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Plastic Logic Displays to Drive RoadAds Interactive’s Digital Vehicle Advertising

November 24, 2020 by Artem Alekseenko

Plastic Logic, a leader in the design and manufacture of flexible, glass-free electrophoretic displays (EPDs), is partnering with RoadAds interactive to provide its customers with mobile vehicle displays based on flexible oTFT-based ePaper technology. RoadAds interactive is planning to use Plastic Logic’s innovative 32in displays for ‘digital billboards’ on various vehicles such as vans, trucks … Read more

ViewSonic Launches the ColorPro VP68a Series of Pantone Validated Monitors

November 24, 2020 by Artem Alekseenko

ViewSonic Corp., a leading global provider of visual solutions, announces the introduction of two new Pantone validated monitors to the ColorPro VP68a Series, including the VP2768a (27”) and VP2468a (24”). Both come standard with out-of-box colour accuracy, colour blindness modes, and USB-C one-cable solution. “ViewSonic’s professional monitor VP series provides consistent and accurate colour performance … Read more

Insight Media Launches Light Field / Holographic Webinar Series

November 24, 2020 by Artem Alekseenko

“There’s a major shift underway of a magnitude similar to the shift from photographs to film or radio to television, and that’s the shift from flat media to holographic light field media, Said Shawn Frayne, CEO of Looking Glass Factory. “New advanced holographic light field display technologies are meeting a moment where millions of people … Read more

PMA Research Tracking Shows Modest Year-Over-Year Uptick in Distribution Channel Sales of Flat Panel Displays

November 24, 2020 by Artem Alekseenko

PMA Research (PMA), the worldwide market information experts on large displays, has published their latest sell-through tracking report on large-format (32-inch and larger) flat panel displays being sold by leading U.S. Distributors who typically serve commercial markets. Total large-format flat panel display unit sales through the U.S. distribution channel fell by high single-digits in October … Read more

Covid Cannot Stop Science! (QD Forum and Phosphor Global Summit 2020)

November 24, 2020 by Peter Palomaki

Originally scheduled for March of 2020, the virtual QD Forum and Phosphor Global Summit went off without a hitch in early November this year. What I love about this conference is the mix of industry professionals, super-smart academics, and startups with new ideas. It’s a much more manageable conference too, usually a few hundred people … Read more

Cleaning Things Up II: Technical Hygiene in the Covidian Age

November 24, 2020 by Len Scrogan

As I wrote in my previous article, “Cleaning Things Up: Technical Hygiene in the Covidian Age”, many of us are now hyperaware (almost to the point of bacillophobia) of cleaning often-used equipment surfaces in the education sector. One educator summarizes the covid-cleaning predicament in schools and universities in this way: “The problem with the virus … Read more

Filmic Pro Update Adds 10-bit Dolby Vision HDR for IPhone 12

November 24, 2020 by Bob Raikes

What They Say FilMiC Pro is an app for high quality video capture on iOS and Android devices and the developer has now been upgraded to support HDR in 10 bit Dolby Vision on the iPhone 12. The app was used to film the promotional video for a recent Lady Gaga single as it includes … Read more

iPhone 12 teardown showcases South Korean parts makers

November 24, 2020 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Nikkei, in cooperation with Tokyo-based research specialist Fomalhaut Techno Solutions, stripped down an iPhone 12 and found that 26.8% of the value of the smartphone was accounted for by components from Korea, ahead of the share of US-made parts. The main reason for the high share was the use of OLEDs. The … Read more

NetRange Has Something New for SmartTV News – or Does It?

November 24, 2020 by Bob Raikes

Smart TVs have taken over the TV market to dominate, but not all TVs have ‘smarts’. The reality has always been that the TV market is incredibly price sensitive and so there is still a segment of the market that cannot afford the processors needed to add the clever functions for streaming etc. Could there … Read more

NetRange VISNOS Launched to Drive Smart TV Adoption in Regions where Cost is at an Absolute Premium

November 24, 2020 by Artem Alekseenko

NetRange MMH GmbH, the global provider of white-labelled, turnkey Smart TV and OTT ecosystems, announced that it has launched its cloud-powered VISNOS (Virtual Smart TV NetRange OS) platform to slash CE device manufacturers’ Smart TV costs and enable existing low-powered TVs to receive Smart TV services. The NetRange VISNOS platform removes the requirement for a … Read more

Apple May be Genuinely Disruptive. Again

December 21, 2022November 24, 2020 by Bob Raikes

When I did a search of the Display Daily website for the term ‘Disruptive’, there were 166 articles identified. However, looking through them, I had to go back to a Display Daily I wrote four years ago (Why Big Companies Can Struggle to Innovate) to see an article that used the term as defined by … Read more

Star Alliance Biometrics is launched in Frankfurt and Munich

November 24, 2020 by Bob Raikes

What They Say NEC said that Star Alliance Biometrics has been introduces for frequent flyers at Frankfurt and Munich airports for customers of Lufthansa and Swiss International Air Lines. The system uses touchless biometrics to allow security clearance and boarding, although not all points are yet equipped, so boarding passes must still be carried. What … Read more