Vol 24 – Issue 12 – Page 5

Sharp Shows New Aquos Boards at DSE

by Bob Raikes

Sharp showed new Aquos Board interactive displays at the DSE show in the US. The 80” PN-C805B and 70” Class (69.5” diagonal) PN-C705B displays use the direct bonded (3.1mm glass) ‘Pen-on-paper’ PCap touch system …

Tags:Interactive Displays| Large Display Monitor| sharp| Vol 24 - Issue 12

Nucleus VR Uses the Cast AR 3D Projector

by Bob Raikes

NucleusVR is an integrator that is developing a collaboration platform for VR applications that allows the use of 360º photography together with models built from CAD data. The company was showing how its system …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| Laval Virtual 2017| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 12

Epson Adds Moverio Helmet

by Bob Raikes

We were impressed when we saw the first prototypes of the Epson Moverio 2200 headsets at MWC last year. The headset is based on an OLED microdisplay that is made in-house by Epson. (Epson …

Goertek Tries Laval for the First Time

by Bob Raikes

There was an area of the show that was devoted to Chinese companies. One had nobody that could speak French or English, at least when we went by, so we weren’t sure quite why …

Tags:China| Laval Virtual 2017| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 12

Laval Virtual 2017 Round-Up

by Bob Raikes

3DRudder’s Motion controller. Image:Meko 3D Rudder has developed a foot pad that can be used to control movement in VR games. Tipping the board moves in the appropriate direction and the board can also …

Importance of Light Recycling in LED and Laser Phosphor Light Sources for Projection Systems

by Kenneth Li

Etendue and brightness are two related terms that create never-ending thoughts and discussions. Recently, I re-read my previous article, “My Etendue Story”, and came up with new thoughts on how important light recycling is …

Tags:LED| Optics| Projectors| Vol 24 - Issue 12

Glove Support Added to Touch Controller

by Bob Raikes

Cypress has announced the Automotive TrueTouch CYAT8165X touch controller that is for displays up to 8.5″ and supports operation with gloves. Cypress AutoArmor helps to meet the challenging electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) (CISPR 25) specifications …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Touch Controllers| Vol 24 - Issue 12

PGS is a Portable PC Gaming Console (with Android!)

by Bob Raikes

PGS Labs has announced a smartphone-sized gadget that is designed to play games, but with the power and compatibility of PC games and which will ship in Q2. The device is 15mm thick and …

Tags:Consoles| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 12

SBS Specifies Leader LV5490 4K For OB Truck

by Bob Raikes

Broadcast Solutions GmbH said that it has provided three Leader LV5490 4K test instruments for a new outside broadcast production truck built at its headquarters in Bingen am Rhein. The project was commissioned by …

Grundig Starts OLED TV Sales

by Bob Raikes

The 65″ OLED TV that Grunding (the brand run by Beko/Arçelik) showed at IFA, and which impressed us (Grundig Unveils its First OLED 4KTV with HDR) has finally started shipping, somewhat later than its …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| OLED TVs| Vol 24 - Issue 12

Colorful GTX 1080 Ti has Integrated LCD Display

by Bob Raikes

We couldn’t resist running a story about a new graphics card from Colorful of China which has added an LCD display to its latest Nvidia GTX1080-based iGame GeForce GTX 1080 Ti graphics card. The …

Tags:GPUs| Graphics Cards| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 12

LG Uses Cypress USB Type-C Support Chip

by Bob Raikes

Cypress Semiconductor said that LG had used the Cypress EZ-PD CCG3 controllers to support the USB Type-C connectors in the LG Gram (LG Has New Monitors and Projectors). “With the push for USB Power …