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Nintendo Switch Is Fastest-Selling Console in the US

by Andrew Fenn

Nintendo Switch has been named America’s fastest-selling home video game console, beating the previous record, also held by Nintendo with the Wii, released in 2006. The console-portable hybrid sold 4.8 million units in the …

Tags:Consoles| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Nintendo| USA| Vol 25 - Issue 02

LFD Touch Moves to PCap but Big LFD Share Growing

by Bob Raikes

A hat-tip to Sixteen-nine.net for getting hold of some interesting data from IHS Markit that is part of the data that the researcher supplies to members of the Digital Signage Federation in the US. …

Tags:Digital Signage Data| IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Vol 25 - Issue 02

Zecotek to Develop 3D HUD with Second Car Maker

by Andrew Fenn

We missed Zecotek’s announcement that it is now working with a second major European automobile manufacturer to integrate its 3D technology into a brand-specific 3D head-up display for consumer use. Zecotek’s 3D HUD technology …

Tags:Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 02

Meggitt Introduces Immersive Weapons Training Solution

by Andrew Fenn

We missed this during our coverage of I/ITSEC 2017; Meggitt Training Systems, the provider of integrated live-fire and virtual weapons training products and services for armed forces and law enforcement, introduced its new immersive, …

Tags:I/ITSEC 2017| Large Display Monitor| Simulation| Vol 25 - Issue 02

Plessey Attacks Monilithic MicroLED Target

by Bob Raikes

Plessey Semiconductor said that it expects to be the first to market with a monolithic microLED based display based on GaN-on-Silicon. Plessey also said that it has started an “extensive” licensing programme that will …

Tags:Microdisplays| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 02

SDC launches 3.5″ QHD VR AMOLEDs

by Bob Raikes

Samsung Display has a new panel for VR headsets, the SDC-350-VR. The 3.5″ AMOLED has 1440 x 1660 resolution at 90Hz and provides 615 ppi. Panel size is 62.47 x 73.28mm and the thickness …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Samsung Display| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 02

iPhone Wins OLED Burn-In Test Over Samsung Galaxy

by Andrew Fenn

Korean tech website Cetizen recently performed an extreme OLED burn-in test on three of the smartphone industry’s most popular handsets: the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 and the Apple iPhone …

Tags:Apple| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Samsung| Vol 25 - Issue 02

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Apple Joins Alliance for Open Media

by Andrew Fenn

Apple has joined Amazon, Cisco, Google, Intel, Microsoft, Mozilla and Netflix, among others, in the Alliance for Open Media, the group of companies working together to develop the next-generation, open-source, royalty-free video format, AV1. …

Tags:Codecs| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 25 - Issue 01