Vol 24 – Issue 18 – Display Daily

An Unplanned War…

by Bob Raikes

This was one of those weeks where we struggled to find a story for the front page. The Samsung article about the OLED fab was ‘just a rumour’, but as the saying goes, “there’s …

Beabloo Has Interesting Retail Applications

by Bob Raikes

Beabloo is a systems integrator that had a booth that was co-branded with support from Intel. The company started by showing us its Wi-fi analytics which tracks the mac addresses of mobile devices to …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Retail| Retail Digital Signage Expo 2017| Vol 24 - Issue 18

Retail Digital Signage Expo 2017 Round-Up

by Bob Raikes

3M was showing its latest ultrafine metal mesh-based PCap touch technology which is capable of supporting up to 80 touches, although we heard that there is a development to create a lower cost version …

Retail Digital Signage Expo 2017 Round-Up

by Bob Raikes

EllaFashion, a brand of MariElla Labels Oy of Finland, was showing a range of labels for fashion clothing that is based on E Ink EPD technology. The company started its developments with an intention …

Tags:Electronic Shelf Labels (ESLs)| Mobile Display Monitor| Retail Digital Signage Expo 2017| Vol 24 - Issue 18

IEEE Launches Standardisation Initiative

by Bob Raikes

The IEEE has said that it would produce new standards for AR & VR in eight areas. The organisation plans to promote the new initiatives at the forthcoming Augmented World Expo. The initial eight …

Samsung Folding Phone has Dual Displays

by Bob Raikes

Samsung’s SM-W2017 dual 4.2″ FullHD OLED flip phone (Dual-Screen Phone Coming From Samsung) which was released only in China, is now to ship in South Korea, although no date has been announced. Features include …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 18

Pixelworks Helps with Mobile HDR & High Ambient Performance

by Bob Raikes

Pixelworks announced its latest Iris family mobile display processor, the PX8468 which is based on the company’s patented DNX technology originally used in high-end TVs, Pixelworks’ third generation mobile chip, PX8468, combines the technology, …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Pixelworks| Semiconductors| Vol 24 - Issue 18

Vuzix Result 10/05/2017

by Jasmine Kang Sodha

Vuzix announced its FY17 Q1 result with net sales of $1.4 million and net loss of $4.2 million. The sales had grown by 233% on yearly basis while the net loss also increased from …

Tags:Financial Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 18

Samsung Denies OLED Plan Rumours

by Bob Raikes

The Korea Herald reports that Samsung Display is denying reports that it is building a new flexible 7G OLED plant in Asan, South Chungcheong Province in Korea. The company told the paper that the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Samsung| Vol 24 - Issue 18

Samsung DeX Uses Cypress Chips

by Bob Raikes

Cypress is the supplier of the main chips (four) in the Samsung DeX docking station, that is designed to turn the Samsung S8 smartphone into a PC-type docks. The company said that it has …

Compal Result 10/05/2017

by Jasmine Kang Sodha

Compal announced its FY17 Q1 result with consolidated revenues of NT$187.4 billion ($6.23 billion) and net profit of NT$1.1 billion ($36.5 million). The revenue was down 15% on a quarterly basis but was up …

This is War!

by Ken Werner

Nobody at Samsung will quite say they are at war with OLED-TV, but it’s not hard to read between the lines. Since its final, grudging flirtation with OLED-TV a couple of years ago, Samsung …

Tags:OLED TVs| QLED| Samsung| Vol 24 - Issue 18