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Ignis Claims HDR Mobile Display

While the resolution war has been going on among smartphone makers, other display enhancements have been largely ignored. Ignis aims to correct that oversight with its new ‘True Vision Display’: an HDR AMOLED display for smartphones. Due to be shown at SID in June, the TVD uses Ignis’ MaxLife technology (Display Monitor Vol 20 No … Read more

eMagin Shows OLED HMD

We learned last year that eMagin was building a VR head-mounted display, using its own 2k x 2k OLED microdisplay (eMagin Building High-Res OLED HMD). Development has now been completed and the company has shown off the new product, which looks like a pair of goggles. The field of view is said to be over … Read more

Broadsign Rolls Out Shell Network

Broadsign has been chosen by Shell to deploy a network of 600 screens at its petrol forecourts in the UK and the Netherlands. 200 screens are in operation at 25 sites in the UK, and 400 screens at 50 sites in the Netherlands – all using Broadsign’s CMS. We are checking the brand and size … Read more

Companies Embrace Signage, IDC Predicts Growth

The worldwide digital signage market will grow strongly over the next two years, says a new IDC study, although the study was based on US respondents. Increased availability of more flexible, interactive content is helping to drive digital signage forwards. Satisfaction is also rising, with 82% of surveyed companies now saying that they are ‘very … Read more

Quanta Ready to Handle Apple Watch Demand

Quanta has commented on the rumours that Apple is considering outsourcing Apple Watch production to other companies (WSJ Confirms Taptic Engine Limiting Watch Supply). Vice chairman CC Leung has said that production is ‘no longer a challenge’. Leung added that labour shortages over the Chinese New Year period limited ‘client’s’ shipments, but the company now … Read more

CPT Focuses on New Small-Size Panels

Chunghwa Picture Tubes is preparing to strengthen development and production of panels for industrial computing devices and automobiles, to raise value and margins. The company said that it shipped 101 million small- and medium-size panels in Q1 (down 1.2% YoY), of which 42 million were for smartphones (-3%), 10.3 million for tablets (up 2.5%) and … Read more

MSI Denies Lenovo Interest

Micro-Star International (MSI) has strongly denied reports that it is in talks with Lenovo to sell its gaming notebook business. Rumours had been circulating suggesting that Lenovo was interested in acquiring the unit to raise its competitiveness in the gaming notebook industry. Lenovo is a major client of MSI’s ODM/OEM business.