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Chinese Makers Hit 1 Million AMOLEDs

IHS Markit said that Chinese makers hit one million units of shipment of AMOLEDs for the first time in Q3, but ...

HTC Will Expand to India

HTC sponsors India’s Northeast United football team. Here chair Cher Wang is seen with team owner John AbrahamHTC is the latest ...

KOE introduces 10.3-inch HD Rugged+ TFT Display

KOE (the part of JDI that looks after industrial displays) has announced the TX26D206VM0BAA ‘Rugged+’10.3″ display module with 1920 x 720 ...

Alibaba Invests in WayRay

WayRay, a Swiss based developer of HUD systems (with offices in San Francisco and Moscow), announced that Alibaba and other investors ...

Real Stops Use of Facial Recognition

The Real chain of department stores in Germany, part of the Metro group, has brought its use of eye contact detection ...

Dynamic Focus on 42″ Full HD LCD Public Displays

This week we are highlighting Public Displays in the 40″ and 42″ Full HD LCD category with 1920 x 1080 resolution. ...

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QD Laser Prototypes AR Display for Vision Correction

by Tom Allen

Image: NikkeiA prototype of glasses using ‘retinal-scanning laser eyewear technology’, to improve wearer’s vision, has been shown at the Medical IT Solutions Expo of Medical Japan 2016, by QD Laser Inc. The glasses are …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Eyewear| Japan| Medical| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 08

Spanish Pay-TV Subscriptions Rising

by Isaac Oburu

Parks Associates has announced new research showing 16% of Spanish pay-TV households subscribed to pay TV for the first time last year. ‘Connected Consumer in Europe’ reveals that Spanish consumers are more likely than …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Pay TV| Spain| Vol 23 - Issue 08

McDonald’s Getting into VR

by Norbert Hildebrand

It shouldn’t come as a surprise that many companies that cater to children in general have an interest in VR. As one of the upcoming technologies, VR in general is often viewed as the …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Displays| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 08

Third-Gen Volumetric Display Coming from Holoxica

by Chris Chinnock

Holoxica is a Scottish company which has just received €1.28 million from the European Commission’s Horizon2020 SME Instrument to develop its third generation holographic display. It will be aimed at providing volumetric display of …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| Holographic Displays| Medical| Vol 23 - Issue 08| Volumetric Displays

Ericsson Ensures QoE

by Tom Allen

Ericsson had what might have been the largest stand at the show, taking up one entire end of a hall by itself. However, the majority of the space was invitation-only, and only open to …

Tags:Automotive| Ericsson| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Mobile Display Monitor| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 08| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

LCD Panels Face First Q1 Decline Since 2009

by Tom Allen

TV and IT display shipments are expected to face their first Q1 decline since 2009, according to IHS. Prices are falling for these displays, due to inventory adjustments by LCD makers and continued slowing …

Tags:IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| LCD Panels| LCD TVs| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 08

AOC Gearing up for CeBIT 2016

by Tom Allen

AOC is inviting attendees to this year’s CeBIT show to view its recent B2C, B2B and gaming products. CeBIT will take place between the 14tth and 18th March in Hannover, Germany. The manufacturer will …

Tags:Back Panel| Curved Displays| Desktop Monitors| Events| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| MMD (AOC Philips)| Vol 23 - Issue 08

Acer Extends Android to Premium Jade Line

by Tom Allen

Acer clearly sees Windows as a business proposition, and at MWC was reinforcing that feeling with new offers on the Liquid Jade Primo smartphone (Acer Looks to Gamers, Chromebooks and “PC Phone”). We saw …

Tags:Acer| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2016| Smartphones| Smartwatches| Vol 23 - Issue 08| Windows

SK Telecom is Working on 8k Encoding

by Tom Allen

SK Telecom is a major telco in South Korea, and signal transport was its main focus at MWC. This covered data – the company had a 5G demo area in the middle of the …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Telecomms| Vol 23 - Issue 08

IoT is Canonical’s Core

by Tom Allen

Canonical was promoting Ubuntu Core (launched late-2014): a version of the OS for IoT devices. Advantages include reliability (failed updates will automatically revert back to the original version) and security (apps cannot interact with …

Tags:Media Players| Mobile Display Monitor| Operating Systems| Software| Vol 23 - Issue 08

Kennington Heads Technical Marketing at AptoVision

by Isaac Oburu

Justin Kennington has been named director of strategic and technical marketing at AptoVision. The Montreal-based company provides advanced chipsets for AV/KVM signal extension, matrix switching, IP-based switching, video-wall and multi-view applications. Kennington was previously …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Vol 23 - Issue 08

VRT Accomplishes Production Over IP

by Tom Allen

The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) is supporting the LiveIP Project (a collaboration between the EBU and Belgian public broadcaster VRT) in moving to open protocols for media over IP in TV broadcasting. …

Tags:EBU| Europe| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Transport| Video over IP (VIP)| Vol 23 - Issue 08