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IHS Acquires NPD DisplaySearch

by Super User

The NPD Group has signed a definitive agreement, to sell its DisplaySearch and Solarbuzz businesses to IHS Inc. The deal is subject to customary closing conditions. Completion is expected in or around the second …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| NPD DisplaySearch| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

Parade Brings DisplayPort SST to UltraHD Tcon

by Super User

A new UltraHD timing controller, using embedded DisplayPort (eDP) v1.3, has been developed by Parade Technologies. The DP667 is said to be the first Tcon for UltraHD LCD panels that support the use of …

Tags:Chips| DisplayPort| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Tcons (Timing Controllers)| UltraHD| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

Bringing Tactile Feedback to an In-Air Screen

by Super User

In-air touchscreens have been seen before – usually featuring a projector and water vapour (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 1, Vol 21 No 17). However, there has been little sensation of feedback. A team …

Tags:Cinema Projection| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Other| Touchless Touch| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

eMagin Contract Dramatically Improved OLED Performance

by Super User

In October (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 41), eMagin announced that it had been awarded three new R&D contracts, totalling $6.8 million. The company has now revealed that $6.45 million of that total is …

Tags:AMOLED| eMagin| Military & Defence| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

Cree, Lextar Sign LED Agreement

by Super User

Cree and Lextar Electronics have entered into a supply agreement for sapphire-based LED chips, with Cree gaining approximately 13% of Lextar through an $83 million investment. The deal also includes a royalty-bearing license agreement …

Tags:Cree| Large Display Monitor| LED| Vol 21 - Issue 34| Volume 21

Nvidia and VMware Bring Workstations to Chromebooks

by Super User

Google and VMware are working with Nvidia to bring workstation-level graphics to Chromebooks. VMware’s Blast software and Nvidia’s Grid (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 3) virtual GPU technology will be used to deliver a …

Tags:Google| GPUs| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 34| Volume 21

Berlin Plans DVB-T2 Trial

by Super User

A DVB-T2/HEVC trial is to take place in Berlin this autumn. It will test network parameters – including an encryption system – and manufacturers will also be able to test their products.

Tags:DVB-T & T2| HEVC (H.265)| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 34| Volume 21

Chinese Production to Rise on Growing LTPS and Oxide Demand

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73% of all high-resolution LTPS and oxide-TFT LCD smartphone displays will be purchased by Apple and Chinese brands this year. NPD DisplaySearch says that the demand for these displays is boosting LTPS LCD capacity …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| NPD DisplaySearch| Smartphone Market| Vol 21 - Issue 34| Volume 21

Wide Colour Gamuts Are Prevalent at Touch Taiwan

by Super User

A variety of new panels with high-end features were shown at Touch Taiwan at the end of August.The focus of AUO‘s presence was its curved displays. The company introduced 42″ – 85″ curved UltraHD …

Tags:AUO| Curved Displays| Large Display Monitor| Touch Taiwan 2014| Vol 21 - Issue 34| Volume 21

Panasonic Projectors Chosen for German News Studio

by Super User

A TV studio for one of Germany’s most traditional news programmes has been equipped with Panasonic projectors behind an 18 metre media wall, delivering content 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The …

Tags:Back Panel| Installation Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Panasonic| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21

Wearables Panel Session

by Super User

Simon Forrest from Imagination, Ruth Hutchinson from Fitbug and Ulrich Schulze-Althoff from Medisana joined the panel session on wearables. Simon Forrest is from Imagination Technologies which believes it has lots of the elements needed …

Tags:IFA 2014| Large Display Monitor| NPD IFA Conference 2014| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21| Wearable Market

Japan Details ASO Plans

by Super User

Japan’s National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has released the draft implementing rules and regulations (IRR) for the move to digital broadcasting. A year-long simulcast period is specified.

Tags:Japan| Large Display Monitor| Terrestrial (DTT)| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21