Astro Design Shows First 55-inch 8K Display 2
Astro Design used NAB 2015 to show off what it believes is the world’s first 55″ 8K resolution display.
Cellphones that can Reconfigure into a Bracelet Format
During this past week, there was patent activity that indicates a continuing interest on the part of major cellphone makers in devices that can be mechanically switched from a conventional flat form to a wearable, bracelet format. Backing up just a bit, an early patent application related to this technology was filed by Apple in … Read more
Tianma Shows 5.5″ FHD AMOLED Display Panel
The OLED Association has released news about a new 5.5″ AMOLED display presented to the organisation by Tianma. According to the article the new AMOLED display comes with full HD resolution, a first for any mobile OLED display made in China. Source: OLED Association The report claims that is has been difficult for OLED makers … Read more
ARRIS, Charter Acquire ActiveVideo® Through New Joint Venture
ARRIS Group Inc. (NASDAQ: ARRS) (ARRIS) and Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTR) (Charter) announced today that they established a joint venture that has agreed to acquire ActiveVideo® for approximately $135 million. ARRIS will own 65% of the joint venture company and will be the sales channel for ActiveVideo’s CloudTV platform. Closing of the transaction is … Read more
Samsung Productivity & Curved Displays
We spoke in a telephone interview with Phil Gaut of Samsung UK about the recent release of the firm’s curved desktop monitors (Samsung Brings its Curve to Europe) These were launched a couple of weeks ago with the support of a document endorsed by Prof. Stephen Westland, Professor of Colour Science at the University of … Read more
OLED TV: Second Wind?
A combination of company announcements, seemingly reliable reporting and just plain rumors make it reasonable to believe that OLED television is finally getting its second wind. The reliable reporting centers on LG Display increasing its panel production, with LG Electronics modestly decreasing some set prices. The rumors center on Samsung re-entering the OLED-TV business, but … Read more
Touch International Combines Day and Night Readability
US-based Touch International has expanded its range of display enhancements. The company can now design, develop and build custom dual-mode sunlight-readable LCD units, which also support night vision use. The custom displays can be up to 19″ and have an operating temperature of -30° – 85°. In night vision mode, these units comply with the … Read more
Eyevis Builds New Visualisation Wall
Eyevis and IVC Technologies are working together to build an automated visualisation wall; they are also working with the R&D headquarters of an unnamed ‘major international client’. The system will be built for research and monitoring in the medical, security and military sectors. The prototype uses Eyevis’ 58″ UltraHD LCD displays.
Sony’s Lifespace Bundled With High-Contrast Screen
More than a year after it was announced at CES 2014 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 3), Sony’s Lifespace UX projector – the LSPX-W1S – has been launched in Europe. It is an ultra-short throw model producing DCI-4k resolution images, up to 147″. Sony’s projector will be available bundled with a new short-throw projection screen … Read more
NEC Expands Large-Format Display Range
A 65″ version of NEC‘s X981UHD display has been released. The X651UHD has a 60Hz refresh rate and can display up to four separate content feeds at once. The unit uses an IPS panel with a 1,400:1 contrast ratio, and LED backlight producing 500 cd/m². It can show 10-bit colour, upscale to UltraHD and features … Read more
Eizo Prepares for New Colour Space
Two of Eizo‘s UltraHD monitors – the CG318-4K and CG248-4K (Wide Colour and High Resolution on Eizo’s ColorEdgeEizo Reaches New Pixel Density Record) – have had Imagica’s 3D look-up table data integrated. With the new look-up table, the monitors can be used to display and edit images using the Rec.2020 colour space. Rec.2020 can be … Read more
Apple Extends UltraHD Support to Single Stream
Apple has begun to support lower-cost UltraHD displays with the release of OSX 10.10.3. Previously, Apple’s devices would only send UltraHD signals to Multi-Stream Transport displays at 60Hz. With this change Single-Stream Transport models, like Dell’s UP2715K, are also supported at 60Hz. SST models tend to be lower-cost than those with MST technology. Apple has … Read more
