Vol 24 – Issue 22 – Page 4

Next Gen Display Product Innovations: A Necessity For Survival

by Sweta Dash

Display panels and component suppliers pushed, stretched, folded, and expanded the limits of display features and performance, showcasing next gen products at DisplayWeek 2017. In general, technology prototypes take years to be commercialized. Some …

Tags:Flexible Displays| LCD displays| OLEDs| SID Display Week 2017| Vol 24 - Issue 22

Oppo R11 Uses AMOLED in R11

by Milos Pavlovic

Oppo has a new phone, the R11 which has a 5.5″ FullHD AMOLED and using a Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 with 4GB of RAM. Storage is 64GB and that is expandable via microSD. The OS …

Tags:China| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 22

Apple to Support External GPU & VR

by Bob Raikes

As part of its announcements at the WWDC 2017, Apple said it would support a development kit that is an external GPU enclosure, with an AMD Radeon RX 580 that can connect to PCs …

Major League Baseball Partnership with Intel Brings Free VR Streaming

by Alan Spencer

Intel has made a deal with major league baseball in the US. The partnership will see Intel VR live streaming one game every Tuesday during the 2017 major league baseball (MLB) regular season without …

Samsung Galaxy Book Now Available to Order

by Bob Raikes

Samsung announced the Galaxy Book tablet at MWC (Samsung Finds Some Products to Launch for specifications and details). There are 10.6″ and 12″ versions, both with UltraHD AMOLED displays and based on Intel Core …

Amazon Prime Video Coming to Apple TV Later This Year

by Alan Spencer

Apple’s tvOS has a large portfolio of popular apps but the world’s second-largest streaming service, Amazon Prime Video, has been missing since launch, but will now be added later this year. The new addition …

Xiaomi and Apple Lead the Wearables Market

by Yvette Raikes

The Q1 wearables market grew by 17.9% YoY, according to IDC, with 24.7 million devices shipped. Fitbit slipped down the rankings to third with Xiaomi and Apple challenging neck and neck for top spot …

Tags:IDC| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 22| Wearables

Tianma & CSOT To Collaborate on Inkjet?

by Bob Raikes

Unconfirmed reports from Taiwan are suggesting that Tianma and CSOT are collaborating to try to develop inkjet-deposited OLEDs. The reports also said that BOE and CSOT are considering second G10+ production lines.Tianma & CSOT …

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

Report Studies How Young Millennials Interact with Content

by Alan Spencer

A report by Anatomy entitled, The Young and The Brandless, provides an in-depth look at the media consumption, content discovery habits and network brand recognition capabilities of people aged 18 to 26, the age …

Optoma UHD Projectors are Aggressively Priced

by Bob Raikes

Optoma has released new UltraHD and HDR DLP projectors, the UHD60 and UHD65 at very competitive prices for that resolution. The prices are £2,499 ($2,700 + tax) and £2,999 ($3,250 + tax), respectively, and …

Tags:DLP Projectors| Home Cinema| Large Display Monitor| Optoma| Vol 24 - Issue 22

First LG 86″ UltraStretch Displays installed in UK

by Bob Raikes

An arts centre in the town of Poole in Dorset on the south coast of the UK, has seen the UK’s first installation of LG’s 86″ stretched displays in a dual display configuration. The …

Into AV to Distribute Optoma Projectors

by Isaac Oburu

Optoma has appointed Into AV to supply its UltraHD/4K projectors in the UK.

Tags:Distribution| Large Display Monitor| Optoma| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 24 - Issue 22