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Entry-Level MacBook and New iPads Coming in Second Half of 2018

Sources in Taiwan have corroborated reports that Apple is planning to launch an entry-level MacBook product in September, revealing that the notebook will incorporate a 14-nanometer Intel Kaby Lake processor and will be priced at $1,200. The company is also planning to launch two new iPad Pro models (12.9″ and 11″) in the fourth quarter … Read more

The Looking Glass Lightfield / Volumetric Monitor

The Looking Glass monitor combines lightfield and volumetric technologies within a single new type of display. Multiple viewers can see and interact with the virtual 3D imagery without the need for glasses or a headset. The company behind the Looking Glass monitor, the Looking Glass Factory Inc., has offices both in Brooklyn, NY for software … Read more

Apple Patent Details New Touch ID Technology for Future iPhones

A new Apple patent discovered by Patently Apple reveals that the company is developing a new way of implementing Touch ID authentication in modern, all-display iPhones. The new diagrams show camera sensors installed beneath the display that can detect objects placed on the screen from several different angles. The use of cameras at different angles … Read more

Lenovo Adds Portable Thin & Light Workstation

Lenovo has released a new portable workstation, the ThinkPad P1 that is said to be 35% lighter than the previous version, with weight from 1.7kg (3.76lbs). The system is intended for professional applications in content creation and engineering and has a 15.6″ display with UltraHD and touch or with FullHD. Brightness is 400 cd/m² or … Read more

Digital Projection Brings History to Life in PROOF Exhibition at Hamburg’s Deichtorhallen

One of Europe’s largest exhibition centres for contemporary art and photography, Deichtorhallen Hamburg is renowned for the quality of its exhibits which are visited by thousands of people from all over the world each year. From February to May 2018 it played host to PROOF; a landmark exhibition which brought together the works of three … Read more

Digital Projection Chosen for Exhibition at Hamburg’s Deichtorhallen

Earlier this year, an exhibition at the Deichtorhallen museum in Hamburg, Germany used Digital Projection’s E-Vision Laser 10K projectors. Technical director Ivo Schob explained: “Using projection was a key part of the curatorial concept of Fowle and Longo. By slowing down the seven most important films of Sergey Eisenstein to 1% of their normal speed, … Read more

Lextar Subsidiary Bringing Mini LED Technology to Touch Taiwan 2018

Longda Electronics, a subsidiary of Lextar, will present a series of miniLED backlights and displays, including a thin miniLED panel for backlighting, a mini RGB LED device for narrow-pitch displays, and the ultra-fine-pitch “I-Mini” RGB display module at the Touch Taiwan 2018 exhibition, which takes place at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Hall from August 29th … Read more

EISA Reveals 2018 Home Theatre Award Winners

More EISA award-winners have been announced, this time from the Home Theatre Display & Video category, which covers TVs, Blu-ray players and projection systems. Winners included LG, Philips, Samsung, Sharp and Sony. The full list of prize-winners is as follows: Best Buy OLED TV: Philips 55OLED803 Best Buy LCD TV: TCL 55DC760 Best Premium OLED … Read more

Innolux Opens First FamilyMart Smart Store in Taiwan

According to Digitimes, Innolux and Taiwan convenience store chain FamilyMart have opened their first jointly developed smart store, featuring digital signage boards, shelf-edge displays, self-checkouts and other smart solutions. The store incorporates hardware and software from companies such as Dell, EIH, Microsoft and Novatek, the publication’s sources said. Innolux chairman Jim Hung says that the … Read more

Is the Samsung Q9 Overpriced? — Part 2

Two weeks ago I suggested that, although Samsung’s top-of-the-line Q9 quantum-dot TV set is likely the best-looking television set on the planet, it may well be substantially overpriced relative to the new Vizio P9 Quantum, which costs $2099 for the 65-inch (and only) version. (Dog Day Reveries) Samsung’s 65-inch QN65Q9F is selling for $3497.99 from … Read more