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A Phoenix Rises…

by Bob Raikes

Today I was wondering what to write about for my Display Daily. I’m at the Display Summit in Las Vegas, just before Infocomm, and I had lots of possible stories, but none that stood …

Leyard Invests in Magic Leap

by Norbert Hildebrand

In a recent article published by LED Inside, it was claimed that Leyard Optoelectronics has made an investment into Magic Leap. According to the article, Leyard formed a new company PV ML LLC that …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Leyard| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 22

Quantum Dot Wars Continue in Europe

by Tom Allen

The ÖKO Institut of Germany – a research organisation that focuses on sustainability – has said that there are currently ‘no alternatives’ on the market that match the performance of quantum dots containing the …

Germany Announces T2 Launch Plans

by Tom Allen

Germany’s DVB-TV Project Office has said that the country will launch a new DVB-T2 platform on the 29th March 2017, carrying 40 ‘mostly HD’ channels. DVB-T transmission will end at the same time as …

Tags:DVB-T & T2| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 22

Mobile POS Will Enjoy Huge Growth

by Tom Allen

Mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) terminals will handle 40% of all retail transaction value in 2021 – up from an expected 12% this year. The prediction comes from Juniper Research. mPOS is defined as smartphone- and …

OTT is Slowing Down

by Tom Allen

The US OTT market is approaching saturation, says Strategy Analytics, as the growth rate has been recorded as slowing for the first time. US consumers will spend $6.6 billion on OTT services like Netflix …

PMDA is a New EPG Metadata Source

by Tom Allen

GVIDI (Netherlands), Deutsche Mailbox, (Germany) We-TV (France) and EBS (UK) have come together to form a group called the Program Metadata Alliance. The aim is to provide accurate EPG metadata to TV providers across …

Tags:EPGs| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 22

Solos Promotes With Kickstarter

by Tom Allen

Solos has launched a Kickstarter campaign (http://tinyurl.com/gn38566) to promote its AR smart cycling glasses. These have been developed with the US cycling team. They use a HUD, paired with performance tracking and training tools. …

Also Expands to New Markets

by Tom Allen

German distributor, Also, has extended its reach to new countries. After 14 years, the firm has opened a reseller network in France, Denmark and Switzerland. Also expects to have 200 resellers in France and …

Graphene Enables 40% EQE

by Tom Allen

Researchers at the KAIST research institute and Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) in Korea have built a graphene electrode structure, which can be used for ‘highly efficient’ flexible OLED units. The graphene …

Reversible Display Goes to CPT

by Tom Allen

Researchers from Taiwan’s ITRI (Display Technology Centre) have developed a foldable OLED display that can be concave or convex. Sources say that the technology will be transferred to CPT in Q4’16. CPT will then …

Tags:AMOLED| ITRI| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 22

Feud Escalates Over SUHD Branding

by Tom Allen

Samsung has asked LG Electronics to halt its use of “deceptive marketing” when it comes to the company’s UltraHD TVs, says the Korea Times. Samsung launched its SUHD TV brand at CES 2014, and …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Samsung| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 23 - Issue 22