Netflix Rewards LG
by Tom Allen
LG’s 2016 TVs have been awarded the Netflix Recommended badge, for the second year in a row.
Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| LG Electronics (LGE)| Netflix| Vol 23 - Issue 13
HTC Shares Vive Promotion Plans
by Tom Allen
HTC is to launch an HTC Vive experience zone in the Harrods department store, London. Consumers will be able to try and pre-order the device there. HTC has also said that it will work …
Tags:Back Panel| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 13
And Finally… Vol 23 No 13
by Tom Allen
On the 1st April Next Thing Co. announced that its PocketC.H.I.P mini computer, launched in 2009, is set to become one of 2016’s hottest pieces of technology, thanks to the low cost of making …
Tags:3D printing| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 13| Wearables
HP Aims at the Style-Conscious Rich
by Tom Allen
HP held the launch of its latest laptops not at a technology show, but at a showcase for luxury products in Versailles (HP Drops HDMI and Disc Drive for Thinnest Laptop). The choice highlights …
Tags:Back Panel| HP Inc| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 23 - Issue 13
LG Videos Show Korean OLEDs
by Tom Allen
LG installed OLED displays in Korea’s Incheon Airport and outside the N. Seoul Tower last year (OLED ‘Sculptures’ to be Built in Seoul), and has now published a video showing off the finished work. …
Tags:Back Panel| DOOH| Korea| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLED TVs| Vol 23 - Issue 13
Canatu Gains New CNB Customer
by Tom Allen
Canatu is celebrating another customer win for its carbon nanotube (CNB) Flex Film. The film, which detects touch signals, is used on the flexible OLED display of a customer’s curved wearable device. (However, Canatu …
Tags:Back Panel| Canatu| Film materials| ITO Replacement| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 13| Wearables
LG Enables VR Through SlimPort
by Tom Allen
Analogix Semiconductor has announced LG’s G5 smartphone and LG 360 VR headset both feature SlimPort connectivity. The technology provides DisplayPort over USB-C, and is used to enable VR in the headset. The phone uses …
Tags:Analogix| Back Panel| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Interfaces| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| USB| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 13
Christie Lights Up Chinese City
by Tom Allen
A new heritage park in China is using five Christie DWU555-GS laser projectors to provide a backdrop for one of its exhibits. A 130m² sand table model shows a 1:800 scale model of Luoyang …
Tags:Back Panel| China| Christie| DLP Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 13
Fujitsu Prepares for Fujitsu Forum
by Tom Allen
Fujitsu’s annual Fujitsu Forum will be held on the 19th and 20th May this year, at the Tokyo International Forum in Japan. The theme this year will be ‘Human Centric Innovation: Driving Digital Transformation’. …
Tags:Back Panel| Events| Fujitsu| Japan| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 13
Philips Secures Design Awards
by Tom Allen
Philips’ 2016 TVs have been honoured at the Global Design Awards. The 7101 series won both iF and Red Dot Product Awards, while the small-screen 5231 TV won a Red Dot award.
Tags:Awards| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| Philips| TPV (TP Vision)| Vol 23 - Issue 12
3D Keeps Twitching
by Tom Allen
Although 3D is largely seen as dead-in-the-water, there does appear to still be some life in the format. In February, the 27th annual Stereoscopic Displays and Applications (SD&A) conference highlighted works by 30 3D …
Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| Awards| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 12
Visionect’s Joan Takes Red Dot
by Tom Allen
A meeting room scheduling solution called Joan, by Visionect, has won a Red Dot design award for Best Product Design. The Joan Meeting Room Assistant is a room booking device using an E Ink …
Tags:Awards| Back Panel| E Ink| Meeting Rooms| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 12
