Vol 24 – Issue 45 – Page 4

Cubic LED is to be Shown at ISLE

by Bob Raikes

The International Signs and LED Exhibition will take place from March 3rd to 6th at the Canton Fair Complex in Guangzhou, China and the organisers expect more than 1,600 exhibitors and 200,000 visitors to …

BOE Pushing to Supply Its Flexible OLEDs to Apple

by Bob Raikes

The ETNews in Korea has said that BOE is trying hard to become a supplier of flexible OLEDs to Apple and the report said that the firm has said that it would make two …

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Gionee Unveils Next Flagship Smartphone

by Andrew Fenn

Gionee will release the next flagship model of its S Series of smartphones—the S11S—in China next month. The S11S features a slim frame allowing for a higher screen-to-body ratio, a 6.01″ FullView Display with …

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Select Panasonic 2016 Smart TVs Now Support HLG

by Andrew Fenn

Panasonic has released an update for select 2016 Smart TV models to add support for HLG HDR. The update is now available for the DX750, DX780, DX800 and DX900 models. All of Panasonic’s 2017 …

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Vudu Adds HDR10 Streaming Support

by Andrew Fenn

Vudu is now rolling out content in HDR10 for Samsung (2017) and LG (2016 and 2017) Smart TVs, Xbox One S/X, Roku 4K and Nvidia Shield. HDR support via Vudu was previously limited to …

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Samsung Plans to Show 150″ LED TV

by Bob Raikes

ZDNet of Korea has forecast that Samsung will show a new 150″ TV based on microLED technology at the forthcoming CES 20187 show and the resolution is around UltraHD. Analyst Comment It wouldn’t be …

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Saturn Brings Paul the Robot to Hamburg and Berlin

by Andrew Fenn

Paul the Robot has become a popular fixture at German retailer Saturn’s Ingolstadt store since it arrived 12 months ago, so much so that the digital assistant is also coming to the company’s Berlin …

IHS: China to Account for 34% Global RGB OLED Capacity in 2022

by Andrew Fenn

The latest Display Supply Demand & Equipment Tracker from IHS Markit forecasts that global AMOLED capacity will rise from 11.9 million m² in 2017 to 50.1 million m² in 2022, equivalent to 322% growth. …

Digi-Capital: $1 Billion Already Invested in AR/VR in Q4 So Far

by Andrew Fenn

Startup leaders across the 27 AR/VR sectors in Digi-Capital’s Augmented/Virtual Reality Report and Deals Database raised $1 billion in the fourth quarter before the end of November. This is only the second time the …

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VR Market Keeps Growing Says Canalys

by Norbert Hildebrand

The market research firm Canalys released its latest Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Analysis service, which showed that the worldwide shipments of VR headsets exceeded 1 million units per quarter in Q3 2017. According …

Visionect Appoints Stampede as Joan Distributor in Nordic Region

by Andrew Fenn

Stampede Presentation Products has been chosen by Visionect to distribute its Joan digital door display and meeting room scheduling solution in the Nordic region—Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. Joan is designed to help organise …

Samsung Still Discussing Panel Supply with LG

by Bob Raikes

Samsung is reported by the Korea Herald to have agreed to use LCD panels from its rival, LG Display, in its TV business. The discussions have been going on for some time, but the …

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