According to a new market research report, Global Display Market (2012 – 2017) published by MarketsandMarkets, the total global display market is expected to reach $164.24 billion by 2017, at a CAGR of 3.1% from 2012 to 2017.

The global display market encompasses many technologies: E-ink, OLED, TFT-LCD, LED-LCD, LED, DLP, LCoS, and Plasma.

OLED display, for example, also has a huge market share in smartphone and related applications and is projected to grow at a CAGR of 31.2% with revenue worth $5.10 billion in 2017.

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In case you have ever asked yourself the question: Can LCDs replace projector-type whiteboards?...now LG Display begins mass production of the world’s first 84” Ultra Definition (UD) LCD display for interactive whiteboards.

At 1.9m by 1.1m, LG Display’s 84” UD panel for interactive whiteboards measures as the largest LCD product of its kind, ideal for installation in classrooms as it is similar in size to conventional whiteboards currently used in schools. In addition, the display features a maximum brightness of 350 nit, 3.5x brighter than existing projector-type interactive whiteboards; and UD resolution of 3840 x 2160 (about 8.3 million pixels), 8x the image quality of current HD projectors.

LG doesn’t actually call this “a projector-killer” but their new whiteboard display attempts to solves weaknesses inherent with projector-type whiteboards. Users no longer have to turn off the lights or close multiple window blinds during the daytime to play educational content. Also, the new display eliminates occurrences of images being blocked by silhouettes and disrupting the attention of students, a major complaint with existing projector-type interactive whiteboards. (Let’s not forget the “teacher-fried-eyeballs” complaints from the teacher’s union who are insisting upon vision safeguards from projector-type boards). Read more...

The TecPodium TCD-100 from Tecom Electronics allows a teacher to control a projector or flat-panel through a colorful remote with giant buttons, rather than the remote that ships with all projectors (usually with more than 20 small buttons). The TCD-100 has a built-in IR learner so it can be customized to control any display. It only has five buttons, includes MACRO functionality, is about the size of a business card and has a battery that lasts for years.

This is an interesting concept and a creative, simple product from TECOM. There are Read more...

Arthur Holm presents its Dynamic 3 in the EMEA region for the first time during Infocomm MEA. Dynamic 3 is the latest addition to Arthur Holm furniture that integrates monitors and the maker says, it’s “the only system on the market that is electrically foldable, closable and rotatable.”

Its’ predecessor (Dynamic 2) was limited to boardroom and conference room applications because only people sitting in front of the screen could view its content. Now the new system incorporates a 180º rotation mechanism. This allows content sharing between several people, making it a viable solution for information counters at hotels, banks, insurance and retail applications besides of course meeting, conference and board rooms. Read more...