Vol 24 - Issue 12

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Disney Stays Away from VR for Now

by Norbert Hildebrand

During an USC (University of Southern California) Marshall and Annenberg event in Santa Monica, CA, Bob Iger, CEO of Disney said that the firm will not be looking at installing any VR rides at …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Disney| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 12

Iiyama PCap Display Uses AMVA+

by Bob Raikes

Iiyama has a new open frame 27″ PCap touch display, the TF2738MSC-B1 designed for in-store retail, digital signage and interactive presentations – either on-wall or on-table. The display joins the 34 & 38 series …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Iiyama| Large Display Monitor| Touch| Vol 24 - Issue 12

Scientists Improve Colour Vision

by Bob Raikes

Metamerism is an interesting problem of colour vision and the term is used to describe situations where a colour looks the same as another, but measures as something different. Sometimes, colours measure the same, …

Tags:Colour (Color)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 12

AUO Ships Square OLED

by Bob Raikes

OLED Info reports that AUO has started to ship a new 1.3″ square OLED with 240 x 240 for wearable applications. The size is 23.28mm square (261ppi) and the displays have on-cell touch.

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Samsung Pushed Resolution at MWC

by Bob Raikes

We were banned, along with the rest of the media, from the Samsung Display booth at MWC, as the company has for several years, following the leaking of some information several years ago which …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Samsung Display| Vol 24 - Issue 12

JCD UK Brings Roadside Displays to 50

by Bob Raikes

JCDecaux has added another outdoor display, the west Hill Tower, that is in the affluent South West corridor of London by the South Circular and A3, so will have good exposure and brings the …

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Global LCD TV Panel Shipments in February Suffer a Fall

by Alan Spencer

Research by WitsView, a division of TrendForce, has shown that a total of 18.71 million units of large-sized LCD panels were shipped worldwide last month. This represents a fall of 5.8% when compared to …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| TV Set Market| Vol 24 - Issue 12

Virgin Media Offers Ultrafast Broadband

by Alan Spencer

The cable operator, Virgin Media in the UK which is owned by Liberty Global, is now offering broadband speeds of 100 Mbit/s and above as a standard over fibre. The company has become the …

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Netflix Launches HTML5 on Linux

by Alan Spencer

Netflix has announced that users of Firefox can now also get Netflix on Linux. The move is part of plans announced some four years ago to play all videos in HTML5. Netflix has already …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Netflix| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 12

LG Unveils Wallpaper TV Pricing

by Alan Spencer

LG is releasing its wallpaper TVs to international markets. The OLED TVs are very thin and the 65″ W7 model can be put on the wall, being only 2.75mm thick. When placed in a …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLED TVs| Vol 24 - Issue 12

China Network Systems Selects Arris STBs

by Alan Spencer

Arris in the US, has announced that China Network Systems of Taiwan, has chosen Arris HMC4100 set-top boxes for its digital TV video services with the KreaTV application platform. Under Taiwanese government regulations, all …

Tags:Cable| DVB-C & C2| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Taiwan| Vol 24 - Issue 12

Visbit Claims 12K 360º video using Wi-fi or LTE

by Bob Raikes

Visbit, a start up specialising in streaming 360º video, has said that it has shown that it can stream 12K 360º video using Wi-fi or LTE radios. There is a demo in the video …

Tags:360 Degree Video| AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 12