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Sharp affiliate sues Corning for allegedly breaking glass supply deal

What They Say The Nikkei reported that Sakai Display Products (the LCD business of Sharp) has launched a legal action to stop Corning’s alleged sale of glass to third parties without SDP’s consent in violation of a contract between the two companies. According to the complaint, the agreement lets Corning sell to other customers only … Read more

You Can’t Make Things Better and Cheaper, or Can You?

I have been following the Finnish mixed reality headset maker, Varjo, for several years and have been impressed and surprised by the company’s products, which have delivered the best mixed reality experiences that I had tried. Now, the company has really moved its headsets on again. Frustratingly, this time, I have had to take the … Read more

Grab Lenovo’s Awesome 28-inch, 4K Monitor for Just $239

What They Say Experienced technology journalist, Avram Piltch of Toms Hardware, has highlighted that Lenovo’s 28″ L28u-30 UltraHD monitor was available on Black Friday for $239. The monitor has 300cd/m² of output and has support for 99% of sRGB, 90% of DCI-P3 and 1,000:1 contrast. The only downside for Piltch is that the monitors are … Read more

LED’s Mainstreaming Continues: Here’s a Car Rental Counter With A Big Video Wall

What They Say Sixteen Nine regularly shows digital signage installations. This one, at a car rental desk, looks particularly interesting as it seems to show an application that would have, up to now, been supported by multiple LCDs, but has now switched to LED. What We Think It’s a couple of years since we reported … Read more

Xiaomi-backed Chinese display startup Viewtrix bags $46m in Sequoia-led series D round

What They Say TechinAsia reports that Viewtrix (also known as Yunyinggu), a Chinese developer of display drivers, announced that it has secured 300 million yuan ($45.6 million) in a series D round led by Sequoia Capital China. Existing investors Qiming Venture Partners, Qualcomm, and Northern Light Venture Capital also participated in the round and Xiaomi … Read more

Extra Projection Data for WBS Subscribers

What They Say In my Display Daily today, I reported on a discussion with ViewSonic about developments in the projection market, as the company had been putting out very positive press, when we had understood that the market is well down. Luke Chen of ViewSonic made a great presentation of 40 pages and it contains … Read more

I’ve Been Resisting it, but….

What They Say Tom’s Hardware published a list of what it regarded as the best value monitor deals on Black Friday What We Think There have been hundreds (and I mean hundreds!) of press releases with lists of deals, but Tom’s is a fairly thoughtful site, so I thought it worth a mention! (BR)