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TCO Development has issued a reminder to companies about its new generation of TCO Certified (TCO Tightens Restrictions in Seventh Generation). TCO Certified 7 requires that energy consumption in ‘on’, ‘sleep’ and ‘off’ modes be tested by an independent third party, and those values declared on the product certificate.
At the time of writing, the Baselworld watch show is ongoing in Switzerland. The event is, of course, famous for the luxury Swiss watches that are shown there – but, increasingly, mainstream electronics like smartwatches have been appearing as well. Fossil (actually running its own event coinciding with Baselworld) expanded its Q range with the … Read more
OLED-Info is best-known for its status as a source of OLED information. However, the website is branching out, and has launched a new service called the OLED Marketplace – ‘the world’s most complete OLED panel catalogue’. The Marketplace is free to access and lists OLED panels from 12 manufacturers. Both passive and active types are … Read more
SDC currently produces around 9 million OLED displays per month for the Galaxy S7 EdgeKorea’s ET News claims that Apple and Samsung Display have signed an official contract, confirming SDC as the primary flexible OLED display provider for the 2017 iPhone. The firm will supply between 50% and 80% of OLED screens that the company … Read more
Samsung has introduced a 27″ monitor with a 1,800R curve radius, designed for both gamers and professionals. Samsung’s older curved monitors have a less pronounced 3,000R – 4,000R curve (i.e. CF591). Based on a VA panel, the C27F591FDU features a high contrast ratio (3,000:1), low response time (3ms) and uses AMD’s Freesync technology. This eliminates … Read more
It is becoming more and more difficult for companies to keep anything a secret, especially those like Apple. The iPhone SE, launched at an event on Monday the 21st, had been leaked in January (Apple Goes Back One Gen With New iPhone). We have full coverage of the new iPhone in a separate article (Apple … Read more
Tablet shipments fell in MEA last year, as vendors feel the pinch of saturation across the region, as well as the effect of low consumer confidence in oil-dependent countries. Phablets also cannibalised demand, IDC has said. Huawei launched its flagship M2 tablet in the Middle East this JanuaryShipments were down 3.1% YoY in 2015, to … Read more
Sky has created a dedicated in-house VR production unit, called Sky VR Studio. Content produced – two films shot at the Formula 1 testing in Barcelona – was first released on the 18th March, and are available through the Facebook 360 Video platform. The films will also be available on the Oculus platform. Later in … Read more
Real-time, broadcast-quality, uncompressed video over IP has been a hot topic in the content-creation and broadcast industries recently where it is seen as a replacement for dedicated video SDI interfaces. In fact, last month I wrote a feature article for Large Display Monitor and Mobile Display Monitor (subscription required) covering a half-day seminar hosted by … Read more
Apple’s newest iPhone SE turns to a “Back to the Future” display size that validates (at least in principle) Steve Job’s mandate of keeping the phone’s physical size to fit well within the palm of the hand. Apple acknowledged this today in their on-campus event when it stated that last year it sold 30 million … Read more
KOE’s latest 5.7″ LCD module is a high-brightness product, which is mechanically compatible with other displays of the same size from the manufacturer. The TX14D23VM12BAB uses an LED backlight with 1,000 cd/m² of brightness and a 40,000-hour lifetime. It also features a 600:1 contrast ratio and 640 x 480 resolution. Operating and storage temperatures are … Read more
Quality.TV, founded last year by Florian Friedrich (CEO of AVTop) and Joe Kane (CEO of Joe Kane Productions and journalist), introduced a universal test for UltraHD and FullHD in 2015, which was designed to expose reduced pixel counts (Pseudo UHD: Watch Out for Ultra HD TVs with Reduced Resolution!). Now, two new products have been … Read more
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