Vol 24 – Issue 22 – Page 2

Satellite Preferred Method of UHD Delivery

by Bob Raikes

Advanced Television has detailed some figures released by Eutelsat Italia following a survey of 122 managers from broadcast companies on UltraHD. Just over three quarters of respondents think that linear TV (as part of …

Rumor: Apple May use MicroLED Display as Soon as 2018

by Norbert Hildebrand

In the Nikkei Asian Review article ‘Apple plans micro-LED displays for wearables: sources‘, the news outlet reveals that according to sources in the supply chain Apple plans to use microLED displays as early as …

Tags:iOS (Apple)| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 22

… and iMacs and MacBooks

by Bob Raikes

Apple has updated the processors on the iMac and MacBook and added Thunderbolt 3, and added a Retina 4K display to the 21.5″ iMac. Displays are boosted in brightness to 500 cd/m² The iMac …

Tags:All-in-ones (AIOs)| Apple| Large Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 24 - Issue 22

DSCC Reports Display Equipment Market Up Over 90% in Q1’17

by Bob Raikes

Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC) has begun tracking and forecasting the overall display equipment market as part of its recently launched Quarterly Display Capex and Equipment Service. Figure 1: Quarterly Display Equipment Revenues and …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Production Equipment| Vol 24 - Issue 22

AOC’s Monitor Wins Computex Award

by Yvette Raikes

AOC has won the Computex D&I award for its sleek frameless PDS271 monitor, designed by F A Porsche (AOC Uses F. A. Porsche for Design). There are no power or display connectors on the …

EverDisplay Flex Displays at CES Asia

by Milos Pavlovic

EverDisplay Optronics (EDO) has shown new flexible AMOLEDs at the CES Asia show in China. The displays are 5.5″ in diagonal with FullHD resolution, and 3.2mm thick. As well as phone configurations, the company …

Samsung Starting Apple Flex OLED Production

by Bob Raikes

ETNews of Korea said that Samsung will start mass production of flexible displays from this month, as the company has approved samples from Samsung. The site also said that although a flexible display is …

Tags:Apple| Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung Display| Vol 24 - Issue 22

Facebook Video Extends to Android TV

by Yvette Raikes

Facebook is extending the reach of its video app. Facebook Video will now be available on Sony, Philips and Bang & Olufsen TVs. The Android TV app also has a new games section, which …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Smart TV| Vol 24 - Issue 22

Dolby Vision Is Here

by Yvette Raikes

Dolby Vision has been launched in the US and is being rolled out in Europe now. The first UHD Blu-ray players to support the Dolby Vision HDR format are Oppo’s UDP-203 and UDP-205. Four …

Axiomtek Panel PC Supports Dual Displays

by Bob Raikes

Axiomtek has a new 17″ resistive touch-enabled ‘panel PC’ that uses a 1280 x 1024 display with 350 cd/m² of brightness and has a fanless configuration that is IP65 certified. The PC uses an …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| PCs| Touch| Vol 24 - Issue 22

CentrO Adds LED Signage

by Yvette Raikes

Daktronics has installed a further 10 curved LED screens in CentrO, the shopping centre in Oberhausen, Germany. There are four 4.44m high and 7.92m wide main displays, each providing 35.13m² of digital canvas. In …

Tags:Daktronics| Large Display Monitor| Retail| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 24 - Issue 22

BOE Said to be Buying Kateeva Inkjet

by Bob Raikes

We report in our SID Display Week report that BOE showed an inkjet-printed electro-emissive quantum dot display at the exhibition. Now we have heard from Taiwan that the company has ordered an inkjet printer …