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Facebook Rumoured to be Developing Mid-Range Mobile VR Headset

by Andrew Fenn

Facebook plans to launch a mobile VR headset in 2018, according to a report on Bloomberg earlier this week. Bloomberg didn’t name its sources, but cited “people familiar with its development”. The product is …

Tags:AR/VR| Facebook/Meta| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 27

Compact 4.2″ IPS LCD has Rugged+ Performance

by Bob Raikes

KOE (the industrial group in JDI) has introduced a new 4.2″ IPS LCD with 480 x 272 resolution and described as ‘Rugged+’ and suitable for applications including industrial process control, marine instrumentation, aerospace, in-vehicle …

Tags:LCD Panels| Mobile Display Monitor| Rugged Displays| Vol 24 - Issue 26

DTC Domo Broadcast Will Launch Wireless UHD Transmitter at IBC 2017

by Andrew Fenn

DTC will launch a new UHD-capable wireless transmitter at this year’s International Broadcast Convention in Amsterdam. In the report, DTC Domo Broadcast Sales Director JP Delport said: “It is exciting to watch the development …

Tags:IBC 2017| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 27

Pixelligent Receives a Further $2.15 million in Grants

by Alan Spencer

Pixelligent Technologies has announced that it has been awarded $2.15 million in grants from the US Department of Energy SBIR and Department of Defense STTR programs. The grants will be used to accelerate and …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| R&D (Research & Development)| Vol 24 - Issue 27

Worldwide IT Spending is Forecasted to Grow 2.4% This Year

by Alan Spencer

Gartner has predicted that worldwide IT spending will reach $3.5 trillion in 2017, which is a 2.4% increase from 2016. The growth rate is up from the previous quarter’s forecast of 1.4% due to …

Tags:IDC| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 27

New Pine64 Media Board Runs UltraHD HDR Video at 60 fps

by Andrew Fenn

Raspberry Pi finally has some real competition in the single-board computer market, with the imminent arrival of Pine 64’s new media board system, Rock64, the makers claim. At 85mm by 56mm, about the size …

Tags:Android| Mobile Display Monitor| Video Processors| Vol 24 - Issue 27

High-End Phone Maker Vertu Goes Into Liquidation

by Andrew Fenn

The BBC has reported that Vertu, a manufacturer of extraordinarily luxurious mobile phone handsets, has gone into liquidation following a period of financial difficulty. Vertu handsets were typically crafted from precious materials, encrusted with …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 26

Just two topics this Week

by Bob Raikes

This week we include in LDM a special report on the Digital Signage Summit in Munich, which continues to gain momentum. Our Mobile Display Monitor issue, on the other hand has all of the …

Taiwan Panel Makers Results June 2017

by Bob Raikes

We summarise the results from the Taiwanese panel suppliers in June in the charts and tables below.

Taiwan Monthly Results – June 2017

by Bob Raikes

We’ll summarise all the Taiwan monthly financial reports this week. Asustek was up 24% on last month in June, at $1.3 billion, but down 8% on June 2016. That meant that quarterly revenue was …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Taiwan| Vol 24 - Issue 26

Will LG Supply a 2:1 OLED for the Next Google Pixel XL?

by Bob Raikes

The Android Police blog claims to have “Exclusive” information that the next version of Google’s top-of-the-line smartphone, the Pixel XL, will have a 6″ flexible OLED display with a an 18:9 aspect ratio and …

Tags:Google| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 26

Worldwide PC Shipments Declined 4.3% in Second Quarter

by Alan Spencer

According to preliminary results from Gartner, worldwide PC shipments totalled 61.1 million units in the second quarter of 2017, which is a 4.3% decline compared to the second quarter of 2016 and is the …