Vol 24 – Issue 06 – Page 9

Samsung OH85F Tested for First Time in Europe

by Bob Raikes

APG|SGA and Samsung said that they are testing the OH85F 85″ display from Samsung in the city of Zurich in Switzerland. A display has been installed between the “Sihlcity” and “Brunaupark” shopping malls at …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Samsung| Switzerland| Vol 24 - Issue 06

IT Spending in Middle East and North Africa to Rise in the Banking Sector

by Alan Spencer

IT spending for the Middle East and North Africa will rise to $12.4 billion in 2017 for banking and securities companies. This represents a 3.5% rise when compared to last year, according to a …

Foxconn Technology Sales Up in January

by Bob Raikes

Foxconn Technology Corp saw revenues of NT$8.181 billion ($264 million) for January 2017, representing a 51.6% increase on December and 24.8% increase on the same month last year. The company’s consolidated revenues for 2016 …

Tags:Financial Data| Foxconn (Honhai)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Razer Can Drive UHD in Notebook

by Bob Raikes

After initially deciding not to offer the Blade Notebooks in Europe, Razer is now offering the Blade notebook. The notebook is a full power device ith an Intel Kaby Lake Core i7 i7-7700HQ that …

German HD+ Subscribers Exceed Two Million

by Alan Spencer

The number of subscribers to the SES HD+ service in Germany exceeded two million for the first time in 2016. The year ended with the number of subscribers using HD+ on satellite TV reaching …

Tags:Germany| HD+ (Germany)| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| Vol 24 - Issue 06

MMD Monitor is Slim

by Bob Raikes

MMD has announced a new monitor, the 245C7QJSB, that is part of the Moda ‘design’ series and has narrow bezels on three sides. The thickness is just 5.2mm and the outer bezel on the …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| MMD (AOC Philips)| Vol 24 - Issue 06

What LED Has to Do to Be Truly Disruptive

by Bob Raikes

LED displays, that is displays where the pixels are actually LEDs, not just LCDs backlit by LEDs, were everywhere at ISE this year as they had been at ISE and Infocomm last year. Somebody …

Tags:Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 24 - Issue 06

TriLite’s Laser-based Engine Going to Mass Production

by Chris Chinnock

Two years ago we told you about TriLite’s first demonstration of an RGB laser scanning system that it was targeting for large-area 3D without glasses in digital signage applications. (Giant 3D Displays from TriLite). …

Tags:Autostereo 3D| Digital Signage| Laser Projectors| Pico Projectors| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Voice Search Feature Added to Oculus Home

by Alan Spencer

There has been an update for some users to Oculus Home on Rift and Gear VR that has added a voice search feature in the VR content library. On both headsets you can click …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Voice Input| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Idea for OLED Use in Car Signalling

by Bob Raikes

It’s hard to make eye contact with an autonomous vehicle, so a concept called ‘Blink’ has been developed by a group at the Royal College of Art and Imperial College in London that uses …

Tags:Automotive| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 06

JPMorgan Negative on Panel Makers

by Bob Raikes

The flood of press releases has switched from ISE to MWC over the last week. The MWC event has a very high quality attendance (it costs around €800 just to walk the show floor!) …

Tags:Editorial| Large Display Monitor| LCD Fabs| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Samsung Buying to Boost Taiwan Suppliers

by Bob Raikes

Taiwanese sources report that Mediatek will supply chips for the Samsung Galaxy A and K series phones, which will help to boost the firm’s revenues. Egistec, which already supplys some sensors to Samsung is …

Tags:Mediatek| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 06