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MediaTek 10-core Chip to be Used in Sharp’s New Smartphone

by Isaac Oburu

Asian sources have reported that Sharp is developing a new smartphone using ing MediaTek’s 10-core Helio X20 chip (MT6797). The new Sharp smartphone, carrying a model number of FS8002, is apparently being designed and …

Tags:Mediatek| Mobile Display Monitor| sharp| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 29

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Sharp Launches ‘Advanced Multi-Board’ to Link up Big Pads

by Isaac Oburu

Sharp Europe today launches software that makes it possible to join together up to three 80” BIG PAD Pros, to create one huge interactive flat panel display. The ‘Advanced Multi-Board’ set-up, with three BIG …

Tags:LFD - Large Format Display| sharp| Software| Video Walls

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 28

by Tom Allen

7thSense has released an entry-level media server, as an affordable way to introduce uncompressed media playback into a workflow for fixed installations. The Nano-1-SDI server features a web-based UI for simple configurations and a …

Tags:AMOLED| Asus| Dell| Desktop Monitors| Digital Signage| GPUs| Hisense| Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| LFD - Large Format Display| LG Electronics (LGE)| Media Servers| PCs| Pricing| sharp| Software| sony| UK (United Kingdom)| Video Encoders & Decoders| Video Walls| Vol 23 - Issue 28

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 26

by Tom Allen

AMD has launched its RX 480 graphics card, designed to make VR more affordable (AMD Dramatically Lowers VR Cost). Prices start at $250. Everdisplay’s 1.4″ AMOLED display at CES Asia. Photo: Chris ChinnockThe small …

Tags:AMD| AMOLED| Automotive| Everdisplay| Graphics Cards| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Japan| JVC| Mobile Display Monitor| PlayStation| Pricing| Samsung| sharp| Smartphones| sony| USA| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 26

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 26

by Tom Allen

AMD has launched its RX 480 graphics card, which is designed to make VR more affordable (AMD Dramatically Lowers VR Cost). Prices start at $250. NEC has launched four new OPS players with sixth-generation …

Tags:AMD| Austria| Blu-ray Players| Europe| Germany| Graphics Cards| Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| Media Players| Mirror Displays| OPS| Panasonic| Pricing| Samsung| sharp| Switzerland| UltraHD| USA| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 26

Gou: Sharp Will Produce OLEDs in 2017

by Tom Allen

Credit: NikkeiThe Nikkei has said that Sharp will begin to ship OLED panels next year. Foxconn chairman Terry Gou made the statements at the annual shareholder briefing.

Tags:Foxconn (Honhai)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| sharp| Supply Chain| Vol 23 - Issue 25

Foxconn Plans Big Changes for Sharp

by Tom Allen

Foxconn chairman Terry Gou has said that his company will “carry out a series of measures to help Sharp make a turnaround as soon as possible,” after officially joining the board in July. Gou …

Tags:Foxconn (Honhai)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| sharp| Vol 23 - Issue 24

Sharp Not Punished for ‘LED TV’ Marketing

by Tom Allen

Sharp has been cleared of Consumer Class Action A lawsuit in the USA, after a judge upheld a motion-to-dismiss ruling, made in September last year, in a case from 2014. The report comes from …

Tags:Advertising| Large Display Monitor| LCD Backlights| Litigation| Samsung| sharp| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 23

SID 2016 Video Roundup

by Tom Allen

We recorded two videos at the SID Display Week: one with Sri Peruvemba, head of marketing for the SID organisation and the man responsible for promoting Display Week; and another with Dave Hagan of …

Tags:IGZO| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| sharp| SID Display Week 2016| Touch| Vol 23 - Issue 22

IGZO & Touch are Sharp Focus

by Bob Raikes

Sharp was highlighting its technology in IGZO backplanes and its touch integration at the SID. IGZO will be important, Sharp believes, because it meets the needs that are developing in IT and PCs. The …

Tags:Automotive| IGZO| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| sharp| SID Display Week 2016| Touch| Vol 23 - Issue 21

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 21

by Tom Allen

The 6000 series of TVs that Philips will launch this year (Ambilux Coming to Philips This Year) will use the Google Cast protocol. 43″, 49″, 55″ and 65″ sizes will be available. Unusually, the …

Tags:Google| Hisense| Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| Philips| Pricing| sharp| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 21

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New 15.6” and 18.5” Full-HD TFT LCD Modules Deliver Dazzling Images

by Isaac Oburu

Today, Sharp announced two new LCD display modules that deliver stunning Full-HD (FHD) images. FHD performance is complemented by crisp definition via a high 1500:1 contrast ratio (typical). The combination enables viewing of high …

Tags:LCD displays| sharp| SID Display Week 2016