CES Display Prospects
This holiday break saw no really big stories this year – an unusual development. In most years, as soon as we have closed for the break, something big, usually a company story, breaks. So on our front page this week we’re concentrating on what we’ll see in displays at CES – there will be five … Read more
2015 Here We Come!
Ever so often one has the luck or the burden to be the first to voice one’s opinion. Here at Display Daily, 2015 is my chance to give my opinion first. My colleague contributors and I are all thinking about display technology and how it improves the electronic representation of images for the user. … Read more
Microsoft’s Morpheus and Rift Rival Arriving in 2015
A head-mounted gaming device will be launched by Microsoft this year, say supply chain sources. The product will be unveiled at E3 in June.
Macbook and Apple Watch Production Draw Closer
Members of Apple’s supply chain have started to produce components for a 12″ Macbook Air and the Apple Watch. Sources in the supply chain say that the Macbook will be launched in Q1’15, while the Apple Watch will enter production at that point. Quanta has been named as the Macbook manufacturer.
Japanese Panel Makers Lower Prices
Panel makers in Japan have lowered quoted prices to Chinese vendors for smartphone panels, to compete with Chinese and Taiwanese companies. Sources in Taiwan say that Japan Display and Sharp have been cutting prices, while handset vendors such as ZTE, TCL and Huawei move to expand their makret shares in China and other emerging markets.
Google Lays Android Auto Groundwork
Sources have told Reuters that Google is preparing a version of Android that will be built directly into cars. Drivers will be able to access the internet without connecting a 3G device such as a smartphone, it was said. The next version of the OS (‘Android M’) is expected to be launched in about a … Read more
Argos Follows MyTablet With Low-Cost Upgrade
Argos’ MyTablet, a 7″ model introduced in late 2013 (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 40), has been followed by a larger, updated model. The 2014 edition is a Windows 8.1 with Bing model, which means that customers receive a year’s subscription to Office 365 Personal; 1TB of Onedrive cloud storage; and 60 minutes of Skype … Read more
Display Manufacturing Shifting from OCA to OCR Optical Bonding
According to an article in ETNews, Samsung has changed part of its production for the Galaxy Note 4 from using OCA (optically clear adhesives) to using OCR (optically clear resin). From the two names there seem to be only semantic differences, however OCA refers to a film based adhesive, while OCR refers to a liquid … Read more
Virgin Media’s KipstR Wearable records TV if you fall asleep
The ‘KipstR’ is a new 3D-printed wearable, created at Manchester Creative Studio by two teenage students working with Virgin Media. The band links to a TiVo box and uses a pulse-oximeter to sense whether the wearer is asleep or awake. If they are asleep it will pause, record or resume a show, as appropriate. A … Read more
Comcast Delivers UltraHD Online
Comcast has launched its Xfinity app on Samsung’s 2014 UltraHD TVs in the USA. Customers using the app, with a 15Mbps or higher connection speed, will be able to watch UltraHD content (lower resolutions will be available at lower speeds). Xfinity has been launched with full current seasons of TV shows from NBC and USA … Read more
Hybrid Box Proposal Raised in Brazil
A proposal has been presented by Brazilian regulator Anatel, for satellite DTH operators to supply hybrid STBs. Anatel says it wants pay-TV operators to give equal treatment to local broadcasters. The measure is controversial because those same broadcasters (mostly) have carriage deals with the DTH broadcasters.
