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Jack Wolfskin Chooses LG

An LG ShineOut display has been installed in the Jack Wolfskin store in Berlin’s Alexa shopping centre. As the interior of ...

Elo Expands Retail Self-Service Capabilities With Integrated EMV & NFC-Enabled Payment Solution

Elo, a global supplier of interactive touchscreen solutions, today announced the ability of its self-service platform to integrate with one of ...

Amino to Buy Entone

UK-based set top box manufacturer and internet TV technology provider, Amino, has signed an agreement to acquire cloud TV firm, Entone, ...

Self Healing Material – Possible Smartphone Screens?

The University of California Riverside (UCR) has developed a material that has not only self healing properties, but is also creating ...

MicroVision Sees Higher Q3 Revenue

MicroVision Inc., which makes ultra-miniature projection display and sensing technology, posted Q3 net losses of $5.2 million, up from losses of ...

Almost a Third of Free OTT Trials Result in a Paid Subscription

According to research by Parks Associates, 32% of OTT free trials convert to a paid subscription. More than a quarter of ...

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Axiomtek Installs Procap on Medical Display

by Tom Allen

Axiomtek’s newest medical panel PC is the 24″ MPC240: a 10-point touch (procap) unit, with a flat front bezel for easy cleaning. The enclosure is built with antimicrobial material. Designed for medical image processing …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Medical| Touch PCs| Vol 22 - Issue 50

LG Shows Dual Colour Spaces

by Tom Allen

We have learned more about LG’s high-resolution LCD monitor, shown at NAB this year (LG Needs Thunderbolt for DCI-4k): the 31MU97Z. As well as DCI-4k resolution (4096 x 2160, 17:9), the 10-bit display features …

Tags:Colour Critical Monitors| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 50

Garmin Takes Tech Data

by Tom Allen

Tech Data is now a B2B distributor of Garmin’s wearable products in Ireland and the UK.

Tags:Distribution| Garmin| Ireland| Mobile Display Monitor| TechData| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 50

MCC and Pioneer Schedule OLED Mass Production

by Tom Allen

Mitsubishi Chemical and Pioneer Corporation say that they have developed a dimmable, colour-tunable OLED lighting panel using a wet-coat process. According to the companies, the new panel can be produced for ‘less than one-third’ …

Tags:Lighting| Mitsubishi| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Production| Vol 22 - Issue 50

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 51

by Tom Allen

Acer‘s Predator Z35 curved gaming monitor (Acer Widens Gaming Monitor Line-Up) is now available in the USA. LG‘s newest OLED TVs have been lowered in price by $200 on Amazon. The 55″ and 65″ …

Tags:Acer| Curved Displays| Desktop Monitors| DVB-T & T2| Germany| Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| LFD - Large Format Display| NEC| OLED TVs| Sky| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 51

Chromebook

Tim Cook Criticises Chromebooks as “Cheap”

by Tom Allen

In an interview with Buzzfeed, Apple CEO Tim Cook lambasted Chromebooks as “cheap test machines”. He said that Chromebooks and similar products are only popular because they are the cheapest option. Analyst Comment If …

Tags:Apple| Chromebooks| Education| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 50

TSMC Falls in November

by Tom Allen

TSMC announced consolidated revenues of NT$64.4 billion ($2 billion) for November, representing a 22.4% MoM and 12.2% YoY fall. Cumulative revenues for January – November rose 13.2% YoY, however, to NT$785.2 billion ($23.9 billion).

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TSMC| Vol 22 - Issue 50

Rumour: Samsung Will Cut OLED Prices

by Tom Allen

Korean media outlets have published multiple claims about Samsung’s OLED capacity. iNews 24 says that the company will ‘mass produce’ transparent OLED displays this month, with initial supply mainly going to retailers in North …

Tags:AMOLED| China| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Pricing| Production| Samsung Display| Transparent Displays| Vol 22 - Issue 50

Ukraine Could Delay ASO

by Tom Allen

Ukraine’s National Council of Television is considering delaying the country’s analogue switch-off until 1st June 2018. Members of the broadcast industry have expressed doubts that the 2016 date can be met.

Tags:ASO (Analogue Switch Off)| Large Display Monitor| Ukraine| Vol 22 - Issue 50

DirecTV’s Wrist Slapped for ‘Misleading’ Advert

by Tom Allen

DirecTV has been forced to modify an advert (http://tinyurl.com/nkwc653), which gave the impression that all of its content was already available in UltraHD. The National Advertising Division (NAD) of the Council of Better Business …

Tags:4k| Advertising| DirecTV| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 50

TPV Uses Allegro for HEVC Compliance

by Tom Allen

TPV has taken on Allegro DVT’s DVB HEVC System compliance streams, for the validation of a new range of HEVC-enabled LCD TVs. Allegro’s system provides two levels of verification: a quick visual check and …

Tags:Back Panel| HEVC (H.265)| Large Display Monitor| TPV (TP Vision)| Vol 22 - Issue 50

Microsoft Developing “Smart Ring” Technology

by Arthur Berman

Here are two problems. The first is that some devices (think smartwatches and wristbands) have a display screen with a really small surface area. The limiting case of this condition is the smart glass …

Tags:Gesture Recognition| Microsoft| Vol 22 - Issue 50| Wearables