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BBC Calls for Priority Listing

In the UK, a senior BBC executive has said he wants BBC shows to be given priority listing in EPGs., especially ...

VESA Enjoying DP Success

VESA was in a meeting room and was talking about the latest developments in DisplayStream and DisplayPort and to talk to ...

Vestel Bows Out of BETT

Vestel told us that it has made the decision not to return to BETT next year. The show is aimed more ...

Philips Adds QD TVs and 8K/49″ Monitors At IFA

After TCL’s audio overload, we were looking forward to some moderation from Philips, but no, it started with an audio blast ...

Onelan Supports Multiple Zones and UltraHD

A new range of multi-zone UltraHD media players has been added to Onelan’s portfolio. These units (NTB-4K-2100-S; NTB-4K-1100-S; NTB-4K-2000-S; and NTB-4K-1000-S) ...

Major Investment for Clear Channel UK

Clear Channel has committed to a significant expansion of its DOOH portfolio in the UK. The first part of the expansion ...

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Wearables Battle the Hype Cycle at WTS 2016

by Tom Allen

This was our first year attending the Wearable Technology Show in London’s ExCel Centre, which has been running since 2014. Already, the event is beginning to branch out to cover more areas, such as …

Tags:Android| Android Wear| Augmented Reality| Automotive| Dialog Semiconductor| Epson| Events| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| iOS (Apple)| Mobile Apps| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Sensors| SOCs| sony| UK (United Kingdom)| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 11| Vuzix| Wearables

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 11

by Tom Allen

A company called Arovia showed a fold-out screen at South by Southwest last week. No, not a foldable OLED: a rear-projection display and projector. The Spontaneous Pop-Up Display (SPUD) is about the size of …

Tags:Certification| Kyocera| Large Display Monitor| LCD Modules| LG Electronics (LGE)| Netflix| Rear Projection| Second Screens| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| sony| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 23 - Issue 11

RNIB Rewards Samsung for Accessible TVs

by Tom Allen

The UK’s Royal National Institute of Blind People has presented Samsung Electronics with an Inclusive Society Award; this recognises the firm’s work in making its smart TVs accessible for blind and partially-sighted people. The …

Tags:Accessibility| Awards| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Samsung| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 23 - Issue 11

Value Electronics Looks for King of UHD

by Tom Allen

LG’s OLED TV won the shootout in 2015Value Electronics in the USA will host its annual TV shootout event at CE Week in New York City. The shootout (now in its 13th year) will …

Tags:Back Panel| Events| Hisense| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Samsung| sony| Testing| TVs (TV Sets)| USA| Vizio| Vol 23 - Issue 11

Speedo Launches Team Speedo With Holo-Gauze AR

by Tom Allen

Holotronica, creator of a holography/projection screen technology called Holo-Gauze, created a 20m x 9m augmented reality installation for the launch of Team Speedo in New York. A film charting the success of 24 Team …

Tags:Events| Holography| Large Display Monitor| Polariser-based 3D| Projection Screens| Vol 23 - Issue 12

Christie Brings HS to Frankfurt

by Tom Allen

Christie has revealed the products that it will showcase at Prolight+Sound 2016 (5th – 8th April, Frankfurt). The company’s new HS Series; Boxer models (including the 2K20, 2K25 and 2K30); Velvet LED tiles; and …

Tags:Back Panel| Christie| Events| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Projectors| Vol 23 - Issue 11

Consumer VR Interest High, Awareness Low

by Tom Allen

Despite extensive media coverage, as many as two-thirds of US consumers are unaware of virtual reality as a technology, according to Horizon Media. Although awareness is low, more than a third (36%) of the …

Tags:Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 11

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HDR Coming for DirectX

by Tom Allen

Microsoft announced that it will implement HDR support in the DirectX 12 API at GDC 2016. A timescale was not provided or details of what will be included.

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 11| Windows

Big Battery Expected for HTC 10

by Tom Allen

Notorious tipster Evan Blass has tweeted (@EVLeaks) that the upcoming HTC 10 smartphone will have what he terms a ‘Super LCD 5’ display, rather than AMOLED. The phone will also feature a 3,000mAh battery. …

Tags:Batteries| HTC| LCD displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 11

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eMagin Result 18/03/2016

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

eMagin reported a Q4 net loss of $2.1 million, up 31% YoY from $1.6 million. Turnover was $6.7 million: flat on a YoY basis. For the full year 2015, net loss was $4.1 million, …

Tags:eMagin| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 11

B&O Agrees OLED TV Partnership

by Tom Allen

LG Display and Bang & Olugfsen have entered into a strategic partnership to develop and produce an OLED TV, which will be launched in 2017. Through the agreement, B&O will achieve the technological capabilities …

Tags:Bang & Olufsen (B&O)| Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| Mergers & Acquisitions| OLED TVs| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 11

Iiyama is Ready for DSS

by Tom Allen

Iiyama will once again exhibit at the Digital Signage Summit Europe, which will take place in Munich from the 23rd – 24th June. The firm has not announced what it will show, but has …

Tags:Back Panel| Digital Signage| Events| Germany| Iiyama| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 11