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Toms Review of Acer’s 175Hz 38″ Monitor

What They Say Toms Hardware has reviewed the high end curved (1800-2300mm radius) 38″ Acer Predator X38 monitor. As well as supporting up to 175Hz refresh from an IPS panel, it is claimed to have a 1ms MPRT and produces up to 450cd/m² of output. (Acer Goes Big With Three New Predator Gaming Monitors Offering … Read more

Optoma Unveils Lightning-Fast 240Hz, Low Latency UHD35 and UHD38 4K UHD Gaming and Home Entertainment Projectors 

Optoma, the No.1 4K UHD brand worldwide in projection technology,* unveiled its UHD35 and UHD38 projectors – lightning-fast, low latency 4K UHD home entertainment and gaming projectors that improve upon the popular UHD30 model. These ground-breaking projectors incorporate the latest cutting-edge TI DLP® technology to deliver incredible detail and vibrant colors with 3,600 and 4,000 … Read more

Mojo Vision Details Low-Power Chips for Augmented Reality Contact Lenses

What They Say IEEE Spectrum published an article about the work being done by a start-up, Mojo Visio of Saratoga, California, to develop imagers and processing chips for use in contact lenses. The AR lens is intended to help those with low vision by adding: zooming contrast enhancement edge detection identification. One of the challenges … Read more

Tech Data and Synnex topple Ingram with $7.2bn merger

What They Say Big news in the world of broadline distribution this week as Tech Data announced a deal to merge with Synnex in a move that would move Ingram Micro into second place globally. The two firms have combined revenues of around $57 billion, with 22,000 staff (about $2.5 million of turnover/staff member – … Read more

The “Wow” Factor is Just the Beginning (Part 2)

Yesterday, I covered the development of several types of 3D displays and today I’m moving on to look at the practical applications. Here is the link to yesterday’s article (The “Wow” Factor is Just the Beginning (Part 1)) The new generation of 3D displays offers a vast repertoire of applications designed to enhance the performance … Read more

The “Wow” Factor is Just the Beginning (Part 1)

They say a picture’s worth a thousand words. In 3D displays, it’s worth a million. The new generation of holographic displays creates an astounding effect of depth-of-view and enables the human eye to perceive vivid images unlike any ever seen in a display. Leapfrogging advances in materials, photonics, optics, and electronics have precipitated a rising … Read more

Absen to Launch Aurora Series, the New Ultra-high Brightness LED Display

Leading international LED manufacturer Absen announced a brand-new LED display series designed to be used in medium to large DOOH installations. Boasting a 10,000-nit brightness, and with a 1280mm x 960mm standard panel size and 3 other optional sizes, the six new models of the Aurora Series are designed to create unmissable displays. Weighing only … Read more

Samsung To Boost Foldable, but LG still Hesitating on Smartphones

What They Say Nikkei reported that Samsung wants to boost the sales level of its folding smartphones to around the level of its Note series of smartphones at over 10 million handsets per year. It is reported to be developing a double-folding model that might be available at the end end of this year. Nikkei … Read more

Renesas Fire Adds to Chip Woes

What They Say Renesas has suffered a fire at is plant in Naka, (located in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture). The damage was limited to around 5% of the clean room area, and the plant’s 300mm wafer line has stopped production. There is no date set, yet for resumption. The 200mm line is continuing in production. What … Read more

Pollen in a Display

Pollen image

What They Say Klaus Wammes, the CEO of Wammes and Partner, GmbH, posted a picture of pollen found in a flat panel display. He pointed out that exposed to any moisture, there is a potential for growth! What We Think The image is a good one. It’s quite a few years since I watched a … Read more