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PixelDisplay Claims Advantages over QDs

by Chris Chinnock

PixelDisplay is a company that debuted at last year’s SID conference with a method to create narrow band RGB light for wide color gamut HDR displays. They showed a demo of an LED with …

LG Display Surprises with Roled and 8K

by Bob Raikes

LG Display had a lot to talk about, but once again we found it frustrating! Last year, on the analyst day, the company wouldn’t let us take photos, but then decided to let the …

USB Implementors’ Forum Planning for USB3.2

by Bob Raikes

We met with the USB Implementors Forum in its suite and we started by hearing of the latest developments in USB 3.2 which was announced in the summer of 2017. The latest version has …

Tags:CES 2018| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| USB| Vol 25 - Issue 02

More Rumours of iPhone Plans

by Bob Raikes

The China Times has reported that Apple will add a 6.5″ version of the 5.8″ iPhone X and possibly with a 6.1″ LCD version in between, with the smallest and biggest using OLED displays. …

Raspberry Pi Skips Over Meltdown and Specter

by Bob Raikes

The Meltdown and Specter security problems are likely to mean updates being needed for Intel-based and Qualcomm-based media players. As we went to press, there was news that malicious software exploiting the problems was …

Tags:Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| Security| Semiconductors| Vol 25 - Issue 04

LCD TV Panels to Continue to Fall in Price in 1Q18

by Milos Pavlovic

Sigmaintell has said that in Q1, it expects 32″ TV panel prices to fall, while 40″ to 43″ will be down slightly based on seasonal factors and because Japanese and Korean TV brands are …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| Pricing| Vol 25 - Issue 04

Finder.com: British People Spend £303m Each Month on SVoD

by Andrew Fenn

Research by price comparison site Finder.com reveals that TV viewers in the UK spend £303.16 million ($429 million) a month on TV streaming services, including Netflix, Amazon Prime, Now TV and Hayu. According to …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 25 - Issue 03

Netflix Celebrates “Beautiful” Q4 2017, Looks Forward to 2018

by Andrew Fenn

Netflix has announced the results of what it describes as a “beautiful” fourth quarter of 2017. In 2017, the company grew streaming revenue 36% to over $11 billion, adding 24 million new memberships (compared …

Lumens Idea of MicroLED is not Really MicroLED

by Chris Chinnock

Lumens is a Korean-based LED maker that was at CES to showcase their “microLED Display.” Their definition of a microLED is a bit different from Plessey’s, however (Plessey Shows GaN on Silicon Microdisplay). Lumens …

Tags:CES 2018 TV| Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| MicroLED| Vol 25 - Issue 02

Stream TV Claims No Viewing Zones on 8K AS3D

by Chris Chinnock

Like KDX (KDX Builds Alliance for 3D), Stream TV Networks has been developing glasses-free displays for a long time. These still have the same issues as KDX displays – limited depth volume and accommodation-vergence …

Tags:Autostereo 3D| CES 2018 TV| Large Display Monitor| Stream TV| Vol 25 - Issue 02

KDX Builds Alliance for 3D

by Chris Chinnock

KDX Group is a leading Chinese brand which has been developing and promoting glasses-free 3D displays and products for some time. They bought glasses-free 3D specialist Dimenco several years ago. (Dimenco Acquired by KDX) …

Tags:Autostereo 3D| CES 2018 TV| China| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 02

Nanoco Looking to Commercialisation

by Chris Chinnock

We met with Quantum Dot developer Nanoco in their suite in the Venetian at CES 2018. The first thing they showed us were three displays that had been modified to remove quantum dot films …