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Daktronics Prepared For Super Bowl

by Tom Allen

Daktronics installed a massive new digital billboard in the University of Phoenix Stadium, ahead of the recent Super Bowl. The billboard, with a 13mm pixel pitch, measured 17.7m x 50m (a total of 2,900m²!) …

Leyard and Dimenco to Develop 108” No-Glasses 3D LED Display

by Chris Chinnock

At InfoComm 2015, look for a giant 108” LED display that is offering no-glasses 3D content.That is the plan according to Dimenco and Leyard Photoelectrics. To get there, Leyard, which claims to be the world’s largest …

Toray Phosphor Sheet Raises LED Brightness

by Tom Allen

Japan’s Nikkei newspaper claims that Toray Industries has developed a phosphor sheet that can raise WLED brightness by 10%, without an increase in input power. The sheet is intended for use with WLEDs formed …

No More Plasma for Samsung, But LED is New Category

by Tom Allen

Samsung’s CES press conference is always elbow-room only. While we managed to secure a seat (through use of aforementioned elbows), cameramen in the aisles severely hampered the ability to take photos! Tim Baxter, president …

Molecular Computing Reveals Difficulty of Blue LEDs

by Tom Allen

Why are blue LEDs so difficult to make? It is a question that has dogged the field since the devices’ commercialisation in the 1990s, and has now been answered by scientists at University College …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 03

Global LED backlighting production value to fall 10% in 2015, say Taiwan makers

by Vanessa Browning

The value of LED backlighting production will fall by about 10% this year, say Taiwanese LED makers, as TV and tablet production value falls. Both smartphones and TVs will represent about 30% of production …

China Ends LED Subsidies

by Bob Raikes

The Chinese government has stopped offering subsidies and tax incentives to LED epitaxial wafer and chip makers. According to reports from Asia, the subsidies had disrupted market mechanisms (leading to oversupply) and ‘may violate …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| LED| Vol 22 - Issue 01

LED-Lit Displays’ Value Falling

by Bob Raikes

LEDinside, a division of Trendforce, has predicted that global production value of LED-backlit tablets and LCD TVs will fall 21.7% and 14.3% YoY, respectively, this year. The products’ production value will be $476 million …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD Backlights| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 50

Ingram Signs With Acronn

by Raverstead

Ingram Micro is now distributing large-size displays from Acronn in Italy. Acronn is a brand of Eurosell, used for LED displays.

Top LED and Laser Technologies for Displays from 2014

by Helen Vince

Display Components – I was browsing through an article at Laser Focus World (LFW) titled “Technology Review: Top 20 technologies for 2014 cover the range from basic R&D to new apps” by LFW Senior …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Laser| LED| Quantum Dots| Vol 21 - Issue 50

VDC is First to Show LEDs for Simulation

by Raverstead

VDC came to I/ITSEC with a message – maybe it is time to consider direct view LEDs in simulation applications.

Tags:LED| Simulation| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP

New Times Square LED Sign Could Be Largest in the World

by Helen Vince

Digital Signage – Over the past few decades, New York City’s Times Square has undergone a dramatic change, from sleazy adult entertainment district to its current Disney/Las Vegas-like center of lights, sounds and family-friendly attractions. …