Volume 21 – Page 19 – Display Daily

March Targeted for Sony’s Eyeglasses

by Super User

Sony’s Smart Eyeglass wearable – first seen at CES 2014, and again at IFA this year – will go on sale in March 2015, the company has said.

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Changhong to Close PDP Business?

by Super User

Changhong Electric, the last significant manufacturer of plasma display panels for TV use, continued to halt trading in its stock this week, leading to speculation that the company may finally have decided to end …

WallDecaux Begins Underground Rollout

by Super User

WallDecaux – the joint portfolio of Wall AG and JCDecaux, in Germany – has begun the installation of a new nationwide digital underground network. ‘Digital Underground Berlin’ consists of 75 LCD displays at 25 …

Touchless Interaction Draws Closer

by Super User

We are on the verge of a touchless interaction to computer interface revolution, according to TouchDisplay Research.com founder Dr. Jennifer Colegrove who told LDM that this emerging technology category is set to grow “…from …

Matchstick Sparks Kickstarter Rush

by Super User

Mozilla’s Chromecast rival, Matchstick (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 26), has been revealed, with a competitive price of $25. The device, which was quickly funded on Kickstarter (http://tinyurl.com/karoadz), uses open-source software. Developers are being …

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DisplaySearch: iPhone Panel Demand to Exceed 100 Million

by Super User

According to a blog post by NPD DisplaySearch’s David Hsieh (http://tinyurl.com/lgjjegh), panel makers need to ramp up production of iPhone 6 and 6 Plus panels quickly. DisplaySearch estimates that Apple has ordered more than …

Nanomarkets: LCoS May Overtake LCD as Common Mobile Display

by Super User

Nanomarkets has published a new report on the components and subsystems markets for smartglasses (http://tinyurl.com/p9gy3kg). The firm estimates that there is an opportunity in the market worth $3.2 billion, for makers of sensors, lightguides, …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| SmartGlasses| Vol 21 - Issue 39| Volume 21| Wearable Market

Skyworth Takes Hillcrest

by Super User

Yet another TV platform has signed up to use Hillcrest’s gesture control technology. China’s Skyworth has joined TCL, Lenovo, LG, Hisense and Roku in using the Freespace Motion Engine technology.

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Spanish Pay-TV Grows With Multi-Play

by Super User

Pay-TV adoption in Spain is being boosted by combination packages, which roll five services (mobile and landline phone; mobile and fixed internet; and TV) into a single product. According to Spanish regulator the CNMC, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Spain| Vol 21 - Issue 40| Volume 21

NEC Display Trends Forum Is Positive

by Super User

NEC Display Solutions held its annual Display Trends Forum in Cannes this year. Now in its fifth year, the event brings around 100 of the company’s top distribution and VAR partners in EMEA together …

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Mixed Results for Taiwan’s Chip Firms

by Super User

There were mixed results for Taiwan’s main semiconductor companies last month, with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) and United Microelectronics (UMC) reporting sequential sales increases, while MediaTek’s monthly results were lower than market expectations. TSMC …

Cambrios Achieves Single-Layer Multitouch

by Super User

Silver nanowire-producer Cambrios has launched its next-generation ClearOhm material, for use in touch sensors. Products using Cambrios’ new silver nanowire ink will feature higher performance than the previous generation and can be built with …