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Merck Crystals Win Innovation Award

by Tom Allen

Merck has won the German Innovation Award in the ‘Large Enterprises’ category, for its liquid crystal technology. The Ultra-Bright Fringe Field Switching technology makes energy-efficient LCD displays possible for smartphones and tablets, while still …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| Germany| Large Display Monitor| LC Materials (Liquid Crystal)| Merck| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 18

Pro Display Prepares for NEC Showcase

by Tom Allen

Pro Display will exhibit at the NEC Showcase (Vinopolis, London, 20th and 21st May) this year. The company has agreed to supply four different display technologies to the event: an 80″ sun-readable front-projection screen; …

Tags:Back Panel| Events| Large Display Monitor| NEC| Projection Screens| Vol 22 - Issue 18

QD Vision wins Edison Award

QD Vision Honoured With Edison Award

by Tom Allen

QD Vision has won a bronze Edison Award for its Color IQ quantum dots.

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| QD Vision| Quantum Dots| Vol 22 - Issue 18

Samsung Takes Steps Towards Ubiquitous Charging

by Tom Allen

To celebrate the launch of the Galaxy S6 in Ireland, Samsung has teamed up with Starcom, Source Out of Home, Delite and Clear Channel, adding wireless charging to five bus shelters around Dublin. The …

Tags:Back Panel| Ireland| Mobile Display Monitor| NFC| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 18| Wireless Charging

License to Kill Apparently Extends to Sponsorship Deals

by Tom Allen

According to leaked emails, James Bond: Spectre actor Daniel Craig will use a Sony Xperia Z4 in the upcoming film – but isn’t happy about it. Both Craig and director Sam Mendes would prefer …

Tags:Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| sony| Vol 22 - Issue 18

And Finally… – Vol 22 No 18

by Tom Allen

Google’s contest of one-up-manship with Apple has taken a turn for the weird, with the discovery of an Easter egg on Google Maps that could be called insolent, insulting and even downright rude. Zooming …

Tags:Apple| Back Panel| Google| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 18

Screen Innovations Takes its Place Among the Stars

by Tom Allen

Screen Innovations has built a projection screen for the International Space Station – which has been taken up and installed already. The first-ever screen-in-the-stars is a 65″ unit, reflecting ambient light and developed to …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Projection Screens| Vol 22 - Issue 18

Eizo Takes Best in Show

by Tom Allen

Eizo’s CG318-4K LCD monitor (Wide Colour and High Resolution on Eizo’s ColorEdge) took Newbay Media’s Best of Show award at NAB 2015.

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| Desktop Monitors| Eizo| Large Display Monitor| NAB 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 18

Berlin Prepares for SMPTE Forum

by Tom Allen

The SMPTE Forum will take place on 7th and 8th May in Berlin, Germany. The title of this year’s event is ‘Entertainment Technology in the Internet Age: A European Perspective’. Register at http://tinyurl.com/q5ee5mo.

Tags:Back Panel| Broadcasters| Europe| Events| Germany| Large Display Monitor| SMPTE| Vol 22 - Issue 17

SID and IHS Organise Touch Conference for Display Week

by Tom Allen

The Society for Information Display (SID) and IHS have announced the programme for SID’s Market Focus Conference on Touch, which will be part of the SID Display Week (31st May – 5th June). The …

Tags:Back Panel| IHS Markit| ITO Replacement| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2015| Touch| Vol 22 - Issue 17

And Finally… – Vol 22 No 20

by Tom Allen

We’d be the first to admit to occasionally prodding an under-performing PC with a toe, but we can at least tell the difference between a computer and Old Yeller. Someone ought to share this …

Tags:Back Panel| Dell| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 20

Google Patents Back to the Future Technology

by Tom Allen

A patent awarded to Google has the potential to turn walls into screens. The patent outlines a projection system that can display images on a wall covered with photo-reactive paint. A beam of light …

Tags:Back Panel| Google| Large Display Monitor| Patents| Projection| Vol 22 - Issue 17