Vol 24 - Issue 20

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Study Shows Higher Brightness Helps Mammography

by Bob Raikes

A new study confirms that display luminance has a positive impact on the detectability of breast microcalcifications and spiculated lesions. The results suggest a 10% increased detectability in digital breast tomosynthesis images on a …

Tags:Barco| Large Display Monitor| Medical| Vol 24 - Issue 20

HP Uses Cannes to Launch Notebook Updates

by Bob Raikes

HP used the Cannes Film Festival and its association with the creative industries by supplying workstations, to launch new Spectre x2, Envy x360 and Envy laptops. The Spectre x2 is the first HP ‘luxury’ …

Tags:Convertible PCs| HP Inc| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Pen Input| Vol 24 - Issue 20

Eizo Result 24/05/2017

by Jasmine Kang Sodha

Eizo announced annual FY16 results with net revenues at ¥78.3 billion ($722.7 million) and net profit of ¥7.1 billion ($65.5 million), resulting in a net profit margin of 9.1%. The net revenues increased by …

Tags:Eizo| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 20

Nokia and Apple Agree Business Cooperation Agreement

by Alan Spencer

Nokia and Apple have finally settled all their disputes relating to intellectual property and have agreed a multi-year patent licence arrangement. Under the collaboration agreement, Nokia will be providing certain network infrastructure product and …

Tags:Apple| Litigation| Mobile Display Monitor| Nokia| Patents| Vol 24 - Issue 20

Panasonic Touch LFDs Use ShadowSense

by Bob Raikes

Panasonic has three new LFDs in 42″ (TH-42AF1-SST), 49″ ((TH-49AF1-SST) and 55″ (TH-55AF1-SST) with the Baanto ShadowSense technology. Luminance is 500 cd/m² and the monitors use edge-lit IPS panels. They support the Panasonic OpenPort …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Panasonic| Touch| Vol 24 - Issue 20

Snapchat, Facebook Fuel AR Growth

by Bob Raikes

In 2017, 40.0 million people in the US will engage with some form of augmented reality (AR) at least monthly, up 30.2% over last year, according to eMarketer’s first forecast on AR and virtual …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 20

Hirai’s Five Years Turning Sony Around

by Bob Raikes

An article at Bloomberg.com has highlighted the improvements that Sony’s Kaz Hirai has made to the company since he took over the helm in 2012. In the five years, shares in the company have …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| sony| Vol 24 - Issue 20

Hyundai Reported to be in Talks with Samsung

by Bob Raikes

We reported on a concept vehicle from Hyundai’s Genesis brand (Genesis Concept Uses 22″ OLED) last month. Now the Korea Herald is reporting that Samsung Display is in discussion with Samsung about the supply …

Tags:Automotive| Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 20

Driver for Screens – LG and Extron cooperate

by Bob Raikes

Extron Electronics is working with LG Electronics USA Business Solutions to develop and certify control drivers for LG commercial displays to ensure easy integration. Extron is working with LG to ensure compatibility he opportunity …

Tags:Back Panel| Extron| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 20

Turbina Has Smart Tower

by Yvette Raikes

Turbina has developed a sustainable advertising tower which uses hybrid wind and solar power to power its operation. The 10m high tower can have up to four 2.4m x 2.4m LED screens with either …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Outdoor Displays| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 24 - Issue 20

Dish Uses Alexa To Add Voice Control

by Milos Pavlovic

Dish said that is is working with Amazon to enable the Alexa service on its Hopper and Wally set top boxes when paired with Amazon Echo, Echo Dot or Amazon Tap. The new Alexa …

Tags:Amazon| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| Streaming Dongles| Vol 24 - Issue 20

DISH now on Amazon Fire TV

by Bob Raikes

The Dish Anywhere app has been updated to allow the support of Amazon Fire TV products. Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick are the first media players to offer Dish Anywhere and this …

Tags:Amazon| Large Display Monitor| Streaming Dongles| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 20