Vol 22 – Issue 05 – Page 8

Display Module Output Rises 5% in 2014

by Tom Allen

Taiwan’s Photonics Industry & Technology Development Association (PIDA) has said that the value of global display module output reached about $82.6 billion last year. The figure was a 5% YoY increase, from just under $78.9 …

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Acer Still Sees Opportunities in Smartphones

by Tom Allen

At a supply chain conference in January, Acer CEO Jason Chen said that the company will continue to look for business opportunities in the smartphone market. The smartphone business is not profitable for Acer …

Quarter of a Billion Connected Cars by 2020, Says Gartner

by Tom Allen

There will be more than a quarter of a billion connected cars on the road by 2020, making them a major element in the Internet of Things, says Gartner. The IoT will grow 30% this …

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UltraHD Sales Rose Ahead of Super Bowl

by Vanessa Browning

US retailers said that the Super Bowl was helping them to sell UltraHD TVs before the event – despite no broadcaster transmitting in the format. Best Buy’s TV sales volumes were up 2.6% YoY …

TCO Cancels Hyundai Certificate

by Tom Allen

TCO Certified, with Hyundai IBT, has cancelled a certificate granted to Hyundai’s P227D 21.5″ LCD monitor. The monitor was certified as compliant with TCO Certified Displays 6 in October 2013, at which point Hyundai had …

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Chemsec Quits RoHS Group

by Tom Allen

The International Chemical Secretariat, Chemsec, has left the European Commission working group charged with updating the list of banned substances in the Restriction of Hazardous Substances directive (RoHS) in electronics. Chemsec said that it left the …

Nurulize Develops Virtual Reality Environment

by Norbert Hildebrand

We have been reporting diligently on every new virtual reality device being developed, but we have had less to report on content for such devices. Nurulize is developing virtual realities that can be experienced …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Continental Shows Flexible AMOLED Display for the Automotive Market

by Norbert Hildebrand

Continental, the German based automotive supplier, has shown a curved AMOLED display for in-car use as the main information display. The news was published first by OLED-Info.com and hints at either an LG or …

Tags:AMOLED| Automotive| Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Sulon Shows Cortex AR/VR Headset

by Norbert Hildebrand

Sulon has been developing its head-mounted display solution since 2012 when the Canada-based company was founded. While it has meanwhile worked on a developer kit for game developers, the headset is now available for …

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Too big a monitor – Surely some mistake???

by Bob Raikes

The publisher of Display Daily, Meko Ltd, has an unofficial saying “Don’t forget the people” – designed to remind us that, as I like to say “A display without a person has no purpose”. …

Tags:21:9| Desktop Monitors| Visual Ergonomics| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Competitive Pressure Drives OLED Panel Pricing Down

by Norbert Hildebrand

According to an article published by Digitimes, Samsung’s OLED panel pricing for handsets is approaching LCD pricing levels and will reach parity in 2015. The report continues that in 2013 the price premium per Samsung …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Pricing| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Intel Buys Composyt Light Labs – Shopping Spree Continues

by Norbert Hildebrand

Intel made a lot of moves in 2014 to open a door into the augmented and virtual reality world. The most significant one seems to be the investment of $24.8 million in Vuzix. Now …