Vol 23 - Issue 46

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JDI Announces 3.4″ LCD For VR Headsets

by Bob Raikes

Japan Display Inc (JDI) said that it has developed a 3.42″ LTPS LCD for virtual reality (VR) head mount displays (HMD) and has started sample delivery. The display has a resolution of 1440 x …

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Fujitsu Strong in POS & Retail

by Bob Raikes

Fujitsu has a strong business in POS and retail. While looking around what it was doing, we saw a familiar face, Tobias Nagel, once with Also and then involved in the A/V industry. However, …

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Fujitsu Optimistic about Convertibles

by Bob Raikes

There were three new notebooks launched at the event in the 7 Series with 12.5″, 14″ and 15.6″ display options. The new systems replace the E7 series. The systems use Intel Gen 7 processors …

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Fujitsu Offers “Meeting Room as a Service”

by Bob Raikes

Fujitsu has resisted, up to now, entering the market for meeting room or presentation displays. One of the reasons, it told us several years ago, was that it’s business is almost entirely with IT …

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Fujitsu Narrows Bezels on P Line Monitors

by Bob Raikes

We spent time looking at the new monitors. The first we looked at, the P24-8 TE Pro, was the production version of a set that we reported on two years ago and that has …

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Fujtsu Forum Moves Towards Services & IoT

by Bob Raikes

Every year, in November, Fujitsu holds a major Forum event in Munich. We’ve attended for most of the recent years, although we missed it last time. This year’s event was, as usual, busy and …

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HTC Partners with Shenzhen Government for VR

by Bob Raikes

HTC has signed a deal with the Shenzen Municipal Government to set up an RMB 10 billion ($1.45 billion) fund for the development of VR and the formation of a China VR Research Institute. …

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Optoma Claims Brightest Fixed Lens Laser Projector

by Bob Raikes

Optoma in the US announced the ZU510T-W, a 1920 x 1200 projector based on a laser phosphor light source with 5,500 (centre) and 5,300 Ansi lumens of output and using a single 0.67″ DC3 …

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Internet Advertising Top in 2015

by Bob Raikes

The European Audiovisual Observatory released its data on the development of advertising revenues in Europe (including Russia and Turkey). It found that in 2015, internet advertising went past TV to become the top segment …

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Amazon Prime Going Global

by Bob Raikes

Amazon is following Netflix by going global with its Prime TV business and has said the new “The Grand Tour” auto show will be released to 200 countries in December.

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Nichia Wins Injunction Against Everlight in Germany

by Bob Raikes

Nichia has been granted injunctions by the Düsseldorf District Court against Everlight over claims that the company’s white LED products infringe Nichia’s YAG patent EP 936 682 (DE 697 02 929). Analyst Comment The …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| Litigation| Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| Vol 23 - Issue 46

JDI Working on Dual Display Phones

by Bob Raikes

The Nikkei reports that JDI has developed a dual screen concept that allows two LCDs to be used to open and close like a book and is said to be working with Chinese brands …

Tags:Japan Display Inc (JDI)| Mobile Display Monitor| Mobile Phones| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 46