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Philips PDS Debuts New LEDs, Android and Market Specific Touch Screens at ISE 2019

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Philips Professional Display Solutions (Philips PDS) – the market leading digital display innovator – will unveil a host of new display models at ISE 2019, all demonstrating the company’s original, considered and creative approach to product development, as well as confirming an absolute commitment to quality control. In addition to new digital displays, visitors to … Read more

Coming Soon! – CalMAN Home Color Calibration Solutions

Portrait Displays, Inc. is excited to announce a new suite of color calibration solutions releasing soon. CalMAN Home calibration solutions are specifically created for consumers seeking a superior viewing experience with optimized color. CalMAN Home features AutoCal support at a more affordable price. With AutoCal, calibrations take less time and are far more consistent. Each … Read more

NEC Launches New Range of Digital Signage Solutions for More Compelling Retail Experiences

NEC Display Solutions Europe announces a range of new digital signage technologies to support the boom in demand from retailers, comprising a new series of UHD displays, Direct View LED, digital signage projectors, and a new media player for Raspberry Pi. Industry analysts Futuresource Consulting predicts that the EMEA digital signage LCD and LED display … Read more

New Graphene Quantum Dot Fabrication Technology Under Development

A team of researchers headed by Professor Shin Hyun-seok of the Department of Natural Science within the Department of Energy Engineering at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) (Ulsan, Republic of Korea) is developing a technology to improve the means used to fabricate graphene quantum dots. First a few words of background information. … Read more

Solving the OLED Burn-in Problem?

We, wise industry observers that we are, had believed until recently that LG had solved the OLED burn-in problem, at least as far as TV applications were concerned. However, careful and continuing long-term testing by Rtings.com as well as extensive anecdotal evidence, have shown the problem is very much with us. At LG’s press conference … Read more

Smartphone Woes Continue with Worldwide Shipments Down 4.9% in the Holiday Quarter Capping off the Worst Year Ever, According to IDC

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According to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, smartphone vendors shipped a total of 375.4 million units during the fourth quarter of 2018 (4Q18), down 4.9% year over year and the fifth consecutive quarter of decline. The challenging holiday quarter closes out the worst year ever for smartphone … Read more

Traditional Pay TV’s Slow March to Oblivion

Abysmal Q4-18 subscriber losses reached some 650K by Warner Media (ummm AT&T – DirecTV satellite provider combined with AOL Time Warner remember?). While that number was offset by new (mostly U-Verse home video) subscribers, this was still a 403K net subscriber loss – a gut punch for DirecTV that boasts the highest ARU (average revenue … Read more

Combined Flat Panel and Projector Market Shows Solid Year-Over-Year Growth According to PMA Research

PMA Research (PMA), the worldwide market information experts on large displays, has published their latest sell-through tracking report on large-format (32” and larger) flat panel displays and projectors being sold by leading U.S. AV/IT Distributors who serve commercial markets. PMA Research is the only analyst firm combining monthly sell-through tracking data for these two product … Read more

AerinX: A New AR Solution Promises to Cut The Rate of Aircraft Disasters

Hungarian firm AerinX is developing an augmented reality (AR) solution for the external inspection and maintenance of aircraft and other aerial vehicles. The company has already started a partnership with one of the largest Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul companies of Central and Eastern Europe to test and refine the system. International aviation industry statistics show … Read more

Samsung Breaks Terabyte Threshold for Smartphone Storage with Industry’s First 1TB Embedded Universal Flash Storage

Samsung Electronics, the world leader in advanced memory technology, announced that it has begun mass producing the industry’s first one-terabyte (TB) embedded Universal Flash Storage (eUFS) 2.1, for use in next-generation mobile applications. Just four years after introducing the first UFS solution, the 128-gigabyte (GB) eUFS, Samsung has passed the much-anticipated terabyte threshold in smartphone … Read more