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Are LED Backlights Dangerous?

by Bob Raikes

Recently, I got an email, as I’m registered to attend the upcoming Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, to advise me that an app has been developed that can reduce the level of blue light …

Tags:Blue Light| Health and Safety| LED| Vol 23 - Issue 05

Digital Experience Has Lots to See

by Tom Allen

Digital Experience, aka Pepcom, is the largest of the CES press events – almost a mini show by itself. This year it was held in the Mirage hotel, and the ‘Sun, Surf and Tech’ …

Tags:Augmented Reality| BlackBerry| Blue Light| CES 2016| Dell| DLP Projectors| Epson| Eyewear| Kopin| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Philips| USB| ViewSonic| Vol 23 - Issue 02| Vuzix

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 49

by Tom Allen

Amazon has released a ‘Reader’s Edition’ of its Kindle Fire HD 8 tablet, which combines the device with a year-long subscription to Kindle Unlimited; a leather cover; and a new feature called Blue Shade. …

Tags:Amazon| AMOLED| Blue Light| Distribution| Germany| India| Japan| Kyocera| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 49

Freeview Play comes to Panasonic PVR and Blu-Ray products

by Isaac Oburu

Perfectly timed to make watching what you want, when you want, easier than ever this Christmas, Panasonic is pleased to announce that its customers will now be able to enjoy Freeview Play on its …

Tags:Blue Light| Panasonic| PVRs (DVRs) Personal Digital Video Recorders| UK (United Kingdom)

Philips Puts SoftBlue in Smartphones

by Tom Allen

Philips has differentiated its newest smartphones – the Sapphire S616 and Sapphire Life V787 – by incorporating its SoftBlue technology in the displays. SoftBlue lowers the blue light output of a screen – by …

Tags:Blue Light| China| Mobile Display Monitor| Philips| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 45

Phosphorescent OLEDs Glow Deep Blue

by Isaac Oburu

A new molecule developed by researchers at the University of Michigan and the University of Southern California shines a deep blue that is close to meeting the stringent brightness requirements of the National Television …

Tags:Blue Light| OLEDs| USA

Philips Brings SoftBlue to Home and Office

by Tom Allen

Philips/MMD is in the process of introducing a variety of new SoftBlue displays to stores, for both the home (E-Line) and office (P-Line). SoftBlue monitors were launched last year, and first seen at IFA …

Tags:Blue Light| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| MMD (AOC Philips)| Vol 22 - Issue 37

AOC Takes a Lesson From Philips

by Tom Allen

MMD has introduced two new gaming monitors under the AOC brand, which use the ‘SoftBlue’ technology that Philips premiered last year (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 36). SoftBlue is a low-blue-light technology. Rather than …

Tags:Blue Light| Desktop Monitors| Gamer| Large Display Monitor| MMD (AOC Philips)| Vol 22 - Issue 34

Pioneer and Mitsubishi Debut No-Blue OLED Panel

by Tom Allen

Mitsubishi Chemical and Pioneer have developed an OLED lighting panel that is almost completely free of blue light. The OLE-P0909-C3S module, which contains the panel, is already shipping. Produced using the wet coat process …

Tags:Blue Light| Large Display Monitor| Lighting| Mitsubishi| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 22 - Issue 34

Asus ‘Wins’ TUV Certification

by Tom Allen

TUV Rheinland has certified 26 Asus monitors – the most of any monitor brand – for low blue light output. In addition, 28 monitors have been certified as flicker-free.

Tags:Asus| Back Panel| Blue Light| Certification| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 32