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Given the poor conditions in the PC market, it’s surprising to be reporting that the market for desktop monitors in EMEA was up on last year in Q1 2016 according to Meko’s DisplayCast DTM market report. Overall, the market rose 4.3% year on year, although, as usual, it was down on Q4 by 7.1%, although … Read more
48.5% of all TV sets shipped in Q4’15 – 34.2 million units – were smart models, says IHS, leading to smart TV shipments breaking the 100 million mark for the first time last year. IHS expects shipments to reach 109 million this year and 134 million in 2020. “Consumers increasingly regard smart functions as essential,” … Read more
The NEC Showcase took place this year at the Millbank Tower. The nearest underground station was Westminster, beside the Houses of Parliament in London. I was surprised to see a band and lots of tourists and thought that NEC had gone to extreme lengths to welcome delegates, but it turned out to be the opening … Read more
Shipment area of large (9″+) TFT-LCD displays will rise 5% YoY in 2016, despite unit shipment declines, says IHS. Total area shipped this year will reach 168 million m². LG Display will lead the market with a 25% share, followed by Samsung Display at 20%. The same trend is seen in TV panels, with unit … Read more
Vodafone Deutschland has chosen 3 Screen Solutions (3SS) to redesign its Select Video VoD service. 3SS delivered new software to enhance the functionality of the service, building on existing middleware. The new VoD store is now live on the legacy digital STBs of Vodafone’s approximately 1.7 million German subscribers.
Eyevis of Germany was showing its ESP range of DLP-based LED projector engines which are widely used in aircraft and automotive simulators. The company has supplied projectors for 17 aircraft simulators being developed by Lufthansa. The engines currently support resolutions up to 2560 x 1600 and the firm told us that it will look at … Read more
At the back of the hall, one company, Dauntless, had set up its simulation system in an area that allowed two users to move around, wearing VR headsets. On the displays were the scenarios that were being played out and you could see how this kind of simulation could be very helpful in developing either … Read more
JVC was showing the latest version of its DLA-VS2500 UltraHD laser phosphor projector and had the light engine, which it calls the Blu-escent engine, in a display case on the booth. The unit uses the D-ILA LCOS technology (3 0.7″ chips) and produces 1,200 lumens for 40,000 hours with 30,000:1 contrast. Unusually, the light output … Read more
The value of going to this kind of show for news was shown when we got to the Canon booth. The company had a prototype (serial number #001!) three panel 4K LCOS projector based on a laser phosphor light source, but otherwise similar to a recently launched lamp-based version. The resolution is a “true” value, … Read more
Esterline bought Barco’s simulation business last year as the Belgian company focused on its core display components. Esterline supplies complete display systems in a number of different ranges under the Treality brand, and using, very often, projectors from Barco. The firm also told us that it was “image generator-agnostic” At the show, the emphasis was … Read more
ITEC is the annual exhibition for the military/defence simulation business in Europe that is equivalent to the US I/ITSEC which we have reported on for several years. This is the first time that we have attended the event, which took place at London’s Excel centre, although it moves to Rotterdam for next year. There were … Read more
Micro LEDs are reckoned to be a potentially very disruptive technology, for both large and small screens (“The Only Disruptive Technology at Display Week”). Since SID 2015, more and more stories have been appearing about these products, especially at shows like ISE. Post-SID ’15, it was thought that the first micro-LED display would come from … Read more
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