Vol 22 – Issue 36 – Page 2

SmallHD Raises Sunlight Readability

by Tom Allen

SmallHD is a US-based company that produces small, high-resolution monitors for field work. The latest offering is the SmallHD 702 Bright: a 7″ sunlight readable model with 1,000 cd/m² of brightness. In addition to …

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ASRock Chooses Display Solutions

by Tom Allen

Display Solutions is now distributing ASRock’s NUC Box 3000: a fanless, dual-core embedded PC, intended as a DOOH media player. The box can support three displays, including one UltraHD unit.

MMD Has Philips’ First 5k Monitor

by Tom Allen

Just a few days after IFA, MMD showed off a new monitor that is the first Philips-branded 5k model. The 27″ 275P4VYKEB houses a screen with 5120 x 2880 resolution, using a PLS panel …

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EDO Claims Chinese First With Flexible AMOLED

by Tom Allen

Everdisplay Optronics (EDO) has shown a 5.6″ flexible AMOLED display, with 2560 x 1440 resolution (525 ppi), in China. The company says that it is ‘committed to leading-edge display technology’.

Happy Birthday to the Playstation Nation!

by Tom Allen

Sony is celebrating 20 years since the US launch of its original Playstation console – on 9th September, 1994 – by inviting fans to vote on the greatest game for the system of all …

Infinitus Tests Outdoor Screens in Scandinavia

by Tom Allen

Infinitus has shared images of new DOOH screens that it has developed and is testing with an unnamed customer in Scandinavia. They are outdoor screens in a portrait orientation: one 47″, in the G6 …

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Asus Lowers Notebook Forecast on Fluctuating Exchange Rates

by Tom Allen

Asus has lowered its notebook shipment target for Q3, says the Taipei Times. The company is apparently aiming to ‘lower sales exposure’ in some emerging markets to prevent losses due to currency exchange rates. …

Rumour: SDC to Unveil ‘New UltraHD Technology’

by Tom Allen

According to Korea’s Digital Daily, Samsung Display has developed a new UltraHD panel technology, based on an RGBW sub-pixel architecture. Known as ‘Green 2’, the technology will enter mass-production in 2016. It will be …

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STMicro Addresses Entry-Level HEVC

by Tom Allen

STMicroelectronics has a new family of chipsets for entry-level set-top boxes (STBs) with HEVC support. The HD HEVC Liege3 family comprises satellite (STiH337/STiH332), cable (STiH3372) and IPTV variants (STiH307/STiH3302). All chipsets in the new …

Reprising Low-Contrast Text Web Pages

by Phillip Wright

A while back I wrote in Display Daily about an article by Katie Sherwin of the Nielsen Norman Group (NN/g) titled Low-Contrast Text is Not the Answer. As I mentioned at the time, the …

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Samsung Display Pushes Curves – and Large OLEDs.

by Bob Raikes

Samsung Display had a meeting room conveniently close to the press office. We had a look at the panels on display, but there was little that was particularly new. There was an 82″ 21:9 …

Apple’s iPad Pro is a Light Heavyweight

by Norbert Hildebrand

The Apple special event on September 9, 2015 was the usual iPhone update show accompanied by some other Apple news about the iPad, Apple Watch and the Apple TV. As expected Apple announced the …