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NPD: Screen Size and Picture Quality Drive Replacement TV Purchases

As US consumers look to update their televisions, increasing the size and picture quality are the top driving forces, according to NPD Connected Intelligence. Of the consumers who purchased an UltraHD replacement TV, 45% reported buying their new TV because they wanted a larger screen, 39% for better picture quality and 24% purchased because pricing … Read more

Radiant Webinar Presents Principles of Light and Color Measurement for Product Design and Quality Control

Radiant Vision Systems, a leading provider of test and measurement solutions for lighting and displays, announces that it will host a webinar to present the background, principles, and applications of light and color measurement methods that match human visual perception. The webinar, titled “Principles of Light and Color Measurement,” will be broadcast live on Tuesday, … Read more

Webinar Presents Principles of Light and Colour Measurement

Radiant Vision Systems, a provider of test and measurement solutions for lighting and displays, will host a webinar to present the background, principles and applications of light and colour measurement methods. “Principles of Light and Color Measurement” will be broadcast live on Tuesday June 26th 2018, from 9 am PDT (12 pm EDT). The broadcast … Read more

New ZXY500 Multi-touch Controllers Enable Ultra-narrow Bezels

Zytronic, a leading manufacturer of large format, durable and customised Projected Capacitive Technology (PCT and MPCT) touch sensors has launched a new generation of multi-touch controllers, which enable ultra-narrow inactive borders and improved compatibility with contactless systems. In response to the growing demand for narrow screen borders, especially in interactive video walls, the new Zytronic … Read more

New ZXY500 Multi-touch Controllers Enable Ultra-narrow Bezels

Zytronic family of ZXY500 multi touch controllers

Zytronic has launched a new generation of multi-touch controllers, which are claimed to enable ultra-narrow inactive borders and improved compatibility with contactless systems. The new Zytronic ZXY500touch controllers allow touch sensors to be designed with substantially reduced non-active borders. For example, a 55” diagonal touch sensor can now be designed with sub 10mm borders. A … Read more

Limited Disruption for Local Electronics Businesses Following Osaka Earthquake

The magnitude 6.1 earthquake which hit Japan’s Osaka area earlier this week, tragically killing four people and injuring hundreds more, also had a catastrophic effect on the city’s infrastructure, creating a knock-on effect for many businesses operating in the area. Several electronics firms have plants in Osaka, one of Japan’s biggest commercial hubs. Panasonic was … Read more

Netflix and Virgin to Offer Combination Subscription

Virgin Media has announced that from October 2018, its customers in the UK will be able to add Netflix to their main TV package and incorporate it into their Virgin Media bill. The two companies have enjoyed a long-standing partnership in the UK. Netflix content is directly searchable from the Virgin TV interface and its … Read more

Kyulux and Wisechip Unveil Flexible Hyperfluorescence PMOLED Display

Kyulux recently demonstrated Wisechip’s latest flexible PMOLED display, which uses Kyulux’s Hyperfluoresence yellow emitter. The company says that the power consumption of this display, compared to Wisechip’s fluorescent yellow, is almost half. The Wisechip flexible display is 42.22 mm × 10.54 mm in size (1.71″ diagonal), with a resolution of 256 × 64 pixels. According … Read more

Report: “HDTVs Can’t Reproduce the True Colours of the World Cup”

Last year, it was announced that the World Cup 2018 is being shot and broadcast in Ultra HD and HDR for the first time ever. More recently, Jeff Yurek, of quantum dot technology provider, Nanosys, performed an experiment to see how much of a difference these new features are making to image quality, posting his … Read more

Lorem Ipsum Uses Cylindrical Display to Show 8K Video at Airport Exhibit

Platov Airport in Rostov-on-Don, Russia is home to an exhibit by creative studio, Lorem Ipsum. Titled “Platov and his Time,” the exhibition uses technology, artwork and video to pay tribute to the role Platov and his army played in shaping the country’s history and has been designed to fit into the overall aesthetic of the … Read more

IHS: Automotive Displays Expected to Maintain Healthy Growth in 2018

The global demand for automotive display systems is expected to continue a strong growth path in 2018, according to a recent report from IHS Markit. OEM production of the three primary automotive display systems — instrument cluster, centre stack and head-up display systems — is expected to reach 118.5 million units globally by the end … Read more