Vol 24 – Issue 10 – Page 4

The Guru 360° is a Stabiliser for 360° Cameras

by Bob Raikes

Although we don’t really cover cameras, you have to have the pixels in order to be able to display them and 360º video seems to be particularly sensitive to motion by the camera, so …

Google Patent Develops Cardboard as Package Concept

by Bob Raikes

Google has been very successful with its Cardboard VR viewer, with over 10 million shipped and the firm has now filed a patent for a smartphone package that can be re-used to make a …

Tags:AR/VR| Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 10

Samsung Reacts to Positive LG G6 Sales

by Milos Pavlovic

LG Electronics said that it sold 30,000 units of its G6 phone in Korea in the first two days after the launch on the 10th of March, with pre-orders of 82,000 between March 2nd …

Tags:LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 10

Swisscom Adds Insight TV UHD to its Platform

by Alan Spencer

The UHD channel, Insight TV, has been added to Swisscom’s IPTV platform, Swisscom TV 2.0, which was launched in April 2016. Insight TV is a linear pay-TV service, offering travel and sports programmes. Swisscom’s …

Midwich Group Result 14/03/2017

by Jasmine Kang Sodha

Midwich Group announced its preliminary annual result with net revenues of £370.1 million ($458.9 million) and net profit of £8.5 million ($10.5 million) and a net profit margin of 2.3%. The net revenue was …

Tags:Distributors| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Midwich plc| Vol 24 - Issue 10

Magic Leap System Spotted?

by Bob Raikes

Business Insider published a picture of what is said to be a prototype of the Magic Leap device that it said was being rapidly evolved to be ready for an important board meeting. However, …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 10

Samsung to Produce Prototypes of Foldable Smartphones in 3Q2017

by Alan Spencer

South Korean and Chinese manufacturers are competing to be the first company in the world to produce a foldable smartphone. Samsung Electronics and Samsung Display are working to produce a number of foldable smartphone …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2017| Samsung| Vol 24 - Issue 10

EAVS to Sell DailyLED Solutions

by Isaac Oburu

DailyLED has appointed AV VAD Groupe EAVS to distribute its solutions in France, Belgium and Luxembourg.

Tags:Distribution| Large Display Monitor| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 24 - Issue 10

Kopin Gets Praise for its New 2k x 2k OLED Microdisplay

by Alan Spencer

At the beginning of the year, Kopin announced its first Lightning OLED one-inch microdisplay (Kopin’s New 2Kx2K OLED on Si Panel to Advance VR Image Quality) and said that since then has had positive …

Philips Updates on 2017 Sets & HDR Plans

by Bob Raikes

Philips plans to add support for the HLG HDR standard to its 2016 UltraHD TVs as well as this year’s range. The technology is available on TVs that run Android 6, so sets that …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Philips| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 10

MIB Offers Fire Protection for Displays

by Bob Raikes

M.I.B. GmbH of Germany has developed fireproof housings for displays and they have now been certified by the MPA organisation, which tests fireproofing in materials. The housings are available in size from 32″ to …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Vol 24 - Issue 10

MEA Tablet Market Sees Decline

by Alan Spencer

IDC has reported that in the last quarter of 2016, the Middle East and Africa (MEA) tablet market declined 24.2% on year to total 3.07 million units. For the whole of 2016, the decline …