Vol 24 – Issue 04 – Display Daily

Pausing for Breath Between BETT & ISE

by Bob Raikes

This week, we have included the BETT report for readers of the LDM newsletter. As I mentioned in the report, I was surprised that there wasn’t a lot more VR technology at the event …

Brands Line Up for ISE

by Bob Raikes

This week, we’ve been bombarded with releases and announcements from brands in the build up to ISE. Rather than covering them all in full (some we have covered in recent weeks), we decided to …

Embedded Touch Now Dominant In Smartphones

by Bob Raikes

In a blog, David Hsieh of IHS Markit said that embedded (in-cell in LCD, on-cell in OLED) touch has now taken more than 50% of the mobile phone market for the first time and …

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Real View – The Longing for the true Hologram

by Norbert Hildebrand

Since the first attempts at creating head mounted displays and at least since Star Wars, the hologram has been the holy grail of the display technology. Today, the term is more and more deteriorating …

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BETT Busy as Normal

by Bob Raikes

BETT took place in London’s Excel Centre and, as usual, was well attended and lively. The show is probably the most important event in the European education technology scene and there is a strong …

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BETT 2017 Round-up

by Bob Raikes

Acer was focusing heavily on its client devices including notebooks and Chromebooks. Asus has had larger displays in its range for some years, but, so far, has only promoted the range in a limited …

Haier Takes Aim at Education

by Bob Raikes

Haier had a big presence at the show and told us that it has been in the education ‘more than ten years’. It is now in the process of global expansion of its business …

Epson Updates L/P and UST Projectors

by Bob Raikes

Epson started by showing us the EB-6960i, a UST projector designed to create a 100″ image and one of a number of new UST projectors that were also shown at the FETC and TCEA …

Vivitek Switches Emphasis to FPDs at BETT

by Bob Raikes

Vivitek (the Delta brand) is well known for its projection products but was highlighting its flat panel displays in 65″ (FullHD and UltraHD) and 75″/86″/98″ with UltraHD. Panels are IPS with contrast of 1,200:1 …

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Samsung Highlights Partnerships

by Bob Raikes

Samsung was at the event highlighting the advantages of the SoC technology in its interactive products. The company has had only limited success in the education market (our comment!) in the UK and has …

NEC Happy with Education Sales of L/P Projectors

by Bob Raikes

NEC had a meeting room to promote its projectors and flat panel displays. The company told us that it has done very well with the P502HL Laser Phosphor projector which has sold strongly into …

Smart Adds Non-Touch SmartBoards

by Bob Raikes

Smart Technologies had a large suite area to meet with clients and partners. First the company told us that it has adopted a new name for its interactive displays ‘SmartBoards’, bowing to the inevitable, …