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Facebook in Court for Alleged IP Violation

by Norbert Hildebrand

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has recently been defending the company against allegations that Oculus / Facebook stole intellectual property from ZeniMax Media Inc, a game and content developer headquartered in Washington, DC. The law …

Tags:Facebook/Meta| Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus VR| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 02

Mainstream Brands Bring VR Headsets to CES – Well Almost

by Steve Sechrist

2016 was a device launch break-out year for VR headset hardware. The two most widely known devices began shipping to consumers in the spring of last year, both using a Pentile OLED display with …

Tags:CES 2017| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 02

Electric Vehicles, Displays, and Electronics at CES 2017

by Ken Werner

When Display Monitor and Display Daily first started covering vehicular electronics at CES in depth, we focused on vehicular displays. That was reasonable for a news, analysis, and research organization that specializes in displays, …

Tags:Automotive| CES 2017| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 02

Lenovo Focuses Mainly on Mobile Devices

by Bob Raikes

Lenovo took over one of the restaurants in the Venetian again, as it has done for the last several years. There was a lot to see and we had a whistlestop tour of the …

Quantum Dot Makers Vary at CES

by Bob Raikes

We met at CES with three of the quantum dot companies, Nanosys, Nanoco and Quantum Materials Corp. It was interesting to see their different points of view. All of them were, of course, very …

A Visit to Trumbull Studios

by Chris Chinnock

Movie visionary, Doug Trumbull, has developed an advanced capture and display solution called Magi. It is based upon images captured and displayed in stereoscopic 3D, 4K and 120 frames per second. It is a …

Tags:Active Shutter 3D| Cinema Projection| HFR - High Frame Rate| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 24 - Issue 02

Steljes Unable to Pay Creditors

by Yvette Raikes

UK AV distributor Steljes is yet to pay its unsecured creditors following administration (Steljes Creditors Unlikely to Get Their Money). Due to warranty issues, the administrator has had to sell £5 million ($6.1 million) …

Haier Embraces Chromecast

by Chris Chinnock

Haier is dropping the Roku TV smart-TV platform and joining companies such as Vizio, Seiki, Philips and Polaroid in adopting the Chromecast built-in platform for the North American TV market, Haier announced at CES. …

LG Wows with New OLED and LCD TVs

by Chris Chinnock

LG, like Samsung, showcased a variety of technologies and products at CES 2017. We attended their press conference, invite-only innovation room and their booth on the show floor to gather details. The highlights to …

Arch Wins Project in Paris

by Bob Raikes

Wolters Kluwer France in Paris, near the Porte de St Ouen has commisioned a digital display from Arch.eu. The company spent two years getting permission for the sign which is on the facade of …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 24 - Issue 02

Midwich Has Good Year

by Yvette Raikes

AV distributor Midwich said that it saw growth in the second half of the year and figures were further improved by weak sterling. Consequently it expects to show growth for 2016 of 18% YoY, …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Midwich plc| Vol 24 - Issue 02

BenQ Adds USB Type-C Charging to IPS Colour Accurate Monitor

by Bob Raikes

BenQ announced the PD2710QC monitor for designers with a 2560 x 1440 resolution IPS panel that supports 100% of sRGB and Rec.709. It also has a USB-C connection that can provide 61W of power …

Tags:BenQ| Colour Critical Monitors| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 02