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LCD Panel Specifications
When choosing an LCD panel, size and resolution are probably the two characteristics that are at the top of everyone’s list – but for a display system that matches the needs of the target market … [more]
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Three Things To Note About LED Drivers
LEDs operate from DC and are relatively easy to work with but there are three points that help understand regarding the role of an LED driver: Voltage: LEDs in a backlight will be wired in … [more]
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Transparent LCD’s
As shown in the Corning video ‘A Day Made of Glass’ (mentioned in an earlier blog) and movies like Avatar and Minority Report, transparent displays look exciting. Attendees of certain trade shows will know that … [more]
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Basic Display System Diagram
The inside of a normal LCD monitor or TV is pretty straightforward as this diagram shows:
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System Developer Blog
I have started a Display System Developer blog on displaysystem.tumblr.com for notes and various information related to developing LCD display systems.
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Interested In OLED Displays?
With LG announcing an OLED based TV for release in the 2nd half of 2012 together with news that Samsung and AUO are also moving in that direction it seems clear that larger OLED displays … [more]
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Connectors & Input Signals…
Common input signal connectors as shown above include: HMDI: Designed for consumer electronics but increasingly appearing on professional grade products as well. DVI: Comes in two designs, digital and digital & analog. DisplayPort: Promoted as … [more]
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SID Display Week: Boston 3-8 June 2012
As SID say “Display Week is North America’s premier showcase of the display industry which is valued at over US$100B annually”. Display Week is a mix of conferences and an exhibition. The exhibition runs from … [more]
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Backlights: Which Is Better, LED or CCFT?
‘Better’ may depend on your requirements however it seems reasonably clear that LED provides a number of benefits over CCFT backlights. A few of the issues: Availability: Now many of the panels meeting other specification … [more]
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Displays In Our Future…
A look at how displays might be part of our daily life in the future… this is Corning’s excellent A Day Made of Glass 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZkHpNnXLB0
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Controller Solution Generator
Having chosen an LCD panel the Controller Solution Generator, or CSG as we normally call it, is the place to go: http://www.digitalview.com/csg The CSG has nearly 2,000 panels listed, for many of these it will provide … [more]
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Kyocera bought Optrex
Kyocera announced that with as of 1 February 2012 it had acquired the shares of Optrex, see http://global.kyocera.com/news/2012/0103_glop.html. As noted the company names will be combined but we are yet to see what this means in … [more]
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Displays
Displays already seem to be everywhere – but it has really only just started…
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New Digital View UK Office
Digital View UK is pleased to announce it is back in Knebworth Park – following the relocation of its European digital signage operations to Munich in Q4 of 2011 the display electronics operations decided to … [more]
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ALR-1920 LCD Controller Significant Upgrade
The ALR-1920 LCD controller has been significantly upgraded as announced today, the new model reference is part number 417270011-3. Some of the new features are: Additional RS-232 command support DDC/CI command support for brightness, contrast, … [more]
LCD Controllers
LCD Controller Support Pages Undergoing A Revamp
Over the last few days the LCD controller support pages on the Digital View website have been updated with a posting of all relevant Application Notes for each of the controller models listed. This, however, … [more]
LCD Controllers
CSG Updates
The Digital View View CSG (Controller Solution Generator) is designed to assist with matching controllers with LCD panels, however behind the system is a very significant LCD panel database. With well over 1,750 larger graphic … [more]
Digital Signage
Car Color Selector – customer engagement demo
As I write this our UK office are exhibiting at the In-Store show in London showing a comprehensive selection of display solutions for retail marketing together with numerous interactive options. One of our exhibits in … [more]
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Update – 1st 5 months of 2011
The first 5 months of 2011 have been action packed for Digital View with formalization of the signage division under Bob Michaels, numerous trade shows in the USA and around Europe as well as many … [more]
Digital Signage
Digital Signage Off The Shelf
In retail environments consumers are surrounded by all kinds of promotional materials and mediums, competing for their attention. There are many different points of engagement, but in this post I want to focus on shelf … [more]