Vol 21 – Issue 43 – Page 3

Exertis Combines Businesses

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Exertis Micro-P and Exertis Gem have merged into a single business. Going forward, they will trade under the combined name of Exertis (UK) Ltd.

Balacing Charge Extends QD Efficiencies

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Chinese researchers have taken quantum dot (QD) LEDs above 20% external quantum efficiency (EQE) – thought to be the technology’s theoretical maximum (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 20) – for the first time. By …

Blackberry Classic to Arrive in Mid-December

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Blackberry CEO John Chen let the release date of the Blackberry Classic (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 41) slip during a talk in China last month. Speaking at the MIT Enterprise Forum in Hong …

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Huawei’s Honor Brand Charges in to Europe

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Huawei’s Honor brand is available online only. Savings from this business strategy are said to be passed on to consumers directly. A new addition to the lineup is the Honor 6, available through Amazon …

Cineplanet Selects Barco

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Barco has supplied digital cinema projectors to the Cineplanet chain’s 200+ locations across Latin America. Local distributor and integrator Bardan Cinema assisted with the rollout. A variety of projectors were used, from the DP2K-10SX …

Sensor Requirements for Better Pixels

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Klaus Weber, a Camera Sr. Product Marketing Manager at Grass Valley, gave a very nice analysis on various camera architectures and the needs for next generation image capture. His conclusion: CMOS sensors are superior …

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Panel Shipments to Rise in Coming Years

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Reports from Asia, quoting ‘market observers’, claim that TV panel shipments will rise 2.7% YoY this year, to 217 million units, and 3.5% next year. The market will be bolstered by recovering growth in …

Eizo Refreshes FDX Monitors With Extreme Dimming

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The FDX1501-A and FDX1501T-A are updates to Eizo’s Duravision FDX1501 and FDX1501T, released in 2011 (Display Monitor Vol 18 No 21). Compared to the existing models, power consumption has been lowered by more than …

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IHS Acquires NPD DisplaySearch

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The NPD Group has signed a definitive agreement, to sell its DisplaySearch and Solarbuzz businesses to IHS Inc. The deal is subject to customary closing conditions. Completion is expected in or around the second …

Parade Brings DisplayPort SST to UltraHD Tcon

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A new UltraHD timing controller, using embedded DisplayPort (eDP) v1.3, has been developed by Parade Technologies. The DP667 is said to be the first Tcon for UltraHD LCD panels that support the use of …

Bringing Tactile Feedback to an In-Air Screen

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In-air touchscreens have been seen before – usually featuring a projector and water vapour (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 1, Vol 21 No 17). However, there has been little sensation of feedback. A team …

eMagin Contract Dramatically Improved OLED Performance

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In October (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 41), eMagin announced that it had been awarded three new R&D contracts, totalling $6.8 million. The company has now revealed that $6.45 million of that total is …