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Intel Looking to Design the Future

Brian David Johnson of Intel was the next speaker (Intel is a Diamond Sponsor for the Fujitsu Forum event). Johnson is ...

SOLED

The Universal Display Corporation (UDC) is one of the most prominent developers of Organic Light Emitting Devices (OLEDs). Working with researchers ...

An iCar? Why iBother?

This week, I covered the news that Apple really does seem to be moving forward with its project to build a ...

Haptic Technology Approaches $52 Billion by 2018

The haptic touch technology market will grow at a CAGR of 41% between 2013 and 2018, ending the forecast period with ...

1000 fps Projection System

Researcher Gaku Narita and his colleagues at Ishikawa Watanabe Laboratory at the University of Tokyo and Tokyo Electron Device Ltd. co-developed ...

Samsung Galaxy Feel For Japan

Samsung will launch a new Android smartphone in Japan with the Galaxy Feel name and provided through NTT Docomo. The phone ...

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NAB is All About Codecs

by Tom Allen

The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) 2016 show will take place in Las Vegas between the 16th and 21st April. There will be a renewed focus on traditional broadcasting, using the ATSC 3.0 platform, …

Tags:Broadcast| HEVC (H.265)| Interface Extenders| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Licensing| Mobile Display Monitor| NAB 2016| NEC| SOCs| Switchers| Testing| TFT| Video Encoders & Decoders| Vol 23 - Issue 13

A Closer Look at a QD Monitor

by Bob Raikes

We reported on the Philips E-line 27″ 276E6 monitor at IFA last year. The monitor is unusual in that it uses QD Vision’s Color IQ quantum dot technology to give a wide colour gamut. …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| MMD (AOC Philips)| Vol 23 - Issue 12| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

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Ofcom Discusses 700MHz

by Tom Allen

Ofcom is currently holding consultations on the 700MHz spectrum clearance in the UK. Points under consideration are: what support viewers might require; whether public funding should be made available; and whether support should be …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Spectrum Allocation| Terrestrial (DTT)| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 13

Japanese UHD Will Double Next Year

by Tom Allen

Mitsubishi Research has forecast that adoption of UltraHD TV sets in Japan will grow rapidly, starting next year, Advanced Television reports. Around 1.2 million were purchased in 2015, and 3.3 million are expected to …

Tags:4k| Japan| Large Display Monitor| Mitsubishi| TVs (TV Sets)| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 13

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 13

by Tom Allen

We now have a specification list for Acer‘s laser gaming projector, the Z850 (Acer Brings Laser to Gaming). Despite being described as ‘mirrorless’, it is in fact a DLP unit – there are no …

Tags:Acer| Curved Displays| Dell| Desktop Monitors| DLP Projectors| HP Inc| Large Display Monitor| Laser Phosphor Projectors| LG Electronics (LGE)| Notebooks| Nvidia| Panasonic| Rugged Displays| Samsung| UST Projectors| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 13| Workstations

Kyulux

LG Display Invests in TADF

by Tom Allen

Image: OLED-InfoKyushu University of Japan spun off a new company called Kyulux last month, which aims to commercialise thermally-activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) emitters developed by the university. Kyulux raised ¥1.5 billion ($13.5 million) in …

Tags:Investment| Japan| Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| TADF| Vol 23 - Issue 13

Smartphones Falling, but PCs Will Rebound

by Tom Allen

Worldwide smartphone sales will grow at a single-digit rate for the first time this year, says Gartner. The firm expects growth of just 7% in the global market, which will reach 1.5 billion units. …

Tags:Gartner| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| Smartphone Market| Vol 23 - Issue 13| Worldwide

Foxconn Raises Chinese Investment

by Tom Allen

Foxconn is to deepen its investment in several companies in China, covering industries including handsets, glass and optical lenses. The investments will total $1.65 billion. $1.5 billion of this will go to a subsidiary …

Tags:China| Foxconn (Honhai)| Investment| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 13

WebEye VR is a Consumer Virtual Reality Webcam

by Arthur Berman

Several social media web sites, notably including Facebook and YouTube, are in the early stages of offering capabilities for viewing and sharing immersive video formats such as stereoscopic 3D. The current reality is, however, …

Tags:3D Cameras| Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 13

Microsoft Talks about Holoportation

by Norbert Hildebrand

In case AR/VR is not ‘blue sky’ enough for you, Microsoft is upping its game by talking about Holoportation. The firm is using the term to describe a method of advanced video conferencing, where …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| 3D Depth Cameras| Augmented Reality| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 13

Acer Invests in Chrome

by Tom Allen

Acer has announced a long-life Chromebook: said to be the world’s first lasting up to 14 hours on a single charge. The Chromebook 14 (SDK: CB3-431) has a 14″ display with 1366 x 768 …

Tags:Acer| All-in-ones (AIOs)| Chrome| Chromebooks| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 13