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From VR to 77″, LG’s OLEDs Look Good

by Bob Raikes

LG Display had an impressive area at SID and we particularly were impressed with the 77″ Flexible OLED that it has shown before, but which we had not seen. However, the company tends to …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| SID Display Week 2018| Transparent Displays| Vol 25 - Issue 21

Taiwan Smartphone Sales Decline for Fifth Consecutive Month

by Andrew Fenn

Sales of smartphones in Taiwan have declined for the fifth consecutive month, Digitimes Research said, citing data from local retail channels. Smartphone sales apparently fell to 490,000 units in April 2018. In terms of …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Taiwan| Vol 25 - Issue 20

Oregan Launches Latest Version of Its STB Middleware

by Andrew Fenn

Oregan Networks, a supplier of digital TV software and services, has unveiled SparQ, the latest version of its set-top box middleware solution. The company says SparQ enables the delivery of DVB and ISDB-T broadcast …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 25 - Issue 20

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Taiwan LCD Monitor Shipments Down in 2018 Q1

by Andrew Fenn

Shipments of LCD monitors by Taiwanese makers declined by 6.3% quarter-on-quarter in the first quarter of 2018, according to Digitimes Research, dropping below 20 million units. Despite the sequential decline, the figures represented a …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Taiwan| Vol 25 - Issue 20

OnePlus Releases Its New Flagship Smartphone

by Andrew Fenn

The new OnePlus 6 smartphone began shipping this week and most of the rumoured specs we reported on early last month have turned out to be true. (OnePlus 6 Uses the Same Processor as …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 20

Zara Installs Mirror Displays with RFID Capabilities

by Andrew Fenn

Zara and its parent company Inditex have unveiled a new Zara store concept at Westfield in London, UK. The 4,500m² store features a dedicated area for the purchase and collection of online orders, which …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mirror Displays| Retail| Vol 25 - Issue 20

Vivo Releases iPhone X Lookalike Smartphone

by Andrew Fenn

Vivo’s newly-released X21i smartphone features a 6.28″ Super AMOLED 1080 x 2280 resolution display with an iPhone X-esque notch, a 19:9 aspect ratio, an ~85% screen-to-body ratio and 402 pixels per inch. It runs …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 20

Analysts: Netflix Could Reach 360 Million Subscribers by 2030

by Andrew Fenn

Analysts from the Bank of America and Merrill Lynch have forecast that Netflix could grow its subscriber base by 8% every year through 2030, up to 360 million users. Just last month, Digital TV …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Netflix| OTT Video| Vol 25 - Issue 20

Tanaka Claims New Touch Technology Will Enhance Image Quality

by Bob Raikes

Tanaka of Japan said in a release that it has a flexible touch panel technology using a single side dual layer structure based on metal mesh film. The company has started to develop the …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Touch| Vol 25 - Issue 21

BT TV to Incorporate Amazon Prime Video and Now TV

by Andrew Fenn

BT has announced it will be adding Amazon Prime Video to its television package later this year, with Now TV joining in 2019. The service already offers content from Netflix. BT TV is available …

Tags:Amazon| BT| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 25 - Issue 20

A New Alignment Technology for Liquid Crystals is Under Development

by Arthur Berman

An international team of researchers headed by Dimitri Ivanov of the Laboratory of Functional Organic and Hybrid Materials at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (Moscow, Russian Federation) is developing a new means …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LC Materials (Liquid Crystal)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 20| Wide Viewing Angles

TV Connect Not on the Up

by Bob Raikes

The TV Connect conference and exhibition took place in London last week. This is the third or fourth that I have attended and usually there are a few unexpected technical items of interest in …

Tags:IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TV Connect 2018| Vol 25 - Issue 19