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CEO Will Step Down When Sharp is Profitable

When Foxconn took control of Sharp, its vice chairman Tai Jeng-wu (Innolux and Sharp See Changes at the Top) became the ...

Signage Approaches $24 Billion

A new report on Marketsandmarkets (http://tinyurl.com/nby4szt), the digital signage market will be worth more than $23.7 billion by 2020. This represents ...

Glass/Ceramic Phosphor for Backlight and Projection Applications

From the development of red LED in the early 60’s to the blue LED in the early 90’s, there had been ...

BrightSign Achieves Major Milestone, Ships its One Millionth Media Player

BrightSign, LLC®, the global market leader in digital signage media players, today announced shipment of its one millionth media player. The ...

Happy Birthday to Apple

I spotted last week that Apple was forty years old just a week or so ago – which took me back ...

Qualcomm Supports Higher Mobile Resolutions

Qualcomm has spoken out in support of UltraHD smartphone screens. By mid- to late-2015, there will be several smartphones on the ...

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ATSC 3.0 Makes Big Debut at NAB 2016

by Chris Chinnock

Overview ATSC 3.0, the next generation broadcast/broadband standard, made a big splash at NAB 2016. There was an ATSC pavilion showcasing equipment and features of the standard, seminars on all aspects of the details, …

Tags:ATSC| Broadcast| DTV| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| NAB 2016| Vol 23 - Issue 16

Cambrios Clarifies Changes

by Bob Raikes

We reported on the Cambrios liquidation and ‘re-birth’ as Cambrios Advanced Materials Corp last week and, as planned, we managed to catch up with past and current President & CEO Jon LeMoncheck to get …

Tags:Cambrios| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Silver Nanowire| Touch Displays| Vol 23 - Issue 16

SMI Tracking Helps Lufthansa Avoid ATC Disruptions

by Tom Allen

Lufthansa’s Daniel Stecher said that disruptions cost the world’s airlines $26 billion per year,Lufthansa Systems – the German IT provider aiming at the aviation industry – has chosen to use eye-tracking from SenoMotororic Instruments …

Tags:Air Traffic Control (ATC)| Gaze Recognition| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 16

Bolloré Might Close Down Canal+

by Isaac Oburu

According to Le Monde, Vivendi supervisory board chairman, Vincent Bolloré, has hinted of a possible close-down of the Canal+ TV business if it continues to be loss-making. Bolloré made the comments during a general …

Tags:France| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Vol 23 - Issue 16

OLED Subsidies Launched in Korea

by Tom Allen

The Korea Times has said that the Korean government is to offer subsidies to business projects related to OLED technology. It is part of a nation-wide strategy to stay ahead of competitors in China …

Tags:Korea| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| OLEDs| Vol 23 - Issue 16

Verizon Adds Video

by Isaac Oburu

By the end of Q1 2016, Verizon’s Fios service recorded an increase in customer demand, signing up 36,000 new video customers.

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Verizon| Vol 23 - Issue 16

Christie Says Limited Life for Laser Phosphor in Cinema Projection

by Chris Chinnock

Laser phosphor light sources have a limited lifetime in cinema projection. That was the message that Christie’s Cinema Manager, Don Shaw, delivered at the Future of Cinema conference sponsored by NAB and organized by …

Tags:Christie| Cinema Projection| Large Display Monitor| Laser Phosphor Projectors| Laser Projectors| Mobile Display Monitor| NAB 2016| Vol 23 - Issue 16

Brother Shows AR Headset

by Chris Chinnock

Showstopper at NAB 2016 was the venue and Brother was the company showing its AR headset. It has been for sale in Japan since last November and will now be offered in the U.S. …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Broadcast Market| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| NAB 2016| Vol 23 - Issue 16

Portrait Displays & SpectraCal Together at NAB

by Chris Chinnock

Just before NAB, Portrait Displays announced that it had purchased SpectraCal. (Portrait Displays Acquires SpectraCal) Portrait is a supplier of calibration services to OEM display customers and provides the Technicolor certification for colour performance. …

Tags:Colour Certification| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| NAB 2016| Portrait Displays| Vol 23 - Issue 16

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Are SDR TVs Superior to HDR TVs in Bright Environments?

by Chris Chinnock

Some recent testing of 4K HDR TVs by HDTVTest suggests that as the ambient light in the room increases, the benefit of the HDR technology diminishes rapidly (http://tinyurl.com/hnlfmwr). Reviewers came to this conclusion after …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| TV Viewing| Vol 23 - Issue 16