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Xiaomi Mi 8 Sells Out in Under Two Minutes

by Andrew Fenn

Xiaomi’s new flagship smartphone, the Mi 8, went on sale in China yesterday — and sold out in a little over a minute-and-a-half. How many units this equates to is as yet unknown but …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 22| Xiaomi

BeIN Media Chooses Metrological to Develop Its New TV App

by Andrew Fenn

Dutch TV application provider Metrological has been selected by BeIN Media, a pay TV operator based in Qatar, to develop a new TV app for its hybrid satellite, IP legacy and OTT television services, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| STBs| Vol 25 - Issue 22

Colorimetry at Display Week – Roundup

by Matthew Brennesholtz

The Color Gamut Session at Display week (Session 78) had four papers in it. The session did not focus on improving the color gamut of displays. Instead, it focused on the evaluation and representation …

Tags:Colour (Color)| Colour Management & Processing| Large Display Monitor| Metamerism| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2018| Vol 25 - Issue 21

Projection Technology at Display Week – Roundup

by Matthew Brennesholtz

There were two sessions at the SID technical symposium that focused on the technology for projection systems: Session 63: Projection: Image Improvement and Session 70: Projection: Screen Technology. Projection Technology With diffusers alone, speckle …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Projection Screens| Projectors| SID Display Week 2018| Vol 25 - Issue 21

Rumoured LCD Notch Design iPhone Delayed Until November?

by Andrew Fenn

The 6.1″ LCD iPhone rumoured for release later this year could miss Apple’s usual September launch window, instead releasing two months later in November, according to a report from Korean publication “The Bell”. It …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 22

ANQ Develops Digital Signage Platform with Facial Recognition Tech

by Andrew Fenn

UK-based digital retail communications firm ANQ has used facial recognition technology from Omron Electronic Components Europe to create a digital signage platform that allows clients to deliver tailor-made content to their customers based on …

Tags:DOOH| face recognition| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 22

Kabelnoord Selects Amino Video Platform for Fibre Rollout

by Andrew Fenn

Dutch cable operator Kabelnoord has announced it will deploy Amino’s Move end-to-end multiscreen video platform to enable it to offer what it describes as “next-generation TV services” as part of a major rollout of …

Tags:Cable| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Netherlands| Vol 25 - Issue 22

New Oppo Smartphone to Make Its Debut in France

by Andrew Fenn

Oppo has officially announced Oppo Find X. The new flagship smartphone will be unveiled at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France on June 19th. The surprise reboot was first teased on June 1st with …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 22

BrightSign and AVNU Power Customer Service at Hong Kong Furniture Store

by Andrew Fenn

BrightSign has announced its players are powering a network of 60 integrated customer service and digital signage screens delivered by the South China House of Technology (SCHOT) to the stores of a global furniture …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| Retail| Vol 25 - Issue 22

KN01b Visionox Hails OLED Golden Era at SID Keynote

by Steve Sechrist

In his thought leadership keynote, (OK, they are supposed to be thought leadership talks) Visionox CEO Dr. Deqiang Zhang took us down the path of the OLED golden era that will introduce display ubiquity …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| OLEDs| SID Display Week 2018| Vol 25 - Issue 21

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NEDs with Eye Focus Cues at Display Week – Roundup

by Matthew Brennesholtz

A hot topic at the SID Technical Symposium this year, and last year too, was Near Eye Displays (NEDs) for Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) that included accommodation for the eye. There …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Gaze Recognition| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Human Visual System (HVS)| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2018| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 21