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3M Study Offers Tolerances for 2020 Color Gamut Specification

by Chris Chinnock

One of the big issues with the 2020 color gamut is that the specification calls for primaries that are located on the spectral locus without any tolerances. That means to be technically compliant, you …

Curved Images Can Improve Reading

by Chris Chinnock

This SID paper sounded quite interesting as I thought it might address some of the industry discussion around the benefits of a curved display. Alas, I was a bit disappointed as the paper described …

Tags:Curved Displays| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 24

CPT’s May Sales Dip 21% YoY

by Helen Vince

Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) saw sales fall 10.3% sequentially and 21% year on year to NT$3.7 billion ($118.8 million), bringing sales so far this year to NT$21.1 billion ($677.8 million), 12.6% lower than the …

Tags:CPT| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 24

Nvidia Patent Shows HMD With Own GPU

by Tom Allen

Click to enlargeNvidia has filed a patent for a VR headset, with its own CPU, GPU and storage built in. The unit will use six cameras – two forward, two down and two to …

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| Nvidia| Patents| Vol 22 - Issue 24

Sony Skimps on Storage

by Tom Allen

Website XperiaBlog has found that Sony’s M4 Xperia Aqua (Sony Improves the Look of its Waterproof Devices) is supplied with just 1.2GB of usable storage. The phone has 8GB of storage built in, but …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| sony| storage| Vol 22 - Issue 24

Samsung Ruggedises S6 Flagship

by Tom Allen

Samsung’s Galaxy Active line-up is expanding with the Galaxy S6 Active smartphone: an iteration on its current flagship. Built with rugged use in mind, the S6 Active is housed in an IP68-compliant housing. It …

Asustek Sees First Profit from Smartphones

by Helen Vince

Asustek Computer shipped over 1.5 million smartphones in May, generating a profit for the company for the first time, and says it expects shipments to exceed two million in June. The company reported sales …

Tags:Asus| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 24

New LCD Lines for Innolux

by Tom Allen

Innolux president JC Wang has said that the company will construct new G8.6 LCD facilties, entering mass production in Q3’15. Monthly capacity is expected to be 40,000 glass substrates. Panels sized from 40″ – …

BLU Makers Have Mixed Fortunes in May

by Helen Vince

Taiwan’s main backlight unit (BLU) makers, Radiant Opto-Electronics and Coretronic, reported mixed results in May. Radiant Opto’s sales for the month fell 8.3% sequentially to NT$2.9 billion ($93.7 million), just 0.8% higher than April. …

Wistron Expects Q2 Notebook Decline

by Helen Vince

Wistron shipped 1.3 million notebooks in May, 7.1% lower than April and the company says it expects its second quarter notebook shipments to suffer a sequential decline, having originally forecast up to 5% growth. …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 24

Putting Your Eyeglasses in Your Mobile Device

by Chris Chinnock

Eyeglasses, surgery and contact lenses are great at correcting first order vision problems, but not for some of the personal variations and more complex vision disorders. One idea to address this is to thoroughly …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 24

AUO Panel Shipments Rise

by Helen Vince

AU Optronics (AUO) achieved increases in panel shipments in May, though sales for the month declined. The company shipped 8.67 million large panels last month, up 5.9% from April 2015, while small and medium …

Tags:AUO| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 24