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Global Smartphone Shipments in 2014 Total 1.2B with Samsung and Apple First and Second

Global smartphone shipments totaled 1.167 billion units in 2014, a year-on-year increase of 25.9%, with combined shipments of Chinese brands reaching ...

SmarDTV Wins in South Africa

SmarDTV, a Kudelski Group company, said that its third generation System-In-Package (SIP) technology was selected by Altech UEC of Durban, South ...

AMOLED Now Costs Less Than LCD

At the recent Korea Display Conference, IHS’s Hyun-jin Kim said that production costs for an AMOLED smartphone display are now lower ...

IC2 Kyulux Has Great Support and Intriguing Technology

Christopher Savoie is from Kyulux, in Kyushu, Japan, where he is CEO. The company was founded a year ago, and has ...

Augmented Reality Will Outgrow VR

Nintendo’s proposed ‘Pokémon Go’ game is a perfect example of mobile AR. ABI Research has forecast that augmented reality will prove ...

Shake Shack Opening First Cashless Outlet in New York

CNBC reports that American burger chain Shake Shack will open its first cashless outlet in New York City later this month. ...

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Highlights from the 2017 SMPTE Conference

by Chris Chinnock

As has been the case for several years, the SMPTE conference was held above the Dolby Theater in Hollywood California. There was a record turnout this year and because of the growth of the …

Tags:Cinema| Colour (Color)| Dolby Vision| HDR - High Dynamic Range| TI (Texas Instruments)| Vol 24 - Issue 41| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

Hisense Introduces 100” Laser TV

by Matthew Brennesholtz

On October 24th, Hisense USA held an event in New York at the Harman Store to introduce its 100″ 4K Ultra HD Smart Laser TV. A similar but not identical prototype unit had been …

Tags:Hisense| Home Theatre| Large Display Monitor| Laser Phosphor Projectors| UST Projectors| Vol 24 - Issue 40

Absen Upgrades M2.9 Rental LEDs

by Bob Raikes

Absen has updated its M2.9 rental LED panel, launched a year ago, to the new M2.9 Pro product which is optimised for rental and staging. The new version continues the fast building time, based …

Tags:Absen| Large Display Monitor| LED| Rental and Staging| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 24 - Issue 40

Absen Upgrades M2.9 Rental LEDs

by Damir Lokas

Absen, a world-leading manufacturer of LED solutions, celebrated industry award for its flagship M2.9 rental staging panel with the introduction of the new Absen M2.9 Pro. Since its introduction in September last year, the …

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LG European OLED Day

by Bob Raikes

LG Display held a special “European OLED Day” in Munich, along with seven of its TV partner brands in Europe; B&O, Grundig, LG Electronics, Loewe, Metz, Philips, Toshiba. (Sony was a notable exception – …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| OLED TVs| Vol 24 - Issue 40

FIFA World Cup to be Produced in Ultra HD and HDR

by Andrew Fenn

FIFA has announced plans to produce all World Cup matches in Ultra HD and HDR next year. Some games will also be recorded in VR and 360° video, for the ultimate immersive sports viewing …

Tags:4k| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 40

Microsoft Confirms 48 Games Will Run in Ultra HD on Xbox One X

by Andrew Fenn

Ahead of the launch of the Xbox One X on November 7th, Microsoft has released a comprehensive list of the games that will be available in either Ultra HD resolution, HDR10 High Dynamic Range, …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 40| xBox

Royole Moon 3D Mobile Theater Takes Home German Design Award

by Andrew Fenn

Royole Corporation’s Moon 3D Mobile Theater HMD has been named as a winner in the Entertainment category of the 2018 German Design Awards. The German Design Awards began in 2012, with 1,500 entrants. This …

Tags:Back Panel| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 41

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5G Gives ZTE Profit Boost

by Yvette Raikes

Chinese telecomms, mobile device and technology provider ZTE Corporation reported net profits for the first nine months of RMB3.9 billion ($588 million), up 37%, on revenue which rose 7% to RMB76.58 billion ($11.5 billion). …

Tags:Financial Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 40| ZTE

VR Head-Mounted Displays Will Use WiGig and 5G by 2022

by Andrew Fenn

A new report from ABI Research has predicted that 84% of VR head-mounted displays (HMDs) will use WiGig to connect wirelessly by the year 2022. Using a wired connection with VR can restrict freedom …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 40| WiGIG| Wireless