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QD Vision Granted RoHS Exemption

by Tom Allen

The European Commission has granted an exemption to the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS 2) Directive for Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE) to QD Vision for its cadmium-based quantum dots. The EC stated, ‘Colour-converting LEDs using quantum …

E Ink Monitor is not Cheap!

by Tom Allen

Chinese company Dasung has gone in a new direction with desktop monitors, creating one using an E Ink display. The Paperlike is powered by USB and intended to act as a portable secondary screen, …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| EPD (Electrophoretic)| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 05

10% of UK Viewers Could Benefit from UltraHD

by Tom Allen

A survey of TV viewing habits in the UK has been conducted by the BBC, as it considers moving to UltraHD broadcasts. The results showed that only 10% of viewers would benefit from the …

Did Chinese TV Sales Decline in 2014?

by Tom Allen

Hisense has moved some of its TV production to Africa (photo: WSJ)Bing Zhang, research director for Greater China at DisplaySearch, has posed the question: is China’s TV industry slowing down (http://tinyurl.com/pwy6yen)? Zhang’s question was …

JCDecaux Expands Airport Portfolio

by Tom Allen

JCDecaux Airports has taken on the contract to operate interior and exterior advertising displays at French airport Golfe de Saint-Tropez. All displays will be newly installed, including a large-format unit visible from the runway. However …

Squats for Subway Rides in Mexico City

by Tom Allen

To combat rising obesity levels in Mexico, officials in Mexico City are offering free tickets on the metro trains to passengers who indulge in some light exercise. Thirty ‘health stations’ have been installed at …

Tags:Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| LATAM| Vol 22 - Issue 05

LG Achieves 1,400 Lumens on LED Projector

by Tom Allen

LG has announced a new DLP LED projector in the Mini Beam Pro series: the PF1500. Mini Beam Pro is the top end of the company’s portable range; the projector has 1,400 lumens of …

Tags:DLP| Large Display Monitor| LED Projectors| LG Electronics (LGE)| Vol 22 - Issue 05

BBC Gives Public Insight Into Future of Broadcast

by Tom Allen

The BBC has opened its innovation labs up to the public – sort of – in the form of a website called BBC Taster (http://tinyurl.com/nc73f46). Users can visit the site and see what the …

UDC, LG Display Sign 7 Year OLED Agreement

by Helen Vince

Universal Display (UDC) and LG Display (LGD) have signed a new OLED technology license agreement and supplemental material purchase agreement which both run through until the end of December 2022. Under the terms of …

Display Module Output Rises 5% in 2014

by Tom Allen

Taiwan’s Photonics Industry & Technology Development Association (PIDA) has said that the value of global display module output reached about $82.6 billion last year. The figure was a 5% YoY increase, from just under $78.9 …

Tags:Components Market| Large Display Monitor| LCD Modules| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 05

UltraHD Sales Rose Ahead of Super Bowl

by Vanessa Browning

US retailers said that the Super Bowl was helping them to sell UltraHD TVs before the event – despite no broadcaster transmitting in the format. Best Buy’s TV sales volumes were up 2.6% YoY …

TCO Cancels Hyundai Certificate

by Tom Allen

TCO Certified, with Hyundai IBT, has cancelled a certificate granted to Hyundai’s P227D 21.5″ LCD monitor. The monitor was certified as compliant with TCO Certified Displays 6 in October 2013, at which point Hyundai had …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Environment| Large Display Monitor| TCO Development| Vol 22 - Issue 05