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During the 2014 Printed Electronics Conference (Santa Clara, CA, November 18-20) Kateeva announced its YIELDjet FLEX manufacturing tool for flexible OLED displays. Kateeva offered attendees of Printed Electronics 2014 the opportunity to visit with Kateeva personnel and tour the firm’s facility in Menlo Park CA. During the Kateeva plant tour I had the opportunity to … Read more
Panasonic is supplying 180 projectors to Kingston University in the UK. The PT-RZ370 laser/LED hybrid model will be installed by GV Multimedia. The rollout represents the largest single delivery of PT-RZ370 projectors in Europe.
Stiftung Warentest, the German magazine, has named the best TVs of the year. Samsung’s UE55H7090 took second place and the UE55H8090, which has a curved screen, came in first. LG’s 47LB630V topped the Value category.
TFT panel suppliers are forecast to ship 718 million large-area (9″+) panels this year – a 3% rise compared to 2013. NPD DisplaySearch says that panel price increases and an expanding average TV size will enable revenues to keep pace with shipments. Revenues will also grow 3% YoY, to $75 billion. Large-area TFT panel shipments … Read more
MultiQ’s True-Flat series has, in the past, been limited to models up to 19″ in size. The company has now expanded this offering with a 21.5″ monitor, which can be used in multiple applications. As well as a desktop display, the 22″ True-Flat can be supplied with touch (two-point procap); a built-in media player for … Read more
Earlier this month Germany celebrated 25 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, with six massive LED screens, on rails, moving around Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate. Each screen was 11m x 4.8m, with a floor-based driving system created by WIcreations.
LG Display will ramp up its M2 OLED TV panel line next month, according to a report in South Korea’s ET News quoted in English on November 11 by Amy Fan and Alex Wolfgram in Digitimes. As previously reported, the new $640 million line is expected to have a monthly capacity of 34,000 units, quadrupling … Read more
Thought that UltraHD would be the big news at CES 2015? Think again. LG Display, according to CNet, will be exhibiting a 55″ 8k TV at the show. Code-named ‘Mabinogion’, the TV is believed to be an OLED model (take this claim with a whole ocean of salt – TA), with more than 20 display … Read more
Metz has been named as ‘Quality TV Brand of 2014’ by Testberichte.de, in Germany. The company’s TVs consistently scored above-average in tests, leading to the award – for the third time in three years. Display Daily Comments Quite impressive for a company that has just gone bankrupt (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 47). (TA)
NEC’s new specialty LCD display, the Multisync X474HB, is designed to adapt to its surroundings. Intended for signage use, the 47″ screen reaches a brightness level almost three times that of other NEC units: 2,000 cd/m². Brightness is dynamically scaled through the integrated ambient light sensor. Additionally, a presence sensor switches the display from low … Read more
In an interview with TP Vision, Dutch website Nu.nl found hints of an OLED TV launch from the company. An OLED TV, with an LG Display panel, was seen during a tour of TP Vision’s innovation centre in Ghent. It will be released under the Philips brand. Head of product planning Danny Tack told Nu.nl … Read more
Optoma has acquired NuForce, a maker of consumer audio products. Optoma described the acquisition as a “logical progression” for the company. Optoma’s new sound range will be available across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Russia in the New Year.
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