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Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday announced it reached an agreement to sell the company’s entry-level feature phone assets to FIH Mobile Ltd., a subsidiary of Hon Hai/Foxconn Technology Group, and HMD Global, Oy for $350 million. As part of the deal, FIH Mobile Ltd. will also acquire Microsoft Mobile Vietnam — the company’s Hanoi, Vietnam, manufacturing … Read more
One of the clear outcomes of the Display Summit China event was the wide support for short throw laser TV products in China. These need special screens that can accept the light at a sharp upward angle, project it in a wide viewing cone and reject ambient light as much as possible. The demos shown … Read more
Compound Photonics is a company that has been quietly developing laser projection technology for 10 years. At Display Summit China, it made its first public appearance and described a little of what it is doing. The goal according to speaker Tim Anderson, VP of Product Management, is to bring to market a 3,000 lumen RGB … Read more
Speakers from Nanjing CQ Lasers, Necsel and the University College of Southeast Norway gave presentations at Display Summit China on the status of laser devices for projection applications. As expected, some parts of the supply chain are mature and some are not, but price reduction will be the key to expanding opportunities. CQ Xu reviewed … Read more
Our front page story from Sony was not difficult to choose this week. We have a special “microsite” with news from SID’s Display Week, which starts in a couple of days. In my introductory article for this page, I said “Micro LEDs – there will be much discussion of whether this can be a disruptive … Read more
Google and IMAX Corporation today announced at Google’s annual developer conference, Google I/O, that the companies are working to develop a cinema-grade virtual reality (VR) camera – the IMAX® VR camera – to enable today’s leading filmmakers and content creators to deliver the highest-quality 3D 360-degree content experiences to audiences worldwide. IMAX’s team of engineers … Read more
The cinema industry is currently actively debating how laser phosphor and RGB laser light sources will be adopted in cinemas. In one corner is Christie, which has said that laser phosphor light source are transitional and that by 2022, all new cinema projectors will be powered by RGB laser light sources. In the other corner … Read more
JM-Laser Technology (JM-LT) gave an impressive talk describing their RGB laser sources that have been integrated into 53 cinema screens in China so far, cooperating with Oristar. That’s a lot at this stage of the market. They call their solution LRGB for laser RGB or Phasor Free, which we think means ‘speckle free’. The company … Read more
Jiangsu Inovel Display Technology Co. used its presentation time at Display Summit China to provide an overview of solid state projection technologies, then dive into its projection products, as shown in the diagram below. The newest product, the V8, was used at the conference hotel to display the agenda and other information to attendees, so … Read more
In the presentation given by Hisense at Display Summit China, it became clear that the company is very serious about the potential for the laser TV category and they are investing heavily to develop it. This category is defined by products like their Laser Cast TV, which is a short throw projector designed to be … Read more
Image: MekoMost of the H-series TVs from Hisense, which were introduced at CES 2016 (Hisense Begins Sharp Licensing), are now available in the USA. The H8 ($600 50H8C $700 and 55H8C), H5 ($200 – $500 in 32″ – 53″ sizes), H4 ($200 – $430 in 32″ – 50″ sizes) and H3 ($100 – $250 in … Read more
The full agenda has been announced for the Display Summit USA, which runs from the 6th-7th June in Las Vegas, just prior to InfoComm. The agenda can be found at http://tinyurl.com/z46686j, and you can register at http://tinyurl.com/zawpgl9.
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