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TV – With TV sales somewhat recovering from a recent downturn, many hope that the TV market is returning to normal. There are also many analysts that have a different view based on changes in the viewing behavior of the consumer. There have been many discussions about the future of the broadcast industry and if I … Read more
Digital Cinema – In a special visit to Christie Digital in Kitchener, Ontario, Insight Media had a chance to see something few have seen yet – a new Christie projector that offers a significant increase in contrast and will soon be suitable for projecting high dynamic content in theatrical venues. The secret behind the innovation is … Read more
TV – The Korean Times reports that LG is slashing the price for their curved 55″ OLED TV from KRW15 million ($14,200) a year ago to KRW3.99 million this month. The lower prices will be in effect throughout major retail channels in South Korea. It would appear that the curved OLED TV (model # 55EC9300) is coming down in price … Read more
Mobile Displays – A recent iPhone 6 teardown report published by IHS confirms Apple is sourcing both its 4.7″ and 5.5″ AMLCD panels from LG Display and JDI (Japan Display Inc). The company is paying $45 for the (smaller version) LTPS touch screen display and $52.50 for the larger iPhone Plus panel that brings Apple close to smartphone display size parity with … Read more
3D in Education – There’s no place for jaundiced observations in serious business planning. That’s why I took time at InfoComm, ISTE and other conferences in 2014 to interview the big 3D players – some of the largest vendors selling to the education market four years ago, when the hype was at a high point. Now, … Read more
Smartphones – The original InkCase product developed by Oaxis Inc. (North American office is in City of Industry, CA) was an E Ink type display that could be mounted on the back of a smartphone. In this configuration, the user was required to utilize either the smartphone screen or the InkCase screen. Based on the … Read more
Market Intelligence – IDTechEx focuses a good portion of its research on flexible sensors and flexible displays. This includes, but is not limited to, printed electronics and OLED displays. With many successful technologies in the past few years, sensors are a key in making them do the things we expect. Turn your smartphone, swipe versus tap, look … Read more
Display Components – A paper revealing a new blue PHOLED technology that could lead to longer battery life in smartphones and other mobile devices has been published in Nature Materials by researchers at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Their developments have extended the lifetime of blue organic light emitting diodes by a factor of 10. … Read more
Smartphone – When Apple comes out with a new smartphone the world notices and many webpages are full of adoration and love. The love comes mostly from the shareholders, which experience around this time of the year some notable increase in their investment. This is achieved by Apple releasing good products in the first place. … Read more
Augmented Reality – As a reader, you know by now about our obsession with virtual and augmented reality. We believe that these are key technologies that will influence or even define the user interface in the future. The question is when this will happen. So far virtual and augmented reality headsets exist for many years from … Read more
Market Intelligence – Strategy Analytics will shortly be releasing its market report on processor shipments and market shares for tablets and smartphones in the second quarter of 2014. The report distinguishes between smartphone baseband processors, smartphone application processors and tablet application processors. The smartphone baseband market reached $5.2 billion in Q2’14, representing a growth of … Read more
Market Intelligence – In recent months there has been good news on increasing PC sales (notably notebooks) and slowing tablet sales, leading many to believe that the consumer love affair with tablets is over, a sentiment that Tim Cook, CEO of Apple did not share in a recent interview. Cook believes that the tablet market … Read more
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