly, given that Samsung, …

Tags:4k| Blu-ray Players| CES 2017| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 50

BAB MaxiPoster Adds Tower in Bremen

by Bob Raikes

BAB MaxiPoster Werbetürme GmbH in Hamburg, Germany (which is part of the Stroer group) has added two new screens on a motorway on the A1 in Bremen (Bremer Kreuz). Each display covers 224m² and …

Tags:DOOH| Germany| Large Display Monitor| LED| Vol 23 - Issue 50

Osram Takes its LEDs up the Zugspitze

by Bob Raikes

Osram celebrated its 110th birthday as a brand with an ice hockey match at 3,000m up on the Zugspitze mountain, the highest mountain in Germany. Eight members of the EHD Red Bull Munich team …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Osram| Vol 23 - Issue 50

Over 100K Smartphones Get Damaged by Liquids Every Day in WE

by Bob Raikes

IDC said that as many as 100,000 smartphones get damaged by liquids every day in Western Europe and that is a factor in an increase in the sales volume of devices offering resistance against …

Tags:IDC| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 50| warranty

Innolux Targetting Automotive

by Bob Raikes

Taiwanese sources say that Innolux is developing its automotive panel business by expanding sales into China and Japan after developing mainly in the US and Europe. The company hopes to boost its sales as …

Tags:Automotive| Innolux| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 50