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Thumbs Up! Takes a Lesson From Tier Ones

by Tom Allen

An American company, Thumbs Up!, has introduced its own VR headset – although it doesn’t have a display. In the style of Google Cardboard the Samsung’s Gear VR, the Immerse Virtual Reality Headset is …

Tags:Head Up Displays HUDs| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 11

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NHK and Forza Silicon Present 133 Mpixel 60 fps Image Sensor

by Matthew Brennesholtz

At the recent IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) held in San Francisco February 22 – 26, R. Funatsu from NHK Science & Technology Research Laboratories, (STRL) (Tokyo, Japan) and 11 of his colleagues …

Tags:Cameras| Mobile Display Monitor| NHK| Sensors| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 22 - Issue 15

SID Adds Automotive to 2015 Display Week

by Tom Allen

SID’s Display Week will run from 31st May to the 5th June in San Jose this year. New to the 2015 show will be the addition of vehicle displays. There will also be technical …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 11

MPEG Introduces DisplayPort Patent License

by Tom Allen

MPEG LA has introduced a licence for the DisplayPort patent portfolio. The licence covers a variety of digital interface standards used to connect AV sources between products. Initial DisplayPort technology owners include Hitachi Maxell, …

Tags:Back Panel| DisplayPort| Hitachi| Large Display Monitor| Licensing| Mobile Display Monitor| MPEG| Philips| SiliconCore| sony| Vol 22 - Issue 11

Module Competition Drives Down Smartphone Costs

by Tom Allen

Global shipments of mobile phone display modules will rise just 4% YoY in 2015, says IHS, to 2 billion units. The result will be stronger competition among manufacturers of these units. Chinese makers are …

Tags:China| IHS DisplaySearch| IHS Markit| LCD Modules| Mobile Display Monitor| Mobile Phones| Pricing| Vol 22 - Issue 11| Worldwide

Rumour: Apple Settles on Oxide

by Tom Allen

The newest in a long chain of rumours regarding Apple’s 12.9″ iPad has appeared. According to sources in Asia, the tablet will use Oxide TFTs and enter mass production in Q3’15. Samples are being …

Tags:Apple| iPad| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| Oxide TFTs| Samsung Display| sharp| Vol 22 - Issue 11

MWC not so Hot?

by Bob Raikes

This week, I spent a number of days at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The event is currently the hot event for the world of mobile phone operators and makers, so much so …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Editorial| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2015| Radio| Smartphones| Smartwatches| tablets| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 10

Sony to Phase Out US Retail Stores

by Helen Vince

Sony is to phase out eight of its remaining 10 Sony stores in the US and expand its retail presence through the dealer channel by rolling out 100 more Sony Experience in-store locations. The …

Tags:Channels| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Retail| Retailers| sony| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 11

And Finally… – Vol 22 12

by Tom Allen

In a perfect example of 21st century Darwinism, an armed man who robbed a Tesco store in the UK was arrested shortly after the act – because he posted about it on Facebook.

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 12

Canatu Film Used in 3D-Shaped Touch Sensor

by Tom Allen

With Schuster Group and Display Solutions AG, Canatu has developed a 3D-encapsulated touch sensor, for the automotive industry. It is being used to build a button-free, 3D-shaped multitouch display for in-car use. A prototype …

Tags:Automotive| Canatu| Mobile Display Monitor| Touch| Touch Interfaces| Vol 22 - Issue 10

Panel Supply Delays iPad Pro

by Tom Allen

The oft-rumoured 12.9″ iPad Pro (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 45) has apparently been delayed again. According to Bloomberg’s sources, production will now begin in September, because of delays in display panel supply.

Tags:Apple| iPad| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 10

KOE Moves to High Res for Industry

by Tom Allen

KOE Europe has introduced a new 10.1″ LCD display module, with high resolution, for industrial use. While many industrial display modules have resolutions of 1024 x 768 or lower, KOE’s new TX26D202VM0BAA has 1920 …

Tags:Industrial Monitors| LCD Modules| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 10