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Hisense Launches First Curved Quantum Dot TV with QD Vision’s Color IQ™ Technology

At SID Display Week, Hisense and QD Vision jointly launched a 55” curved quantum dot TV. The new K7100 integrates the ULED fine lighting technology and VIDAA3 intelligent operation system from Hisense, and Color IQ™ optics from QD Vision. The highly anticipated new product delivers top image quality and intelligent control, and will be available … Read more

Wearable Market Remained Strong in the First Quarter Despite the Pending Debut of the Apple Watch, Says IDC

The worldwide wearable device market (commonly referred to as wearables) recorded its eighth consecutive quarter of steady growth in the first quarter of 2015 (1Q15). According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker, vendors shipped a total of 11.4 million wearables in 1Q15, a 200.0% increase from the 3.8 million wearables … Read more

HDR Takes Center Stage

On June 3rd the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers New York Chapter (SMPTE-NY) had a joint meeting with the Blue Collar Post Collective on High Dynamic Range (HDR) video, especially in terms of HDR content creation and the post-production process. While most Display Daily readers are familiar with SMPTE, the Blue Collar Post … Read more

FlexEnable, Plastic Logic Name New CEOs

Chuck Milligan Flexenable

Chuck MilliganFollowing the split earlier this year of Plastic Logic into two separate entities (Plastic Logic Divides into Two Companies), the companies have now named the CEO’s of each business. The UK activities, working under the name of FlexEnable, will be led by Chuck Milligan, a US technology “veteran” whose experience includes growing technology IP … Read more

Panasonic, Thinaire to Deploy Proximity Marketing and Professional Display Solutions

Panasonic System Communications Company of North America, a leading provider of advanced audio/visual solutions, and Thinaire, one of the world leaders in proximity marketing, are working together on a global scale to jointly develop and deploy the next generation of intelligent proximity and video marketing solutions – designed to increase marketing efficacy and ROI. Panasonic … Read more

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 24

HTC has announced its first smartphone with resolution beyond 1920 x 1080. Unfortunately, the HTC One ME currently appears to be exclusive to China. The handset has a 5.2″ display with 2560 x 1560 resolution. Android 5.0 runs on a 64-bit octa-core 2.2GHz chip from Mediatek. 3GB of RAM, 32GB of storage and 4G connectivity … Read more

Gigabyte Begins Mobile G-Sync Rollout

Gigabyte introduced several new laptops under the Aorus brand; the first and more powerful model took the form of the X7. Like other Aorus models, it is a gaming notebook. The X7 features Nvidia’s G-Sync technology and a 17.3″ display (1920 x 1080). An Intel Core i7 processor (Haswell) drives the product, while two Geforce … Read more

Indium Recovery Relies on Acid Solution

Click to enlargeTo address the potential shortage of indium – a component of touchscreens – scientists have developed a new way to recover the metal through recycling. Writing in the journal ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (http://tinyurl.com/na56z4s), they found that the most effective method was to crush and grind glass into particles less than 75µm … Read more

Day and Night Modes Supported on Optoma’s HD37

The HD37 is Optoma’s newest DLP projector for the US market, featuring MHL connectivity and ISFccc certification. The certification recognises that the projector is calibrated for day and night viewing modes. Optoma designed the unit as a feature-rich model for the home cinema segment. It also has 3D capability. Resolution is 1920 x 1080. The … Read more

Christie Brings Life to Dead Sea Scrolls

Christie technology was used at the California Science Centre Discovery Ball this month, to showcase the Dead Sea Scrolls and their history. A two-storey projection-mapped display – using eight projection screens and 14 projectors (two Roadie HD+35K; two Roadster HD20K-J; eight Roadster HD14K-M; and two Roadster HD10K-M) – formed the exhibit. Bartkresa Design worked with … Read more