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Thoughts on LeEco and Vizio in Europe

by Bob Raikes

Last week, we reported on the acquisition of Vizio by LeEco and this week Ken has written a Display Daily on the topic. It’s an interesting story on many levels. First, Vizio, as a …

Tags:China| Editorial| Large Display Monitor| LeEco (formerly LeTV)| Mobile Display Monitor| TV Set Market| Vol 23 - Issue 30

OLEDs, the Good News and the Bad News

by Bob Raikes

A lot of British jokes start with the introduction “I’ve got some good news, and some bad news”. Many of them are cruel or politically incorrect, so I won’t repeat them here, but it …

Tags:Editorial| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| OLEDs| Transparent Displays| Vol 23 - Issue 29

Tensions in France & ITO

by Bob Raikes

This morning I’m getting ready to pack up and head home after some time (mostly) relaxing in France. As I have done in previous years, I’ve included a picture out of the window from …

Tags:Editorial| France| ITO Replacement| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 28

Terror on Bastille Day

by Bob Raikes

I’m on my holidays this week (at least in theory!) in France. As I woke up after the annual Bastille Day celebrations, I saw news of the terrible attack in Nice after the fireworks …

Tags:Editorial| France| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 27

Stress Detectors and Big Data

by Bob Raikes

Over recent years, computing systems have included more and more sensors. However, I’ve long joked that every computer contains a “stress detector” that kicks into operation when the user is stressed. Printers, of course, …

Tags:Digital Signage| Editorial| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 26| Windows

Political turmoil in the UK and Prosumers

by Bob Raikes

A British prime minister of the 1960s, Harold Wilson, is famous for saying once that “A week is a long time in politics”. Frankly, in my home country of the UK, a day seems …

Tags:Editorial| Europe| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 25

Public Displays and Brexit

by Bob Raikes

I’m writing this editorial at the Digital Signage Summit in Munich. It’s interesting that there is very little about hardware in the whole event – I’m one of only a couple of hardware people …

Tags:Digital Signage| Editorial| Europe| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 24

What Was Missing at SID?

by Bob Raikes

It has been a “head down” week, catching up with routine things that had built up in the three weeks that I was away in the US at SID, AWE, the Display Summit and …

Tags:Editorial| Large Display Monitor| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2016| Vol 23 - Issue 23

What About Adding QDs to OLEDs?

by Bob Raikes

I’m writing this week’s editorial from my hotel room in Las Vegas, just before the last day of Infocomm. It’s been a fascinating three weeks for me, with SID, Infocomm and AWE Expo. I’ve …

Tags:Editorial| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Quantum Dots| Vol 23 - Issue 22

Consumer Volume will Win in A/R

by Bob Raikes

Most of my week has been taken up with writing and editing our SID special report, which is a substantial one. However, I also found time, as I was in the San Francisco bay …

Tags:Augmented Reality| AWE 2016| Editorial| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 21

Four Breakthroughs at SID 2016

by Bob Raikes

I love the SID DisplayWeek event. I have attended the event every year since 1995, so this was my 22nd visit. As I mentioned in an article last year, looking back at my early …

Tags:Editorial| EPD (Electrophoretic)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Materials| Quantum Dots| Vol 23 - Issue 20

MicroLEDs on the Agenda for SID, AWE and Infocomm

by Bob Raikes

Our front page story from Sony was not difficult to choose this week. We have a special “microsite” with news from SID’s Display Week, which starts in a couple of days. In my introductory …

Tags:AWE 2016| Editorial| Infocomm 2016| Large Display Monitor| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2016| sony| Vol 23 - Issue 19