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Japan’s Nikkei claims that Sharp will produce 8k TVs by 2015. The company aims to establish itself as a leader in the field, ahead of Japan’s trial 8k broadcasts in 2016. Sharp has now reached a point where it can supply 8k displays to broadcaster NHK, for testing. An 8k TV showing content at 120fps … Read more
Netflix continues its UltraHD progress with the news that it is preparing to film four new, original films in the format, starring and produced by Adam Sandler. The deal will revolve around Sandler’s other commitments, so the films (all separate projects) are not expected to be released for some time.
Ceatec, which took place in Japan earlier this month, is always an interesting show to see what the Japanese companies are working on. While wearables were a focus this year, there were plenty of large displays, as well. Almost 550 companies exhibited at the show, and 150,000 visited. Omron, of Japan, used the recent Ceatec … Read more
As well as self-driving cars and contact lenses that can measure blood sugar levels, Google wants to build giant screens that will clip together like Lego blocks. The WSJ says that the project, under development at the Google X labs, uses small, modular displays. These can then attach to each other to form a large, … Read more
A total of 22.7 million large panels were shipped in September, from Taiwan’s four major panel manufacturers. This was just under 1% lower than the previous month but represented a year on year improvement of 4.3%. The total number of panels shipped so far this year from Taiwan was 194.9 million, a very slight increase … Read more
It’s been a few months since we heard anything about Microsoft’s Illumiroom concept (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 4) – not since March, in fact (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 10). Illumiroom uses projectors to ‘extend’ game visuals beyond a TV and into a room. Microsoft Research has now released a video of ‘RoomAlive’, which … Read more
LG and Samsung are working on quantum dot TVs, claims Korea’s Digital Times. Both companies are working on products that may be released next year. Display Daily Comments Samsung could use a QD-LCD TV to compete with LG’s OLED models, at a lower price. However, a deal between Nanoco and ‘a major South Korean electronics … Read more
Siliconcore will launch a new high-resolution LED display at Infocomm MEA, running from the 13th-16th October in Dubai: the Lavender 1.2mm. With a viewing distance of less than 1m, the Lavender 1.2mm can show the equivalent of 1920 x 1080 resolution on a 110″ display. It uses Siliconcore’s common cathode technology.
Worldwide PC shipments reached 79.4 million units in the third quarter of 2014, a 0.5% decline from Q3 of last year, according to preliminary results by Gartner. For the first time, the sum of the top five vendors’ share reached two-thirds of the worldwide PC shipments, as all of the top five showed stronger growth … Read more
The Beyond festival in Karlsruhe, Germany, is now in its third year. Running in early October (I attended on the show’s first day), it takes place in the Zentrum f
2014 marked our first attendance to the Professional Lighting and Sound Association (Plasa) show for several years – slightly marred by a terrible train service. Signal failures between Reading and Slough turned what should have been a nice smooth diagonal trip into a succession of time-consuming right angles! Unfortunately, the show itself had little to … Read more
NEC Display Solutions held its annual Display Trends Forum in Cannes this year. Now in its fifth year, the event brings around 100 of the company’s top distribution and VAR partners in EMEA together to look at trends, network and NEC’s latest products. Our Managing Editor, Bob Raikes, attended as a guest speaker, so we … Read more
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