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Intel Seeks Sub-10nm

At Intel’s developer forum (IDF), the company said that it is working to drive processes down to 7nm, without advances in ...

Sharp Releases New 90″ Digital Signage Display

Sharp announces that its high-impact 90” PN-Q display is now available to buy. Sharp launched the PN-Q range this year to ...

Taiwan BLU Makers See Sales Rise MoM

Taiwan’s two major BLU manufacturers reported sequential increases in sales in March, though for both companies, last month’s result was down ...

Apple Cuts Production on Low Demand

Japan’s Nikkei newspaper says that Apple has cut iPhone production, due to weak sales of the flagship iPhone 6S/6S Plus and ...

Asus Aims to Triple Smartphone Shipments

Jonney Shih, chairman of Asus USA, has said that the company intends to triple its smartphone shipments this year. That would ...

Ultra HD Blu-ray Plans Firming Up

At CES 2015, we met with the Blu-ray Disc Association to learn more about how the specification is developing and when ...

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Apple Fails to Surprise with iPhone 7

by Milos Pavlovic

Apple did little to surprise the world with its big announcement of the new iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, with the features of the new device being widely forecast. The company also updated and …

Tags:Apple| Apple Watch (iWatch)| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 35

Haier Looking to Focus on Upscale TVs

by Chris Chinnock

Haier is not well known in the European market and has sold mainly small-sized and value TVs to date, but it wants to change that by moving upmarket. Judging by the quality of the …

Tags:Haier| IFA 2016| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 36

Kobo to Offer New eReaders

by Chris Chinnock

At IFA, we caught up with Rakuten Kobo, a Toronto company which sells e-books, e-readers and tablet computers. It is a subsidiary of the Japanese e-commerce conglomerate Rakuten. The name Kobo is an anagram …

Tags:eReaders| IFA 2016| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 36

Sharp Shows 27-inch 8K Monitor at IFA

by Chris Chinnock

In Europe, the Sharp brand name was purchased by Slovakia-based UMC about one and a half years ago. At IFA it was showing TVs but not really talking much about them. The recent acquisition …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| IFA 2016| IGZO| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| sharp| Vol 23 - Issue 36

Grundig Unveils its First OLED 4KTV with HDR

by Chris Chinnock

Grundig used IFA to unveil its first OLED TV – and it looked great. The VLO 0790 SP is a 65” product with UHD resolution using a panel from LG Display. Grundig TVs are …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| IFA 2016| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED TVs| Vol 23 - Issue 36

New Sets from Bang & Olufsen in 40″ and 48″

by Chris Chinnock

Just prior to IFA, Bang & Olufsen (B&O), the Danish high-end audio-visual designer and manufacturer, released details on its new BeoVision 14 LCD TV range. At IFA, they then revealed the new Horizon line …

Tags:Bang & Olufsen (B&O)| IFA 2016| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UltraHD & 4K| Vol 23 - Issue 36

BrightSign Has a Whole New Range

by Bob Raikes

Brightsign has completely refreshed its line of media players. New features include better Wi-fi, a revision of BrightAuthor software, and B-Deploy for set up and BrightSign Network for large networks. There are seven new …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Media Players| Vol 23 - Issue 36

Big Focus on Quantum Dots by Samsung at IFA

by Bob Raikes

On the first day of press events, Samsung held a launch event for the Samsung Gear S3 smartwatch, attended by its staff, partners and press at the Templedrom venue in Berlin. The S3 is …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| HDR - High Dynamic Range| HFR - High Frame Rate| IFA 2016| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Mobile Display Monitor| Quantum Dots| Samsung| Smartwatches| Vol 23 - Issue 36

Philips Launches First OLED TV with Ambilight

by Bob Raikes

Philips used a press conference at IFA to announce a new OLED UHD TV that is the first to use Ambilight technology. Ambilight produces a background light from the edges of the TV that …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| HDR - High Dynamic Range| IFA 2016| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED TVs| Philips| Vol 23 - Issue 36

LCD Makers Developing In-Cell Touch Based on TDDI

by Arthur Berman

The latest integrated touch technologies were shown at the Touch Taiwan 2016 conference that took place in Taipei during late August. Of particular interest, liquid crystal display panel manufacturers showed devices with in-cell touch …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Touch Controllers| Touch Interfaces| Vol 23 - Issue 35

Atlona Introduces First HDR-Compatible 4K/60 4:4:4 Video Extender

by Isaac Oburu

Atlona, a leading manufacturer of connectivity solutions for AV systems, introduced the Centum Series AT-CENT-301-CEA, the industry’s first high dynamic range (HDR) compatible video extender, which delivers 4K/UHD video @ 60 Hz with 4:4:4 …

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