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EMEA Monitor Market Up in Q1

by Bob Raikes

Given the poor conditions in the PC market, it’s surprising to be reporting that the market for desktop monitors in EMEA was up on last year in Q1 2016 according to Meko’s DisplayCast DTM …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Europe| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Vol 23 - Issue 19

Smart Sets Break 100 Million Mark

by Tom Allen

48.5% of all TV sets shipped in Q4’15 – 34.2 million units – were smart models, says IHS, leading to smart TV shipments breaking the 100 million mark for the first time last year. …

NEC Showcase Rises to New Height

by Bob Raikes

The NEC Showcase took place this year at the Millbank Tower. The nearest underground station was Westminster, beside the Houses of Parliament in London. I was surprised to see a band and lots of …

Large LCD Shipments Fall, but Area is Rising

by Tom Allen

Shipment area of large (9″+) TFT-LCD displays will rise 5% YoY in 2016, despite unit shipment declines, says IHS. Total area shipped this year will reach 168 million m². LG Display will lead the …

Vo3SS Redesigns Vodafone VoD Service

by Tom Allen

Vodafone Deutschland has chosen 3 Screen Solutions (3SS) to redesign its Select Video VoD service. 3SS delivered new software to enhance the functionality of the service, building on existing middleware. The new VoD store …

Eyevis to Use ColorSpark in DLP Engines

by Bob Raikes

Eyevis of Germany was showing its ESP range of DLP-based LED projector engines which are widely used in aircraft and automotive simulators. The company has supplied projectors for 17 aircraft simulators being developed by …

ITEC 2016 Round Up

by Bob Raikes

At the back of the hall, one company, Dauntless, had set up its simulation system in an area that allowed two users to move around, wearing VR headsets. On the displays were the scenarios …

JVC Highlights Blu-escent Engine

by Bob Raikes

JVC was showing the latest version of its DLA-VS2500 UltraHD laser phosphor projector and had the light engine, which it calls the Blu-escent engine, in a display case on the booth. The unit uses …

Tags:ITEC 2016| Large Display Monitor| Laser Phosphor Projectors| LCOS| Vol 23 - Issue 19

Canon Shows 4K LP LCOS Prototype

by Bob Raikes

The value of going to this kind of show for news was shown when we got to the Canon booth. The company had a prototype (serial number #001!) three panel 4K LCOS projector based …

Esterline Adds “Channel” Product

by Bob Raikes

Esterline bought Barco’s simulation business last year as the Belgian company focused on its core display components. Esterline supplies complete display systems in a number of different ranges under the Treality brand, and using, …

Tags:Barco| ITEC 2016| Large Display Monitor| Simulation| Vol 23 - Issue 19

ITEC Has Interesting Displays

by Bob Raikes

ITEC is the annual exhibition for the military/defence simulation business in Europe that is equivalent to the US I/ITSEC which we have reported on for several years. This is the first time that we …

Tags:ITEC 2016| Large Display Monitor| Military & Defence| Simulation| Vol 23 - Issue 19

Sony Returns to Crystal LED With CLEDIS

by Tom Allen

Micro LEDs are reckoned to be a potentially very disruptive technology, for both large and small screens (“The Only Disruptive Technology at Display Week”). Since SID 2015, more and more stories have been appearing …