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BYU Discusses Holographic Displays

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Three researchers at Brigham Young University (BYU) published an article on February 3rd in the on-line version of the Review of Scientific Instruments titled “Frequency division color characterization apparatus for anisotropic leaky mode light modulators.” And why is this of interest to readers of Large Display Monitor? Because, according to Daniel E. Smalley, assistant professor … Read more

Global pay-TV Subscriber Base to Surpass 924.4 Million in 2014 with 14% Growth of IPTV Market

The worldwide pay-TV market is expected to grow 5% in 2014, surpassing 924.4 million subscribers. “IPTV is expected to grow a market leading 14% in 2014, followed by satellite TV platform at 7%. The growth rates of cable and terrestrial TV platforms are expected to slow to around 3%,” comments Jake Saunders, VP and Practice … Read more

Panasonic Toughbook 54 Sets New Standard for Semi-Rugged Laptops

Panasonic, an industry leader in reliable and innovative mobile computers since 1996, today announced the Toughbook® 54. As the thinnest and lightest semi-rugged laptop in its class, the Toughbook 54 is a highly portable tool for mobile professionals who need durability, power and feature sets beyond what a standard consumer laptop can offer. With a … Read more

Early Thoughts from ISE 2015

The ISE show was something of a triumph. The organisers had over 50,000 pre-registered visitors from all over Europe and the show was busy and very well attended. Although some exhibitors were grumpy about an extension to Friday, others were happy to extend their stay in the city to the weekend. I had several thoughts … Read more

BDA Sets Out HDR Plans for Blu-ray (Corrected)

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We have corrected the story that we published last week based on some corrections received from the BDA (we removed a reference to a third HDR technology): Large Display Monitor has heard that the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) has decided to support high dynamic range (HDR) technologies for the new UltraHD Blu-ray disk format through … Read more

LEDs Rule the Roost at ISE

As I write this, ISE has just ended and the Display Monitor team is gearing up to bring you the event report. It is set to be a good one, and hopefully shorter than our CES behemoth! The show this year felt much busier for us than 2014, as we’ve expanded our coverage to new … Read more

Intel to Sell Stake in Imagination Technologies

Intel Foundation is to sell its 4.9% stake in UK-based chip maker Imagination Technologies, whose graphics processors have been a key component of Apple’s “iDevices” since the third-generation iPhone 3GS. Apple remains both a shareholder and licensee of Imagination, having originally acquired a 3.6% stake in the business in 2008, which it has steadily increased … Read more

Moire No Problem for SiliconCore

SiliconCore Technologies (SCT) is the manufacturer of common cathode LED displays, which are said to be more efficient than common anode displays – they do not lose so much power to heat, the firm claims. Common cathode technology is key to SCT’s new anti-moire display method. A panel consisting of three films – a sun … Read more

Iiyama Extends ProCap Touch Sizes

We caught up with Iiyama at the show where the focus was completely on touch monitors. Although the firm has a mainstream desktop monitor business (with #11 ranking in the European market and sales of around 1.5 million units per year according to Meko’s DisplayCast service), it is more interested in developing its speciality monitors … Read more

Toshiba Extends Battery With Broadwell

Toshiba’s newest ultrabook is the Satellite Z30-B-100: a thin (17.9mm) and lightweight (1.2kg) model, with a metal body and Core i5 Broadwell chip (2.2GHz). The Intel chip – running 64-bit Windows 8.1 – is responsible for the unit’s 16-hour battery life. A 256GB SSD provides storage, with 8GB of RAM. The ultrabook has a 13.3″ … Read more

Xiaomi Readies US Launch – Minus Smartphones

Xiaomi is preparing to launch its products outside Asia – but that doesn’t include mobiles. Hugo Barra, VP of international at the company (and formerly head of product management at Google’s Android unit), said that Xiaomi will launch its Mi.com website in the USA and other markets “within a few months”. Products like fitness bands, … Read more