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FCC Authorizes ATSC 3.0 Broadcast Transmission Standard

The United States Federal Communications Commission has adopted new rules to let television broadcasters use the Next Generation broadcast television transmission ...

Smartphones Reach New High as Xiaomi Joins Top Vendors

Global smartphone shipments remained above 300 million units in Q3’14, having reached that point in Q2. According to IDC, new releases ...

All-New VIZIO SmartCast TV Rolls Out to 2017 VIZIO E-Series Ultra HD Displays

VIZIO, Inc. announced today the rollout of VIZIO SmartCast TV to 2017 VIZIO SmartCast E-Series Ultra HD Display models. SmartCast TV ...

Apple Points the Way for User Interface Advances

Apple’s March 9, 2015 press event disclosed a fairly extensive range of new products and initiatives. As I reported in my ...

Smart TV is Key Device for OTT in the US

In 2014, the computer outranked the TV in use among OTT subscribers, but now the TV is the dominant OTT screen, ...

Chinese Glut Hurts Panel Maker Prospects

IHS has said that LCD panel makers are at risk of incurring ‘deep losses’ this year, as Chinese makers ‘aggravate already ...

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OTT Firms Lead Connected Car Experience

by Tom Allen

Juniper Research expects 10x rise in connected in-vehicle infotainment system revenues between 2016 and 2020. By the end of the decade, Juniper forecasts that revenues will exceed $600 million. New research (http://tinyurl.com/zfmv7uq) predicts that …

Tags:Amazon| Android| Apple| Automotive| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 03

StoreDot: An Organic Quantum Dot Alternative

by Ken Werner

Just when I had convinced myself that quantum dots were THE answer for allowing LCD to compete with OLED image quality, it seems it may only be one of several answers. At their suite …

Tags:LED| Osram| Quantum Dots| Vol 23 - Issue 03

FETC Launches U.S. Ed Tech Conference Season

by Len Scrogan

The US ed tech conference season kicks off at the start of the year with a strong event, the Future of Education Technology Conference (FETC 2016), held each year in Orlando, Florida. FETC tends …

Tags:3D software| Education| Interactive Displays| Promethean| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 04

Insight Media Covers Better Pixels in New White Papers

by Isaac Oburu

Insight Media, a source of in-depth technical news and analysis for the display trade, has published several new white papers covering the ‘Better Pixels’ movement (registration required). The first white paper, ‘The Status of …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| HDR - High Dynamic Range| HFR - High Frame Rate| Projectors| UltraHD| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

Apple Car Leader to Leave Company

by Tom Allen

Steve Zadesky, head of Apple’s electric car project, is leaving the company, according to The Wall Street Journal‘s sources. A person familiar with the matter said that Zadesky is leaving for personal, rather than …

Tags:Apple| Automotive| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| People| Vol 23 - Issue 03

CPI Shows Flexible OLED

by Milos Pavlovic

The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI), a UK R&D institute, has shown off a flexible OLED lighting panel in a video. The panel was produced at the CPI’s own prototype line, which supports both …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Lighting| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 23 - Issue 03

IDTechEx: OLEDs Will Drive Flexible Automotive Market

by Tom Allen

IDTechEx says that the market for printed and flexible electronics in automotive applications will grow from around $400 million this year, to more than $5.5 billion in 2026. There are many technologies in the …

Tags:Automotive| Flexible Devices| IdTechEx| Large Display Monitor| Lighting| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Printed Electronics| Vol 23 - Issue 03

LG Raising LCD Capacity

by Tom Allen

Asian sources say that LG Display is raising its monthly capacity at LCD facilities. Capacity at its Guangzhou-based facilities will be raised from 90,000 substrates to 120,000 by the end of the year. Local …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD Fabs| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| Supply Chain| Vol 23 - Issue 03

CES Video Round Up

by Bob Raikes

Our CES 2016 reel which includes VESA, Cambrios, Pixelworks, Intel, Qualcomm and a look at some of the products shown by Samsung at CES 2016.

Tags:Cambrios| CES 2016| Intel| Pixelworks| Qualcomm| Samsung| VESA

Tobii Interviewed on PC Eye Tracking

by Bob Raikes

We interviewed Mårten Skogö of Swedish company Tobii, which is a leading company in eye tracking, about the integration of the company’s technology into a new MSI notebook. We also saw an application of …

Tags:Automotive| CES 2016| Game Playing| Gaze Recognition| Tobii| Vol 23 - Issue 03

iBT Claims High Growth

by Bob Raikes

iBoardTouch (iBT) was showing its full range of 65″ to 98″ interactive displays – the 75″ and 98″ UltraHD models having recently been released. Unusually, the company has a high end 70″ procap system …

Tags:BETT 2016| Dicom Medical Calibration| Interactive Displays| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 03