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Sony Looking at Bezel-less Design for IFA

by Bob Raikes

Rumours from China suggest that Sony will show a new 6″ LCD-based smartphone with an 18:9 aspect ratio and with a ‘bezel less’ design at this year’s IFA. Sony will hold its regular press …

Tags:LCD displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| sony| Vol 24 - Issue 24

Anniversaries, Especially For the iPhone

by Bob Raikes

It seems to have been a week with a number of anniversaries. I spent a couple of days at Leti in Grenoble this week, as it celebrated 50 years of R&D in microelectronics and …

Tags:Editorial| iPhone| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 24

HTC Vive & Lenovo To Use Qualcomm Daydream Reference

by Bob Raikes

HTC and Lenovo are building stand alone headsets based on the latest Qualcomm reference design according to the RoadtoVR blog. Qualcomm has released more information about the components in the reference design including the …

New J/V in Taiwan for OLED Drivers

by Bob Raikes

INT Tech and UltraChip (which claims it will have market share of more than 90% in EPD drivers in the second half of 2017) have set up a J/V to develop drivers for OLEDs …

FreeWheel Council for Premium Video Expands into Europe

by Bob Raikes

Following on the development of the FreeWheel Council for Premium Video (FWC) in North America, the FWC announced its European launch, extending its remit to champion the premium video industry on an international level. …

The GenBasic VR Headset

by Arthur Berman

GenBasic (apparently a brand name of the Shenzhen Big Bread Technology Co., Ltd.) is now offering a product called the Quad HD Android All-In-One Virtual Reality Headset – HXSD Edition. The “All-in-One” in the …

Tags:Android| AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 25

Netflix Supports Dolby Vision and Atmos

by Bob Raikes

Netflix has released a new movie, Okja, which supports both Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision, features that will be available on LG’s 2017 OLED TVs, after an update. Dolby Atmos is available via the …

Tags:Dolby Vision| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Netflix| Vol 24 - Issue 24

BT Updates on VR Challenges for Sport

by Bob Raikes

Andrew Gower of BT, quoted in DigitalTVEurope.net, said in a speech at a conference in London, said that BT in the UK is looking for ways to integrate VR into its sports coverage, integrating …

AndersDX Launches Circular AMOLED Modules

by Bob Raikes

UK distributor and SI, andersDX, has announced a new 1.3″ circular 360 x 360 AMOLED that is made by Truly Semiconductor. Brightness is 350 cd/m². It is 0.6mm thick and can run from -20° …

Tags:AMOLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 24| Wearables

CES Celebrates Fifty Years

by Yvette Raikes

The picture shows the very first CES held in New York from June 25th to 28th 1967. There were 117 exhibitors and 17,500 attendees. Fifty years later, CES 2017 had over 4000 exhibitors and …

Tags:Back Panel| CTA (was CEA)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 24

Seoul Semiconductor and Toshiba Combine on LED

by Bob Raikes

Seoul Semiconductor and Toshiba Materials are working together to create LEDs that have light quality that is like sunlight and will be sold under the SunLike brand. The devices will be used for lighting, …

Dell Alienware Monitor Supports 240Hz

by Bob Raikes

Dell has a new 24.5″ FullHD addition to its Alienware gaming brand. The Alienware TN monitors support 240Hz operation with 1ms response time. There are two versions, one with FreeSync which costs around $399 …