Vol 23 - Issue 39

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AVM to Sell Digital Projection Products

by Isaac Oburu

Digital Projection has inked a distribution deal with Audio Visual Material (AVM). Effective 1st October 2016, the agreement will see AVM distribute DLP’s full range of 1-chip and 3-chip DLP lamp-free projectors in the …

Tags:Distribution| Large Display Monitor| Projectors| Vol 23 - Issue 39

LeEco Interconnects

by Yvette Raikes

The US subsidiary of Chinese company LeEco is holding its official launch in San Francisco on 19th October. The company has a huge range of products which can be internet-connected – from electric cars …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| LeEco (formerly LeTV)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 39

Steljes Back at Avocor – Expands to the US

by Bob Raikes

After the failure of his long term distribution business, Steljes, which both profited from and developed the strong market for Smart boards in the UK, but could not survive the breakdown in the relationship …

Tags:Interactive Displays| Large Display Monitor| Steljes Ltd| UK (United Kingdom)| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 39

Students Access Books Digitally

by Yvette Raikes

UK bookseller, Blackwell, has opened two university campus shops in Cardiff and Liverpool, which have digital displays and interactive touchscreens. Students can get advice and access information about eight million titles, both physical and …

Tags:Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| Retail| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 39

HTC Moves Viveport out of beta

by Isaac Oburu

HTC has announced of Viveport at Los Angeles during a virtual reality expo – VRLA. The store will be accessible in more than 30 countries.

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LG OLED Prices in UK Cheaper than US!

by Bob Raikes

We saw that the LG G6 65″ OLED is now selling from Amazon in the US at $5,999, down from the previous price of $7,999, so we checked locally and saw that it is …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLED TVs| Pricing| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 39

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Sharp Commits to OLED Pilot Lines

by Bob Raikes

Sharp said that $570 million, part of the money that Foxconn committed to future investment in Sharp when it took over the business, will be spent on building two pilot OLED manufacturing lines in …

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Philips HDR TV Now Released

by Yvette Raikes

After a delay, Philips‘ 65″ HDR TV has finally been released in Europe. The 7601 is LED-backlit with full-array local dimming, until now only on the 9 series TVs. The display has brightness of …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Philips| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 23 - Issue 39

Himax Hosts President Tsai Ing-Wen with AR/VR

by Bob Raikes

During a visit by Taiwan’s president, Tsai Ing-Wen, Himax, a fabless supplier of display drivers, showed the latest technology that Himax is developing in AR and VR. The company claims that it has already …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Back Panel| Himax| Mobile Display Monitor| Taiwan| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 39

First Study on Effects on Vision of HMDs Shows Little Impact

by Norbert Hildebrand

The Korea University College of Medicine in Seoul presented the results of the first ever study (reported by Healio Ocular Surgery News and published in the Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus) on the …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Human Visual System (HVS)| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 39

Samsung Boosts Smartwatch Target

by Bob Raikes

Samsung is widely reported to have increased its target for sales of its Galaxy S3 Watch which will start to ship in Q4. Reports have said that the company hopes to ship five million …

Tags:Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartwatches| Vol 23 - Issue 39| Wearable Market

A Color Tunable OLED is Under Development

by Arthur Berman

Although there are a number of ways to produce a multicolor OLED display, existing technologies either do not allow electrical control of the emission colors or require additional manufacturing steps. This issue is being …

Tags:Korea| OLEDs| Vol 23 - Issue 39