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ABI: Interactive & Immersive Content Will Make $6 Billion by 2022

A new forecast by ABI Research suggests that virtual reality will “usher in an era of interactive and immersive content” led ...

LG Engineers Speak About Transparent and Flexible Screens

Two of LG Display’s chief research engineers have spoken about upcoming display technology with the Wall Street Journal (http://tinyurl.com/ps33cjw). Lee Bu-yeol ...

Sony Skimps on Storage

Website XperiaBlog has found that Sony’s M4 Xperia Aqua (Sony Improves the Look of its Waterproof Devices) is supplied with just ...

Asbis Quits Ireland

The continuing political uncertainty in Russia and Ukraine has led to Asbis deciding to close its office in Ireland. The region ...

EU CE Regulation Change Enforced From January

Display vendors should be aware of a change to regulations in Europe, which will be enforced from January 2015. July 2010 ...

So “the Germans won’t spend money on TV”?

It was back to the office with a bang this week for me. Because of staff vacations, I had to work ...

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NEC

NEC Plans ISE 2017

by Bob Raikes

NEC will organise its booth at ISE in February around vertical applications of its displays. “Visitors can look forward to an immersive visual experience with vertical installations and applications on show for retail, aviation, …

Tags:Back Panel| ISE 2017| Large Display Monitor| NEC| Vol 23 - Issue 49

HP’s Action on Timber Management Recognised

by Yvette Raikes

HP received recognition for its deforestation management strategies. The company was one of only eight named in the Forest A List produced by CDP, which featured HP in its inaugural report. HP aims to …

Tags:HP Inc| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Sustainability| Vol 23 - Issue 49

Microsoft Enables Rift Use with XBox One

by Bob Raikes

Microsoft has enabled a feature on the XBox One that allows content from the console to be seen on a VR headset connected to a PC. It seems that the headset needs to be …

Tags:AR/VR| Consoles| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 49| xBox

BBC, ITV Join to Offer Britbox in US

by Bob Raikes

The BBC and ITV in the UK have said that they will create an advertising-free SVoD service that will be launched in the UK in Q1 2017 under the ‘Britbox’ name. AMC Networks, which …

Tags:BBC| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| SVOD| UK (United Kingdom)| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 49

First Wearable Flex Display to Appear at Pepcom

by Bob Raikes

At the Pepcom ‘during CES but not at CES’ event, Pop-I of Santa Monica will show a flexible display in in a backpack that can show high resolution images from a smartphone.

Tags:Back Panel| CES 2017| Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 49| Wearables

Flexenable to Show Conformable LCD

by Bob Raikes

Flexenable, the developer of flexible electronics that came out of the split up of Plastic Logic, said that it has developed a 12.1″ ‘glass-free’ conformable (so bendable at manufacture) organic LCD (which it calls …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 49

Samsung Plans In-Cell Touch for S8

by Bob Raikes

The ETNews in Korea reports that Samsung will use Y-Octa ‘in-cell’ touch technology, previously used on the ill-fated Note 7, on its next flagship smartphone (‘S8’). However, the news source reports that the technology …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Touch| Vol 23 - Issue 49

JDI to Control JOLED, Gets Funding

by Bob Raikes

Japan Display Inc (JDI) will invest $100m to take a controlling interest in JOLED, the joint venture set up by JDI, Sony and Panasonic with the aim of developing OLED displays, using printing technologies. …

Tags:Japan Display Inc (JDI)| JOLED| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 49

LG Will Show HDR & ChromeCast Monitors at CES

by Bob Raikes

LG has announced a number of new monitors that will be shown at CES. The LG32UD99 is a 32″ 3840 x 2160 monitor that supports the HDR10 profile for HDR applications and uses an …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Streaming Dongles| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 49

Gatwick Goes Star Wars

by Bob Raikes

London’s Gatwick Airport is backing up the launch of the latest Star Wars episode, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”. In the departure lounge, Primesight set up a display of character costumes but there …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 49

Philips

Philips To Sell Lumileds to Private Equity

by Bob Raikes

Philips has agreed to sell its Lumileds business to a private equity group, Apollo Global Management LLC. The deal means that 80.1% of the company will be sold, with Philips holding the balance for …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Philips| Vol 23 - Issue 49

asus

Asustek Sees Small Fall

by Yvette Raikes

Asustek Computer saw November revenue of NTD48.73 billion ($1.5 billion), a reduction of 3% YoY, which resulted in January to November turnover of NTD427.43 billion ($13.5 billion), down 1%.

Tags:Asus| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 49