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AOC’s USB Monitor is Very Portable

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AOC’s new ‘myConnect’ monitor is a 17.3″ model targeting users of portable PCs such as netbooks. Like last year’s E1659FWU (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 32), it is designed to enable these workers to …

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Short Film Supply Will Restrict Polariser Growth

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The market for polarisers will reach 400 million m

Samsung’s 14″ OLED Panel Suggests Laptop at IMID

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The International Meeting of Information Display (IMID) exhibition took place in Korea recently, with a range of products on show from both LG Display and Samsung Display. According to local media, SDC was due …

Openwave Claims Further Optimisation of HEVC

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Openwave Mobility, based in California, has announced a new technology designed to ease UltraHD video transmission over mobile networks. ‘Dynamo’ apparently works with all types of transmissions but is optimised for HEVC video. Openwave …

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Barco Escapes to Europe

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Barco is working with Belgium’s Kinepolis to brings its panoramic, three-screen cinema concept, Barco Escape (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 37), to Europe. Visitors to Kinepolis’ locations in Antwerp and Brussels can now watch …

Prestigio Challenges with High Performance

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Electronica 2014 takes place in Munich between 11th and 14th November. We will be at the show to bring you all the important coverage! Crystal Display Systems will show new display products, including a …

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Elo Brings Robust Touch to Curved Surfaces

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Designed for the casino gaming industry, Elo’s newest touchscreen product is particularly interesting for its shape: it is curved from the top to the bottom. The aptly-named Intellitouch Curve is robust enough to handle …

Steady Chinese Panel Shipments Expected in Q4

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Chinese TV vendors will place steady panel orders in Q4, say Asian sources. UltraHD TV sales in the country are regular and vendors will be stocking up for the Chinese New Year in Q1’15, …

Core-M Arrives on Lenovo’s Yoga Lineup

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Intel’s latest chip series, the Core-M line (previously known as Broadwell-Y, Display Monitor Vol 21 No 1), is designed to make convertible laptops thinner and lighter. Lenovo’s 13.3″ Thinkpad Yoga 3 is one of …

Microsoft Bypasses Text-Entry Problems

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Microsoft Research is trying to get round the problem of text entry on the tiny touchscreens found on smartwatches. It described the problem by explaining that, on a 1.6″ screen, a keyboard with 10 …

Bonhams to Auction Working Apple-1

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A working Apple-1 – the first pre-assembled computer (actually just a motherboard) ever sold – will go on sale on 22nd October at Bonhams. The board is one of only 15 that have been …

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Samsung Moves Signage Down

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Samsung was focusing strongly on LFDs at Gitex and had a booth that was organised more around the vertical markets that the company is now trying to address. There were three of the new …