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LDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 45

by Tom Allen

Panasonic is now selling its LF8 (500 cd/m²) and LF80 (700 cd/m²) professional displays (seen at ISE: Panasonic Emphasises Strength & Reliability). Available in 42″, 47″ and 55″ sizes, these units are capable of …

Leak Reveals New Acer Gaming Monitor

by Tom Allen

Although it hasn’t been officially announced yet, a new addition to Acer’s Predator gaming monitor series has been found on some of the company’s regional websites. Importantly, despite being a gaming model, it uses …

JCDecaux Shakes in Shanghai

by Tom Allen

JCDecaux ran an advertising campaign in China last month, using iBeacon technology to promote the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament. Passers-by could shake their smartphone to interact with media, access prize draws and more.

Hisense Shows Flat and Curved UltraHD Sets

by Tom Allen

Hisense has presented three new UltraHD TVs in the K700 series, which feature a shallow depth (35mm), 88% NTSC gamut coverage and two sizes: 58″ and 65″. One of the 65″ sets is curved. …

Solid Fixings Prevent Distortion, Says BenQ

by Tom Allen

Two new ultra-wide ‘bar-type’ displays have been introduced by BenQ. The 28″ BH280 and 38″ BH380 can be used 24/7, with a 50,000 hour lifetime. Intended use is for areas where space is limited, …

Tags:BenQ| Large Display Monitor| Stretched Displays| Vol 22 - Issue 45

Actions Looks to 64-bit for STB Market

by Tom Allen

China’s Actions Semiconductor has launched the GT7 chipset: a 64-bit octa-core device (quad-core CPU and GPU) for OTT set-top boxes (STBs). Featuring HEVC decoding, the GT7 enables UltraHD playback from online sources. RJ45 and …

NEC Shows New Laser-Phosphor Projectors

by Matthew Brennesholtz

At the NEC Showcase last week in New York, I had a chance to talk to Rich McPherson, Senior Product Manager, Projectors, about the latest laser-phosphor projectors from NEC. Most of these projectors were …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Laser Phosphor Projectors| NEC| NEC Showcase 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 45

UDC Result 09/11/15

by Yvette Raikes

OLED producer Universal Display Corp. (UDC) recorded Q3 net profits of $7 million, up from $4.3 million in the same period last time, on revenue which rose to $39.4 million from $32.9 million. For …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UDC| Vol 22 - Issue 45

CPT Requires Unpaid Leave to Avoid Layoffs

by Tom Allen

‘To overcome [the] economic recession and improve financial performance’, Chungwha Picture Tubes has asked its employees to take unpaid leave. From now until the end of 2016, an unspecified number of workers will be …

Tags:CPT| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Taiwan| Vol 22 - Issue 45

Planar Shows Off Transparent OLED Variants

by Milos Pavlovic

Earlier this year, Planar showed a 55″ transparent OLED display at ISE (Planar Talks 100% UltraHD), although little information was available (it was also shown by others including NEC and Eyevis as well as …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| OLEDs| Planar| Vol 22 - Issue 45

TechniSat Brings UltraHD to the Home

by Tom Allen

TechniSat is now selling an UltraHD STB in Germany, which can decode HEVC signals. The Digit Isio STC+ is also able to play UltraHD content at 60fps through HDMI, and supports HDCP 2.2. It …

Tags:HEVC (H.265)| Large Display Monitor| STBs| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 45

Acer Monitor Families go UltraHD

by Tom Allen

Two new monitor families have been developed by Acer, for professional users such as graphic designers and photographers. The BX0 and CB1 monitors have several resolution options, up to UltraHD, and picture-in- and picture-by-picture …

Tags:Acer| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 45