Tech Data to Distribute Iiyama
Tech Data has signed a distribution agreement with Iiyama. Tech Data is the first major national distributor to cover Iiyama’s complete portfolio in Italy.
Cablevision Enjoys 2015 Growth
Cablevision – the New York-based telco – has said that its 2015 video customer results were significantly improved compared to 2014, with 45,000 fewer losses.
USB-IF Offers Guidance to Industry for Design Compliance of USB Devices
USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF), the support organization for the advancement and adoption of USB technology, calls the industry to action to develop compliant USB products as defined in the USB specifications. USB Type-C™ is forecasted to dominate mobile devices, PCs and other consumer electronics, with an estimated two billion devices by 2019, according to IHS. … Read more
Projecting the Future of Retail
Retailers visiting the Retail Design Expo – part of the Retail Business Technology Expo and Retail Digital Signage Expo on 9-10 March – will see the UK debut of DisplayMapper that is set to change the face of retail. Having created retail projection showstoppers like Harrods’ Faberge installation, Projection Artworks developed DisplayMapper for retailers that … Read more
Sustainable Office: A look at Energy Labels, Green Packaging and Energy Saving Monitors
Creating a sustainable workplace is becoming increasingly important for both professional and home users alike. Today, opting for energy-efficient, sustainably-produced technology is not only understood as being good for the planet, but also of benefit to users who can, for example, save ongoing electricity costs by choosing a monitor with low energy consumption. But considering … Read more
Cree Achieves ‘Incandescent’ LED Quality at High LPW
Cree has demonstrated a high- brightness and high-efficiency LED, which delivers almost 1,600 lumens at 134 lumens-per-Watt (LPW). Colour quality is said to be similar to that of an incandescent light bulb. The result is around a 25% increase in LPW over production LEDs of similar colour quality, under real-world operating conditions. According to Cree, … Read more
Robert Visser Honoured by SID
Applied Materials Inc has announced that Dr. Robert Visser has received a 2016 Special Recognition Award from the Society of Information Display.The award is for his “pioneering research and commercialisation of new display technologies related to OLEDs, LCD materials and barrier films, including encapsulation technologies for OLED and flexible displays.”
Applied Materials’ Robert Visser Honored by Society of Information Display
Applied Materials, Inc. today announced that Dr. Robert Visser has received a 2016 Special Recognition Award from the Society of Information Display, a leading industry organization comprised of the top scientists, engineers, corporate researchers and business people of the display field. The award is for his “pioneering research and commercialization of new display technologies related … Read more
AUO Shows AMOLED for 2016
AUO has used an event at its headquarters in Hsinchu, Taiwan to show new products and technologies. These included both large and small displays, and were not limited to LCD displays. AUO CEO Paul PengA 65″ LCD TV panel was the largest product shown. It is described as borderless, due to the use of Gate … Read more
Sharp Accepts Foxconn Bid
For several months (beginning in September: see Rumour: Foxconn Takes Stake in Sharp Display Unit), Foxconn has been linked to a takeover of Sharp – either specific business units or the whole company. Finally, Sharp has accepted the Taiwanese firm’s bid. The Wall Street Journal reports that Sharp has accepted Foxconn’s ¥700 billion ($6.2 billion) … Read more
Google Extends Cast Protocol Outside Android
Google introduced its Google Cast protocol – the ability to send content from a mobile device to a larger screen – on its Chromecast and Android TV platforms. Now, Variety says that the company is planning to roll the technology out to other devices. Specifically, it will be built into TVs without Android, the first … Read more
See Our Top Picks of ISE
While at ISE 2016, we recorded videos of some of the highlights of the show, as they relate to the display trade. As well as two roundup videos, we interviewed Antoine Doublet of micro-LED maker Deepsky (Deepsky Challenges Silicon Core at ISE) and Karl Lang, a colour specialist from Lumit Labs who was speaking about … Read more
