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Hsieh Sees State of the Supply Chain

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David Hsieh looks after the Chinese market for DisplaySearch and is also responsible for the panel supply data. Hsieh is always an interesting speaker and he started by talking about “Smart Displays”. Hsieh defined …

TV Makers Promote “Feature Desperation”

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The annual IFA conference on TV that is run by DisplaySearch and IFA took place in the new CityCube. A representative of IFA welcomed delegates and Paul Gray of DisplaySearch introduced the agenda. The …

Acer Kicks off IFA in Bullish Mode

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Acer was the first press conference and CEO Jason Chen started by saying that sales in Germany were double in Q2 2014 and in Austria, it was closer to 3X business. Chen said that …

Tags:Acer| IFA 2014| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 35

IFA Says Consumers Willing to Buy

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IFA kicks off with a press event (although to try to get them all in, several are held before this one!). The format is much the same each year, so we’ve cut our report …

Tags:IFA 2014| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21

Visualplanet Brings New Retail Experience to Midwich

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Visualplanet will show an interactive touch sensor that can be applied to ‘any non-metallic surface’ at Midwich’s Technology Exposed on 17th and 18th September. The Touchfoil is a clear, large-format procap film. It will …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Pcap (Procap)| Technology Exposed 2014| Vol 21 - Issue 35

UltraHD Logo

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This has been one of my famous “busy” weeks – merging the Large Display Report and Display Monitor in the same week that IFA has started may have been a little ambitious! Never mind, …

Dynamic Focus on 17″ LCD Monitors

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This week we are highlighting LCD monitors in the 17″ standard category. There are 10 brands featured in the advertising with NEC Displays, Iiyama and BenQ the top three. In France, Iiyama was top …

Microsoft Close to Producing Large Touch Displays

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Microsoft’s EVP of Devices Stephen Elop has said that the company is getting close to mass production of large-screen touch displays, using technology it gained through its acquisition of Perceptive Pixel (PPI) two years …

LGD Opens First Overseas LCD Panel Plant in China

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LG Display (LGD) held an opening ceremony earlier this week for its first overseas LCD panel fabrication plant in Guangzhou, China, expanding its presence by adding to its existing module assembly plant in the …

CSR Pursued by Microchip

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Microchip Technology, of the USA, has approached UK-based Cambridge Silicon Radio (CSR) with an acquisition offer. CSR announced that it had rejected Microchip’s preliminary offer as too low, according to the EE Times. Microchip …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21

Acer to Set-Up VC Fund

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Acer is reported to have set up a venture capital fund as it seeks long-term investments to strengthen its technology development. Acer Venture Capital manages more that NT$1 billion ($33.5 million) and is overseen …

Tags:Acer| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21

Vue Cinemas to Upgrade to Sony 3D

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Vue Entertainment International is upgrading around 400 of its Sony 4k projection systems across Europe to Sony Digital Cinema 3D. The conversion process is expected to take three to four years and will be …