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Tango Luxembourg Deploys Interactive TV Platform From Beenius

Beenius, a provider of the highly-advanced Interactive TV Platform and Tango Luxembourg, the leading alternative operator offering TV, internet, and fixed and mobile telephony services announces the successful cooperation which has resulted in a new and modern TV Platform for Tango’s users. Tango Luxemburg is a leading operator that is always looking for new solutions … Read more

Researchers Investigating the Practicalities of Scroll-Like Display Devices

An intriguing display device design is under investigation by a team of researchers at Queen’s University (Kingston, Ontario, Canada). The team is headed by Roel Vertegaal, a Professor of Human-Computer Interaction and the Director of the Universities’ Human Media Lab. The device is called the MagicScroll. A prototype of the device was exhibited at the … Read more

Apple Officially Launches New iPhone Trio and Apple Watch Series 4

Apple took to the stage this week at the Steve Jobs Theatre in Cupertino, California to announce its new iPhone range and Apple Watch Series 4. The presentation began with a staff member transporting a very important-looking attaché case across the company’s Cupertino headquarters, Mission Impossible-style, complete with the famous movie’s iconic theme tune. Eventually … Read more

LG Edging OLED Panel Pricing Up

The OLED-A reports that LG Display has been increasing its pricing for its panels as it has wide acceptance of the quality and performance of the technology, but is still not making money from OLED, despite achieving yields of 90% for 55″ and 65″ panels. The Association quotes data from IHS Markit that reports that … Read more

LG Takes a Stake in Nanosys

LG Display has made an investment of $10 million in Nanosys, the developer of quantum dot technology according to the OLED-A and representing around 4% of the company. Analyst Comment We contacted Nanosys to get confirmation of this investment, but had no response at press time. If we get any clarification, we’ll publish another article. … Read more

OLED is Hopping

I’m not a tribal guy. When folks in the neighborhood bar scream for the New York Giants, I quietly order another glass of Cabernet. And when LG touts the superiority of OLED-TV, I can’t help but observe that LG has lost a lot of money on this business. When fanboys cheer Apple’s adoption of OLED … Read more

Analogue AR Smartwatch Kickstarter Fully Funded Within 24 Hours

A Swedish watch manufacturer has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the development of what it describes as “a new breed of analogue smartwatches that adapt to your lifestyle by streaming meaningful data live to your wrist”. The device was fully funded within 24 hours of the campaign’s launch. At the time of writing, backers … Read more

Insight Media Releases Display Summit Preliminary Agenda

Insight Media will hold its annual Display Summit event at the Harman International facility in California, United States on October 2nd and 3rd. The two main themes are “next-generation cinema” and “next-generation displays”, mostly focusing on the light field ecosystem. A third session on the morning of October 4th has been added for registered attendees … Read more

Sony Master Series AF9 Flagship OLED TV Shipping Now

Sony has begun shipping its flagship Master Series AF9/A9F OLED TV, which is described as a “reference-quality” TV set, thanks in no small part to its on-board auto-calibration features from CalMAN. The AF9/A9F is available in 55″ and 65″ sizes and supports Ultra HD resolution, as well as HDR10, HLG and Dolby Vision HDR formats. … Read more

tvOS 12 Coming to Apple TV 4 and 4K on September 17th

tvOS 12 has been formally announced and will be released for Apple TV 4 and Apple TV 4K on September 17th. The upgrade brings a raft of new features, including Dolby Atmos sound. Customers that currently own content set for an Atmos upgrade will receive the updated versions free of charge. iTunes and Vudu will … Read more

More Display Products from Touch Taiwan 2018

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Among the products shown off at the recent Touch Taiwan 2018 exhibition, which took place in Taipei at the end of August, were a 100″ S-UHD TV panel with a resolution of 15,360 × 8,640, plus a 277″ bezel-less spliced wall panel. Also, alongside miniLED and microLED offerings from Taiwan-based panel makers AU Optronics, Epistar, … Read more