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Samsung Likes BBC Proposal for Broadcast HDR

by Bob Raikes

John Adam of Samsung was the next speaker and he gave the “set makers’” point of view. He said that consumers are buying UHD sets and that is also driving the growth of sets …

EBU Updates on Standards for UltraHD

by Bob Raikes

Yvonne Thomas is from the EBU and she looked at standards for UltraHD. She said that the aim with UltraHD, as Mark Twain said is to “please some and astonish the rest”. The main …

Exciting Times for UltraHD – and UK Politics!

by Bob Raikes

It has been an interesting week. I spent a couple of days in Luxembourg at the SES Partner day. There was, of course, lots of talk about UltraHD and HDR and I got my …

Fitbit Files For IPO

by Helen Vince

Fitbit has announced plans to raise around $100 million from an initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange, though it has not indicated how many shares it plans to sell, nor …

Tags:Financial Data| Fitbit| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 20

Oculus Concerned About Poor VR Experiences

by Tom Allen

Sharing a little more information about its upcoming (Oculus Rift Set to Arrive in 2016) Oculus Rift headset, Oculus VR has said that it is developing its own virtual reality games. The fear is …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus Rift| Oculus VR| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 20

N1 (Finally) Leaves Chinese Borders

by Tom Allen

Nokia’s N1 tablet was launched in 2014 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 46), but has been confined to China – until now. The tablet has now been rolled out to Taiwan, for NT$7,800 ($255) …

Intel Promises Thunderbolt at Computex

by Tom Allen

Companies have begun to release information about their presence at the upcoming Computex show in Taipei this June. China’s Holitech produces LCD and touch panel products. At Computex, it will focus on mobile devices …

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 20

by Tom Allen

Acer has added Intel’s fifth-generation Broadwell processors to its Travelmate P645-S ultrabooks. The new units can have Core i5 or i7 processors and are available in the USA now, starting at $950. Asus will …

HP Leaves Windows for Ubuntu

by Tom Allen

HP has ditched Windows and decided to produce an Ubuntu laptop, in co-operation with UK-based Ebuyer.com. Although it doesn’t run Microsoft’s OS, the Probook 255 G3 features LibreOffice, which is compatible with the Windows …

UDC Result 11/05/2015

by Helen Vince

Universal Display Corporation (UDC) recorded a net profit of $1.3 million on turnover of $31.2 million, which compares with a net profit a year earlier of $4 million on turnover of $37.8 million. The …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UDC| Vol 22 - Issue 20

Samsung Display to Boost Production with $3.6 Billion Investment

by Helen Vince

Samsung Display says it will invest around KRW4 trillion ($3.6 billion) to increase production of flexible OLED displays, with the bulk of the investment expected to be spent expanding production at the company’s Asan …

Researchers Achieve Full Opaque/Transparent Switching

by Tom Allen

A team at Pusan National University (Korea) has developed a liquid crystal (LC) technology that can switch between transparent and opaque states, quickly. Existing transparent displays are constantly open to the background, and so …