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Acer Takes Home Good Design Awards

by Tom Allen

Acer won five Good Design awards in Japan this month, from more than 3,600 entries. The winning products – the Predator Z35 monitor, K138STi LED projector, Aspire Switch 10 E hybrid, Aspire R 11 …

INCJ Would Invest in Sharp

by Tom Allen

A Japanese government-backed fund is open to discussing an investment in Sharp, if the company asks for it. Mikihide Katsumata, president of the Innovation Network Corp of Japan (INCJ), told Reuters that it would …

Panasonic Beats Competition With UHD Blu-ray Player

by Tom Allen

The design is reminiscent of a 90s VHS player!Panasonic has shown off the world’s first UltraHD Blu-ray player at the Ceatec electronics show in Japan. Known as the DMR-UBZ1, the player will be launched …

JDI Unveils First 17” 8k

by Tom Allen

Japan Display said it would show off the ‘world’s first’ 8k 17.3″ display at Ceatec 2015 (7th – 10th October), in Tokyo. The company says that the display, which has about 510 ppi, uses …

Central Glass Uses Diamond in Projection Glass

by Tom Allen

Central Glass, a Japanese firm, has developed a way to deliver sharp projected images on windows. The company creates glass that can serve as a projection screen, by baking diamond particles into the surface. …

Tags:Glass| Japan| Large Display Monitor| Projection| Vol 22 - Issue 39

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 39

by Tom Allen

Combining its Pro Tablet 608 (USB-C Makes HP Appearance) and Payment Jacket with Verifone’s e355 mobile point of sale (mPOS) terminal, HP has created the HP Pro Tablet Mobile Payment Solution. The addition of …

Japanese Cable Cos Plan for UltraHD

by Bob Raikes

The Nikkei Asian Review reports that 39 companies in the cable business in Japan are teaming up to deliver UltraHD content. The hope is to eventually get to 370 companies and 110 have so …

Sharp to Release World’s First 8k TV – Next Month

by Tom Allen

Sharp will begin selling an 8k TV in October this year – the first-such model to be made commercially available. Known as the LV-85001, the unit will be an 85″ set costing ¥15.2 million …

Tags:Japan| Large Display Monitor| sharp| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 22 - Issue 37

Flagship HTC Models Will be Launched in Japan

by Tom Allen

We have heard that HTC has plans for two new flagship smartphones, to be launched in Japan at the end of the month. They will be updated versions of the One M9+ (with laser …

Tags:HTC| Japan| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 36

Japanese Satellite Ready for ‘Widescale’ UltraHD

by Tom Allen

B-Sat, the Japanese satellite operator, says that its latest satellite will be able to handle wide-scale UltraHD and 8k broadcasts. Backed by NHK, the B-Sat 4a satellite will be used for DTH services, starting …

JOLED Invests in OLED Printing

by Tom Allen

JOLED plans to create a research and development centre in spring next year, where work will be done to establish technologies for mid-size OLED mass production. Established by Sony and Panasonic, JOLED is targeting …

Tags:Japan| JOLED| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 32

JOLED Invests in R&D to Establish a manufacturing Facility for Midsize OLED Panels

by Norbert Hildebrand

Just one year after establishing JOLED as a company for developing and manufacturing OLED panels, the Japanese consortium made up by the Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ), Japan Display Inc. (JDI), Sony Corporation, …