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Epson Begins Large EVF Mass Production

by Tom Allen

Epson has announced that it has begun mass-production of a 0.66″ electronic viewfinder LCD display with 1400 x 1050 resolution. A prototype unit was previously shown at the CP+ show in February this year. …

Flickr to Support Gear VR

by Bob Raikes

Flickr has said that it will support the Samsung Gear VR by producing an app for the Gear VR that makes it easy to see a range of curated 360º content. The content can …

Hannstar Sales Fall 40% YoY

by Tom Allen

Hannstar Display’s revenues reached NT$1.2 billion ($36.5 million): a fall of 7.5% MoM and 41.5% YoY. Year-to-date revenues declined 26.1% YoY, to NT$16 billion ($486 million). Large-size monitor panel shipments rose 22% MoM, to …

Tags:Financial Data| Hannstar (Hannspree)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 50

USB-IF Certifies Analogix for Power Delivery

by Tom Allen

Analogix Semiconductor’s ANX7428 USB-C port controller has achieved USB- Power Delivery certification, from the USB Implementers Forum. The ANX74XX family is an integrated single-chip solution for mobile devices.

Apple Spurs Touch Enhancements

by Tom Allen

Spurred on by Apple’s use of Force Touch in the Apple Watch, and 3D Touch in the iPhone 6S line, IHS is seeing growth in force-sensing and other touch enhancements to mobile devices. Other …

Tags:Apple| IHS Markit| Mobile Display Monitor| Touch| Vol 22 - Issue 50

TVs Covered by New ITA Agreement?

by Tom Allen

A year since we last reported on it (ITA Talks Collapse, Resume in 2015), the updated ITA Agreement has finally been concluded. Countries covered by the ITAThe ITA Agreement defines tariffs on IT products, …

Michael James Retires as Portrait CEO

by Tom Allen

Martin FishmanMichael James – president, co-founder and CEO of Portrait Displays (A Pivot for Portrait’s James) – has now officially announced that he will retire, after 22 years running the company. Martin Fishman and …

NLT’s EVT Creates Sunlight-Readable Module

by Tom Allen

NLT Technologies has introduced a 12.1″ sunlight-readable TFT LCD module, which combines T-EVT and ColorXcell technologies with high brightness. T-EVT stands for Transmissive Enhanced View Technology, which is NLT’s description for the combination of …

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Analyst Says Apple Will Skip Force Touch

by Tom Allen

KGI Securities analyst Ming Chi Kuo has said that Apple’s third-gen iPad Air will not feature 3D Touch when it is launched in the first half of 2016. Supply chain issues will mean that …

Tags:Apple| iPad| Mobile Display Monitor| Touch| Vol 22 - Issue 50

IDC: Wearables Will Grow at 28% CAGR to 2019

by Tom Allen

The market for wearable devices will rise 44.4% YoY in 2016 to 111.1 million units, up from this year’s expected 80 million units. By 2019, IDC expects total shipments to have reached 214.6 million, …

Apple Buys Chip Facility

by Tom Allen

Apple has paid $18.2 million to purchase a new building in north San Jose, only a few minutes from 86 acres of land that was also recently acquired by the company. The 6,500m² building …

Tags:Apple| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 50

Disney and ETH Convert 3D to AS3D in Real Time

by Tom Allen

Disney Research is working with ETH Zurich, to build a system that can convert existing stereoscopic 3D content into multiview (autostereoscopic) content in real time. A combination of computer algorithms and hardware is used …