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Everdisplay showed prototypes of an 8″ AMOLED panel for the automotive market at CES Asia last month. Credit: OLED-Info Little information is currently available. However, Everdisplay did say that the panel has 1920 x 1080 resolution, a 2ms response time and 100,000:1 contrast ratio. It is able to operate in -40° – 85° temperatures. (The … Read more
A new report on Marketsandmarkets (http://tinyurl.com/nby4szt), the digital signage market will be worth more than $23.7 billion by 2020. This represents an 8.18% CAGR over the next five years. The rise in market value (from $14.6 billion in 2014) is due to the rising demand for commercial displays; increased investments by companies; acceptance from governments; … Read more
Google Cardboard (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 26) was presumed to be a simple marketing stunt. Google, however, appears to be taking the device seriously – enough that the company has released a second generation, at least. The ‘Google Cardboard I/O 2015’ can support phones up to 6″ and features a pushbutton controller, rather than … Read more
2015 will be the fourth consecutive year of declining PC shipments, says IDC, with a 6.2% fall forecast. The market continues to struggle, with competition from tablets and smartphones and generally low demand. While shipments were stable in mid-2014, thanks to the end of Windows XP, that cycle has been replaced by a reduction in … Read more
That cellular connectivity will be a growth driver for tablets and hybrid devices in the future, is the main take-away from both IDC and Gartner’s new data set releases. IDC believes that worldwide tablet growth will continue to slow in 2015, falling 3.8% YoY to 221.8 million units. This follows two consecutive quarters of declines … Read more
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) has increased its research and development budget for the year by 16% to an all time high of $2.2 billion. Last year the company spent $1.9 billion on R&D, rolling out 210 technologies for 8,800 products, according to TSMC’s co-CEO, Wei Che-chia. The funds will be spent on new technologies as … Read more
Japan’s Socionext is now sampling a new UltraHD media playback SoC, which supports high-res content at 60fps using HEVC and VP9. The MN2WS03101A is a single chip IC, with built-in HDMI-Tx/Rx. It is compatible with the HEVC Main 10 profile and supports both HDR and wide colour gamut (BT.2020) content.
Thomson Video Networks has announced that Chili, the Italian content provider, is using the ViBE VS7000 multi-screen and HEVC encoding platform. The VS7000 is being used to deliver UltraHD content through Chili’s pay-TV platform.
Exxact Corporation has chosen to use Matrox’s C-Series multi-display graphics cards in three new video wall and digital signage systems. One of these, the Exxact MPX3000 (with the Matrox C680), will be shown at Infocomm in Orlando this month. The other systems are the Spectrum IXR416-0064N and Spectrum TXN003-0032N.
Click to enlargeJust months after the ISS received a new projection screen (Screen Innovations Takes its Place Among the Stars), a Casio projector has been sent into orbit. Casio’s XJ-M256 is now in place on the International Space Station, where it will be used for training, communication and entertainment.
Casio America, Inc., a leading industry manufacturer of LampFree projectors, is proud to announce that its Signature XJ-M256 LampFree® projector has been sent to the International Space Station. It will be operated by crew members for onboard training activities including spacewalking and complex robotics, among others. The projector will also be used for crew video … Read more
A dual-screen Samsung smartphone codenamed Project Valley has been ‘revealed’ by SamMobile. According to the website, multiple gestures will be supported that facilitate switching between the screens. The device may feature a foldable display.
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