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One of the more interesting presentations at the recent Display Summit (proceedings available soon), was a paper from Vladimir Matias at iBeam Materials. His company works closely with Sandia National Labs where they exploited thin metal foil technology used for superconductors to develop a novel microLED approach called GaN-on-Metal. This could be quite a breakthrough … Read more
CGR Cinemas has chosen Christie, a leading cinema technology manufacturer, as its exclusive laser projection partner, as it moves to convert all 700 of its theatres to RGB pure laser technology?. In a landmark agreement that sees CGR becoming the largest investor in Christie RealLaser™ systems in the world today, 200 CGR Classic auditoriums will … Read more
CGR Cinemas based in France, has decided to go ‘all in’ on RGB laser projectors and is ordering projectors for 200 CGR Classic auditoriums over the next two years (100 each in 2019 and 2020) and intends to eventually convert all 700 of its theatres to pure laser. Christie is the supplier of the first … Read more
Total September shipments from the Taiwanese large panel makers we track were almost flat MoM but up 1% YoY to 21.358 million. AU Optronics saw September sales of NT$27.44 billion ($882 million), down 103% MoM and 5.6% YoY. This brought quarterly turnover to NT$81.04 billion ($2.6 billion), up 8% QoQ but falling 7.3% YoY. Large … Read more
Delta, a global provider of power and thermal solutions and a pioneer of display technologies, announced the launch of the world’s first 8K 25,000 lumen DLP projector in Japan, along with Digital Projection International Ltd (hereinafter referred to as “Digital Projection”), an associate company of Delta and a global provider of high-caliber display solutions. As … Read more
Absen has launched a new range of LED displays for rental under the ‘PL Lite’ brand in APAC and Latin America. The displays are available in 2.5, 2.9, 3.9 and 4.8mm pixel pitch. The panels weigh from 9 to 12.5kg and can be curved from, -7.5º to +10<º. The two larger pitch versions are available … Read more
Reports are emerging of a small number of consumer complaints regarding a strong blue tint found on the display of the new Apple Watch Series 4 when viewing it at certain angles, said to be more noticeable than on previous generations of the Apple Watch, as well as the iPhone X and LG OLED TVs. … Read more
The ETNews in Korea has reported that Samsung Display has achieved utilization rates of over 90% for its A2 rigid OLED fab – up from 80% a year ago. On the other hand, the rate at the A3 fab that makes flexible OLEDs is below the level of a year ago.
Microsoft has revealed it is developing a global game-streaming platform, currently called Project xCloud, for Xbox One console gamers and PC users. The service can also be used on a mobile device, using an Xbox One controller connected via Bluetooth or the device’s built-in touch input. In an official blog post, Kareem Choudhry, Corporate VP … Read more
Industry sources recently informed Digitimes that LG, Samsung and Vivo are all launching multiple new smartphone models to rival the iPhone XR in Taiwan, in an attempt to maintain their respective market shares in the country. LG recently launched its K9 and K11+ handsets. The K9 is usually priced at around $160 and is, in … Read more
A new report from Digi-Capital finds that Chinese computer vision and AR investment surged to $3.9 billion in the last 12 months, while North American AR/VR investment fell from nearly $1.5 billion in the fourth quarter of 2017 to less than $120 million in the third quarter of 2018. At the same time, VC sentiment … Read more
At NAB NYC 2018, Alticast, an end-to-end media solutions provider, Strategy & Technology (S&T), an independent developer of interactive TV technologies, and UniSoft, a software company specializing in broadcast provisioning, monitoring and testing, will demonstrate how the companies’ combined technologies augment a complete end-to-end ecosystem that allows broadcasters and content delivery networks to fully leverage … Read more
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