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BrightSign Expands Series 5 Product Family with New XD5 Media Players

BrightSign the global market leader in digital signage media players, today unveiled the company’s new XD5 media players, which join the previously announced XC5 players to round out the first wave of Series 5 media players expected to ship in Q4 of this year. “Our family of Series 5 media players will represent our most … Read more

Links Week Ending 19th August 2022

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the end of this week. MSI: Ergonomic gaming display with WQHD and 170 Hz Summary of the patent battle between RED and Nikon over RAW video capture (I haven’t followed this but it might … Read more

BOE To Make Adjustments after Power Outage

What They Say The government in Sichuan, China, said that it would ration power to industrial users for six days potentially causing problems for a number of companies in the display supply chain. The power cuts are the result of a worsening drought causing problems of soaring demand for power for air conditioners at the … Read more

Southern Africa Desktop Market Sees Strong Growth in H1 2022 as Shipments of Tablets and Notebooks Decline

The Southern Africa personal computing device (PCD) market, which is made up of desktops, notebooks, workstations, and tablets, experienced a year-on-year (YoY) decline of 3.7% in the first half of 2022, according to industry analysis conducted by International Data Corporation (IDC). The global technology research and consulting firm’s latest Worldwide Quarterly PCD Tracker shows that … Read more

Holoswim 2 Augmented Reality Smart Swim Goggles are Ready to Launch

The Holoswim 2 goggles “monitors, displays and records a wide variety of swimming metrics and provides live data at a glance to help improve the user’s swimming and optimize pool time.” The Holoswim 2 is a successor to an apparently successful predecessor product, the Holoswim. The goggles were developed by Hangzhou Guangli Technology Co., Ltd. … Read more

Innovative Polymer Composite Enhances Safety for PCap Touch Display Solutions

Display solutions and embedded systems provider, Review Display Systems (RDS) has announced the introduction of a new material technology for use with PCap (projected capacitive) touchscreens from leading touch solutions manufacturer AMT. The AMT Polym Touch solution uses a new polymer composite material as the top cover lens to enhance the protection of the PCap … Read more

LGD’s Dilemma – LCD Panels Unprofitable & Getting Worse, But OLEDs Can’t Carry the Revenue Burden (Part 2)

Yesterday, we published the first part of my article on LG Display’s strategic challenges in moving from LCD to OLED. (LGD’s Dilemma – LCD Panels Unprofitable & Getting Worse, But OLEDs Can’t Carry the Revenue Burden (Part 1)) Today, in Part 2, I’m digging down into some more of the financial background. On 27 July, … Read more

Researchers explore how people adapt to cybersickness from virtual reality

What They Say A group of researchers from Iowa State University has undertaken research into ‘cybersickness’ which can cause a number of discomfort feelings in users within just a few minutes of trying it. The discomfort is caused by the user receiving conflicting sensory information. “We know people can adapt to sea sickness through repeated … Read more

Hinged, Dual-Screen Display Coming Soon with Touch Option

What They Say Toms Hardware has spotted an unusual dual 24″ ‘clamshell’ display unit that can be used with a desktop or notebook to provide more display real estate. The display was developed as a Kickstarter project and its initial $25K goal was reached in 36 minutes – it now has $1.6 million in backing. … Read more