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AT&T Looking to Introduce an Android TV STB

According to a report in Variety, AT&T is to introduce a new Android TV-based STB that could be used as a ...

NEC Shares Solution Showcase Dates

The seventh annual NEC Display Solutions showcase will take place on the 20th and 21st May this year, at the Vinopolis ...

LG’s OLED Production is Rising

UBI Research claims that LG Display shipped 140,000 65″ OLED panels in Q2, as it has begun to supply companies outside ...

NHK Shows 8K VR Ride

NHK Enterprises (NEP) and NHK Media Technology showed an 8K VR ride at the recent SXSW event in Austin. The ride, ...

Sales Rise at John Lewis

Sales in the week ending 6th December were up 10.8% YoY at John Lewis in the UK, to £160 million ($250.8 ...

Exterion Media Hires Strategy Director

Exterion Media has appointed Suzy Jordan as its commercial strategy director to lead its newly formed EM Futures division. Internal promotions ...

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Panasonic Launches 28,000 Lumens Laser Projector

by Isaac Oburu

The projectors are available from autumn 2016 in both WUXGA and SXGA+, each outputting 28,000 centre lumens, and offer continuous maintenance-free operation, low total cost of ownership, small cabinet and stunning picture quality. A …

Tags:Laser Projectors| Panasonic| Projectors

Yulenka Joins VEFXi in Mobile 3D

by Tom Allen

Autostereo 3D company VEFXi has continued to sign new partners. The company’s newest MOU has been signed with Yulenka, a Chinese firm. Much like the recent agreement with MDM (VEFXi Agrees MOU with MDM), …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| Mobile Display Monitor| Mobile Phones| Vol 23 - Issue 06

TV Displays Drive OLED Materials Market

by Tom Allen

Organic material shipments, used to produce OLED displays, rose 12% YoY in 2015, reaching 26,000 kg, says IHS. Thanks to the rapid climb of white OLED (WOLED) TV display shipments, IHS forecasts that shipments …

Tags:IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Materials| Vol 23 - Issue 06| WOLED (White OLED)

UK Wearable Ownership ‘No Longer Niche’

by Tom Allen

Apple led the UK smartwatch market in Clicked’s dataA study from UK-based Clicked Research has found that wearable ownership in the country has doubled over the last 12 months, with 12% of the UK’s …

Tags:Fitness Trackers| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 06| Wearables

Sports Illustrated Goes Virtual

by Tom Allen

Quad/Graphics has included a VR viewer (the Quad Virtual Reality Viewer, or QVR) in about 500,000 select copies of the 2016 Sportswear Illustrated swimsuit issue. The viewer can be used to watch the magazine’s …

Tags:Back Panel| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 06

Much More Mobile Mobile

by Ken Werner

Data traffic on mobile networks will reach 367 exabytes – that’s 367×10^18 bytes or 367 billion gigabytes – in 2020, up from 44 exabytes in 2015, according to Cisco Systems’ recently released Visual Networking …

Tags:Automotive| Internet of Things IOT| Vol 23 - Issue 06

Microsoft Improves Wireless Display Adapter

by Isaac Oburu

Last year Microsoft launched a new accessory (Microsoft Works With Miracast) that allowed users to wirelessly display anything from a Miracast-enabled device. The new adaptor is identical, but latency has been reduced. Customers in …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Miracast| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 07| wireless communications

‘Flip’ Through Pages With Active Haptic Feedback

by Tom Allen

Researcher’s from Queen’s University (Canada) have developed a prototype flexible OLED display using ‘active haptic feedback’ – that is, flexing – for control. The 6″ display is a full-colour unit (1280 x 720) from …

Tags:Flexible Devices| Haptics| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 06

Samsung Changes TVs in Europe

by Tom Allen

At its European Forum (Samsung Highlights CES Products in Monaco), Samsung showed off its newest LCD TVs, including the SUHD sets. These had some minor differences to the models shown at CES last month …

Tags:CES 2016| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 06

Rugged Display Repels Heat, Cold, Hail and Snow

by Tom Allen

Germany’s SR System-Elektronik has developed and tested a 47″ outdoor display. Designed to shrug off both heat and cold, the screen’s enclosure is IP65-compliant and features a UV filter. Ventilation was developed in-house.

Tags:DOOH| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Rugged Displays| Vol 23 - Issue 06

4K Blu-ray Discs Already Available

by Isaac Oburu

Best Buy has already started selling the new Blu-ray UltraHD disc format movies, several weeks before the scheduled date in March. CNET claims to have seen the following titles in Best Buy: Chappie, The …

Tags:4k| Best Buy| Blu-ray| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 07

Sony’s Universal Remote Uses Electronic Paper

by Isaac Oburu

Sony has released a universal remote that uses an electronic paper display and can show buttons chosen by the user. The remote is based on a concept called “Huis Remote Controller Huis-100RC.” ¥24.35 million …

Tags:ePaper| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Remote Controls| sony| Vol 23 - Issue 07