Vol 23 – Issue 27 – Page 3

Lighting Vendor Moves to Signage

by Tom Allen

An American company called Noribachi, known for its LED lighting, has entered the digital signage space with the ‘ALiVE’ product line. These consist of indoor and outdoor LED tiles and LCD monitors. Five indoor …

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Juniper Predicts Four-Fold Automotive HUD Increase

by Tom Allen

Juniper Research predicts that the automotive HUD market will exceed 16 million installed units worldwide by 2021. Increasing HUD adoption in mass-market vehicles will drive the forecast four-fold growth, with a boost from aftermarket …

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PC Market “Shows Some Signs of Improving”

by Tom Allen

Worldwide PC shipments reached 64.3 million units in Q2’16, down 5.2% YoY – the seventh consecutive quarter of declines, says Gartner. However, the market is showing some signs of improvement. Weakening local currencies against …

Asus is Cautious About Q3

by Tom Allen

Asus’s revenues were up 33% MoM and 2% YoY in June, to NT$42.4 billion ($1.3 billion). However, total Q2 revenues were down 14.6% QoQ and 5% YoT, at NT$93.9 billion ($2.9 billion). Asus says …

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MSI Rises in June

by Tom Allen

MSI’s June revenues totalled NT$8.7 billion ($270.7 million), rising 22.6% MoM and 25.6% YoY. The firm has made NT$46.1 billion ($1.4 billion) in the January-June period, up 19.2% YoY.

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Bio OLEDs Move Us Beyond Displays

by Steve Sechrist

If you have ever wonder what the future may hold for OLED display technology, particularly beyond the display industry, look no further than the “OLEDs: Recent Advances and Applications” talk (M-03) given this past …

eMagin Patents Dual AR/VR HMD

by Matthew Brennesholtz

eMagin Corporation is a company that specializes in the development, design and manufacturing of OLED on silicon microdisplays that target the Head Mounted Display (HMD) market. The main target market for these devices is …

Brightsign Drives Non-Standard Wall

by Tom Allen

Brightsign media players are being used to drive a curved outdoor video wall, which forms the frontage of the King’s Walk shopping centre in Reading in the UK. Project Audio Visual installed the LED …

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Peerless Slims Mount for Signage

by Tom Allen

Peerless-AV has developed a new universal mounting kit for 46″ – 55″ displays in public areas. The unit (DS-VW655-2×2) features a dual-frame design and can be used to create a 2×2 video wall. The …

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A New OLED Display Testing Service

by Tom Allen

OLED-Info and Ray Soneira’s DisplayMate have co-launched a new OLED display evaluation service. Services offered include measuring and checking a display’s objective performance and specifications in a laboratory setting; improving and optimising performance; itemising …

German Firms Move to OLED

by Tom Allen

Premium TV company Loewe, now closely allied with China’s Hisense, has produced its first OLED set: the Bild 7 (due to its 7mm thickness). It is part of a new range called VantaVision. When …

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Foxconn Snaps Up Microsoft Mobile Plant

by Tom Allen

Chief Expertise, a Foxconn subsidiary, has purchased 100% of Microsoft Mobile (Vietnam), for VND492 billion ($22 million). The company plans to produce mainly feature phones at the facility in Bac Ninh, according to a …

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