Vol 24 - Issue 28

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Samsung Reduces its TV Set Targets

by Bob Raikes

According to reports from Taiwan, confirmed to LDM by industry sources, say that Samsung has reduced its business plan for TVs this year from around 48/49 million at the end of 2017 to around …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| TV Set Market| Vol 24 - Issue 28

Linden Lab Introduces Sansar VR Creation Platform

by Norbert Hildebrand

Linden Lab, the San Francisco based VR development company that introduced us to Second Life and Blocksworld has opened the Sansar Creator beta to developers. Sansar is a development platform that allows developers to …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 28

TI Makes Pico DLP Accessible

by Bob Raikes

TI has made available the DLP LightCrafter Display 2000 evaluation module (EVM) that includes a 0.2″ DLP chipset and costs just $99. The EVM’s dual connector is set up to support any flexible GPIO-driven …

Tags:DLP| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Pico Projectors| TI (Texas Instruments)| Vol 24 - Issue 28

Smartphone Volumes Reach 341.6 million in the Q2 2017

by Alan Spencer

Preliminary results from the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, show that OEMs shipped 341.6 million smartphones worldwide in Q2 2017, declining 1.3% compared to the same quarter a year ago, and down 0.8% …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 24 - Issue 28

Maverick Supports Surface Hub with Services

by Bob Raikes

Maverick, the AV division of Tech Data in Europe, said that it has now sold 6,000 Microsoft Surface Hub sets in Europe and is now launching a range of bespoke physical and virtual services …

Tags:Collaboration| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| TechData| Vol 24 - Issue 28

Sharp Adds Three Professional LCD Display Products

by Bob Raikes

Sharp in the US has launched the PN-LE 601/701/801 commercial LCD displays which have 60.1″, 69.5″ and 80″ diagonals, respectively. The 90″ PN-LE901 is already available. The new models have FullHD resolution and also …

Tags:Interactive Displays| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Vol 24 - Issue 28

LED Display in the UK Hacked

by Andrew Fenn

An large LED display situated on Queen Street in Cardiff in the UK was hacked and used to show offensive images including swastikas. BlowUp Media is the operator of the site and disabled the …

Tags:Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| LED| Security| Vol 24 - Issue 28

RTL Takes 15% Minority Share in VR Company

by Andrew Fenn

European entertainment network RTL Group has invested in Israeli VR company Inception, earning a 15% stake in the company. RTL has released apps for Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear, iOS, Android, Google Daydream and HTC …

Tags:Investment| Mobile Display Monitor| RTL| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 28

“Wild Life” AR Experience Unveiled at London Shopping Centre

by Andrew Fenn

The Broadgate Centre in London has collaborated with The Aspinall Foundation to create a technological animal exhibition called Wild Life. A three-metre-tall polygonal sculpture of a gorilla, named Gus, created by Anglo-Italian design house …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 24 - Issue 28

HbbTV and DTG Update Tests

by Bob Raikes

The HbbTV Association said that version 9.2 of its test suite has now been released. The aim of this release of the Test Suite is to support the certification of devices coming to market …

Tags:DTV| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 24 - Issue 28

Samsung Electronics to Use Y-OCTA Displays for Galaxy S9

by Milos Pavlovic

ET News of Korea has reported that Samsung will use its Y-Octa flexible technology to the Galaxy S9 in 2018 and has said that there will be 5.77″ and 6.22″ versions. The paper said …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 24 - Issue 28

Two New LEDs in Bochum, Germany

by Milos Pavlovic

Two outdoor LED displays have been installed in Bochum, Germany, by Innlights Displaysolutions. The displays are 3.5m x 2.5 m and use the company’s 5.9mm M5 technology and there are 35 panels in a …

Tags:Germany| Large Display Monitor| LED| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 24 - Issue 28