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And finally… How Not to Do UltraHD

by Bob Raikes

It’s not too difficult to criticise the efforts of some retailers to sell high specification products, but we couldn’t resist showing this hideous example that was posted on Reddit All that effort by display …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Retail| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 27

LG Auto Display “Torn Down”

by Isaac Oburu

Research and Markets has published a teardown of the LG LA080WV3 – 8″ Display with Touch Panel for Car Navigation which was extracted from a Hyundai Tucson auto. The report also includes a BOM …

Tags:Back Panel| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| Teardowns| Vol 24 - Issue 28

Osram Supplies BMW with OLEDs

by Milos Pavlovic

BMW’s Concept M4 GTS car is being introduced with OLED taillights produced by Osram. The car is a limited edition of just 700 units to be made, globally, and is intended to be an …

Tags:Automotive| Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 27

Heard of Rolling Shutter?

by Bob Raikes

A hat tip to DPReview, the photography site, for directing me to a really well done demonstration of the ‘rolling shutter’ phenomenon on many video cameras. If you’re not sure what it is, check …

Tags:Back Panel| Digital Photography| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Video Quality| Vol 24 - Issue 27

Display Summit Open for Registration

by Alan Spencer

The Display Summit will take place on 4th and 5th October in Sterling Virginia at the Rockwell Collins facility. Presentation and panel discussion sessions will focus on advanced displays, component technology, visualisation and simulation, …

Tags:Back Panel| Events| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 27

New CBS Gameshow Breaks Largest Touch Screen Record

by Andrew Fenn

A brand new CBS game show where contestants play a super-sized version of Candy Crush hasn’t even started yet and it’s already breaking records. The new show has achieved the Guinness World Record for …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Touch| Video Walls| Vol 24 - Issue 27

AMD Helps Developers & PlayStation Now Includes PS4 Titles

by Bob Raikes

Our friend, Dr. Jon Peddie has pointed out that now that AMD is supplying x86-based APUs to Sony and Microsoft for their consoles, games developers can introduce games for PCs as well as the …

Tags:AMD| Back Panel| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 27

Screen4All Forum to Feature Best VR Expereince

by Alan Spencer

The best in VR storytelling and technical achievement, will be selected and screened during the Screen4All Forum and the Satis show aimed at TV and cinema creators and technicians from all across Europe. The …

Tags:Back Panel| France| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 27

Samsung Clarifies LED Cinema Ambition

by Bob Raikes

We have reported several times on the Samsung LED cinema system. We spotted this comment in the Korean press from a Samsung executive, which sets out the company’s ambitions. (most recently, The LED Cinema …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| LED Cinema| Samsung| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 24 - Issue 27

Apple’s Siri Loses Some Traction

by Bob Raikes

Despite the general increase in the use of voice-activated personal assistants, Verto Analytics has reported that Apple’s Siri system has lost 7.3 million monthly users in the last year, dropping down to 41.4 million …

Tags:Amazon| Apple| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Voice Input| Vol 24 - Issue 27

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DSS Europe Breaks Attendance Record

by Alan Spencer

Attendance at DSS Europe 2017, the international digital signage and DooH industry two-day conference and expo in Germany, was the highest in its 11-year history. Almost 700 attendees came to the conference and expo …

Tags:Back Panel| DSS Europe 2017| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 27

MMD Tries to Help Buyers

by Bob Raikes

MMD, which sells the Philips and AOC brands of monitors in Europe, has put together a short guide for its customers looking for photography and design monitors. Analyst Comment Given the level of technical …

Tags:Back Panel| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| MMD (AOC Philips)| Vol 24 - Issue 26