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Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 52

by Tom Allen

The Dune HD Solo 4k is a new media player for digital signage, based on Sigma Designs’ SMP8758 processor. It is the first Dune HD player with HEVC support, and can show content in …

LeTV Sells $20 VR Headset

by Tom Allen

A Bluetooth control appears in some marketing material, but it is currently unclear as to whether this will be bundled with the device.LeTV has released a new VR headset in Asia called the COOL1. …

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 52| Wearables

ETRI Developing Holographic Imaging Technology

by Arthur Berman

The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (Daejeon, South Korea) or ETRI has demonstrated the current state of development of its so-called “tabletop holographic display” technology. The occasion for this demonstration was the 2015 Creative …

Tags:Holographic Displays| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 52

DCS Talks About 4 Ways to a 4 Way Finish

by Bob Raikes

The Digital Cinema Society (DCS) is an organisation we keep a watching brief on. The group recently held an event in Hollywood on “4 Ways to a 4K Finish”, which included talks on storage …

2015 was “Banner Year” for AMOLED Smartphones

by Tom Allen

21% of the smartphone display market was taken by Full HD smartphone panels in Q3’15 – largely due to the increase in AMOLED display adoption by Samsung and other vendors, says IHS. Unit shipments …

Tags:AMOLED| IHS Markit| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 22 - Issue 51

TV Shopping Pushes Acer Sales at Christmas

by Tom Allen

Acer has sold 70,000 units of its Liquid Leap smartband (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 18) in the USA, during a 24-hour promotion with a TV shopping channel earlier this month.

Huawei Sets New Record

by Tom Allen

Huawei has said that it has sold over 100 million smartphones this year – a new record amongst Chinese firms. Last year, the company sold 75 million phones. He Gang, president of Huawei’s mobile …

Tags:Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 51

LCDs in Your Eye?

by Tom Allen

Devesh Mistry, a postgraduate research student at the University of leeds, is developing a liquid crystal contact lens. The lens could restore long-sightedness in older people, whose natural lenses are less elastic than younger …

Tags:Contact Lens Display| Eyewear| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 51

IHS: 2016 Will be Flexible Displays and Cheap VR

by Tom Allen

IHS has asked its analysts for their top predictions for the coming year, amassing them all in a new white paper (http://tinyurl.com/z2czht5). Many of the predictions revolve around China and the country’s future. Displays …

Paper Planes Become Cheap Drones

by Tom Allen

PowerUp FPV is a project that recently – and quickly – beat its funding goal on Kickstarter, by almost 300%. The toy, built in collaboration with drone maker Parrot, is a propeller and camera …

Large-Size Rollables Coming to CES?

by Tom Allen

A new gaming brand will be revealed by BenQ, called Zowie. Zowie products will cover monitors and peripherals, such as mice and keypads, with a focus on the competitive gaming (eSports) market. In monitors, …

Apple Agrees 7-Year Deal with Ericsson

by Tom Allen

Apple and Ericsson have been in legal battles over Apple’s use of Ericsson’s technologies in its iPhone and iPad devices for around three years now – and have finally reached an agreement. A seven-year …