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Over the last two or three years, we have seen Taiwanese companies (following many of their Japanese counterparts) moving towards the B2B display business. BenQ was one of the first, but we have since seen Acer starting to sell LFDs (although with very limited success so far), and at ISE we caught up with Asus, … Read more
As we reported from CES, 3M Touch has now adopted its own metal mesh film technology for its larger touch monitor business. The company told us the reasons that it is able to adopt the technology, without hitting problems with moiré or having to adopt different mesh patterns to match different pixel pitches – the … Read more
The ICDM has announced that Joe Kane will take over as the chair of its Front Projector Screen subcommittee. Karl Lang, of Lumita Labs (which tests projectors for colorlightoutput.com and who was at ISE promoting the standard), will take the position of chair of the Front Projector Measurements subcommittee. Both will make presentations at the … Read more
Samsung Display had a meeting room under Hall 8 with its latest LFD panels. The first area we looked at was a display of open cell LCDs. Samsung Display told us that it has decided to start promoting open cell LCDs for commercial applications (rather than TV panels) in 23.8″, 46″, 55″, 75″ and 85″ … Read more
Mobile World Congress takes place in Barcelona this week. Samsung and LG have already announced their plans to launch new flagship phones (LG and Samsung Prepare World for New Flagships), but there’s more news to come. Two mid-range phones will be launched alongside LG‘s G5, known as the ‘Specialist X’ series: thee LG X Cam … Read more
All of the main LFD suppliers are trying to get a share of the high brightness display market, but are typically topping out at around 2,500 cd/m², which is where the panel makers tend to limit their “off the shelf” panels. Dynascan typically gets started at around that level and goes up in brightness. As … Read more
Leyard took over Planar last year (Planar to be Acquired by Leyard). At this year’s ISE, there were two booths but the company is in the process of merging its sales and marketing teams. The Planar brand is likely to continue to be used and the firm will be known as “a Leyard company”, at … Read more
Zytronic, a leader in advanced, rugged Projected Capacitive Technology (PCT™ and MPCT™) touch sensors is unveiling a new multi-touch controller with a faster response time and gesture recognition support for smaller self-service touchscreen applications. Optimised for displays of 22” diagonal and less, the new Zytronic ZXY150 touch controller is designed to offer tablet-like multi-touch functionality … Read more
SMPTE has received a Special Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). The Special Award plaque was presented to SMPTE at the Academy’s annual Scientific and Technical Awards presentation, which took place on the 13th February. The award citation reads, “For one hundred years, the Society’s members have nurtured technology, provided … Read more
On the occasion of the 66th Berlin International Film Festival the European Audiovisual Observatory releases its first estimates for European cinema attendance in 2015. The Observatory estimates that total admissions in the European Union increased by 7.6% to 980 million tickets sold, 69 million more than in 2014. This is the second highest level registered … Read more
At Display Week 2016, the Society for Information Display will provide a forum for live demonstrations of emerging information display technologies and related areas in an exhibit called the “Innovation Zone” (I-Zone) in the main Exhibit Hall. The I-Zone will showcase the cutting-edge demos and prototypes that will lead to the products of tomorrow. The … Read more
Although the feature list of AOC’s newest monitor is relatively sparse, the price is attractive. A 29″ display, the Q2963PQ has 2560 x 1080 resolution and a 21:9 aspect ratio. It can be tilted, and features an MHL port. Other inputs include DisplayPort, DVI-D and VGA. The screen be partitioned with picture-in- and picture-by-picture modes. … Read more
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