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ViewSonic Returns to Gaming in a Big Way

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The day before our flight to IFA (watch for the full report soon!), we attended an event by ViewSonic, in London, where the company was introducing new gaming monitors. ViewSonic has recently partnered with …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| ViewSonic| Vol 21 - Issue 35

Eyedak Uses Smartphone as Screen

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Eyedak, a company based in Scotland, is developing a VR headset called Vrase, to compete with the Oculus Rift and Sony’s Morpheus. Like Samsung’s (rumoured) Gear VR headset (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 28), …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| SmartGlasses| Smartphones

Apple’s Invitation Gives Nothing Away

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Invitations have been sent out to an event on 9th September by Apple, effectively confirming the previously-rumoured iPhone 6 launch date. Unlike the company’s previous invitations, there is no hint of what will be …

Tags:Apple| Apple Watch (iWatch)| iPhone| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21

Dell Claims ‘First’ for Curved 34″

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More information has been shared by Dell, about its U3415W LCD monitor (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 48). Last year we heard that the product would be a 34″ model with 3440 x 1440 …

Tags:21:9| Dell| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21

Digital Europe Unveils New UHD Logo

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Digital Europe used IFA 2014 to release a new Ultra HD logo which it says will help consumers differentiate it from the earlier HD standard. In order to use the logo, a device has …

Tags:DigitalEurope| Large Display Monitor| TVs (TV Sets)| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21

Emerging Markets Take Smartphone Slack

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Smartphone shipments are expected to rise 23.8% YoY in 2014, according to IDC, to more than 1.25 billion units, from 1.01 billion in 2013. A 12.7% CAGR will lead to 1.8 billion shipments in …

Tags:IDC| Large Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21| Worldwide

Epson Leads US Projector Sales in July

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PMA Research has announced the top-selling projectors in the USA in July. The company divides the results into three categories: ‘pico and personal’; ‘mainstream’; and ‘high end’. Aaxa manufactured three of the pico and …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| PMA Research| Projectors| USA| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21

Freesync Monitors Will Cost $100 Less Than G-Sync

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AMD has told PCR that its upcoming Freesync (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 4) gaming monitors will be between $80 and $100 cheaper than models with Nvidia’s G-Sync technology. Both aim to eliminate screen …

Tags:AMD| Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21

Global Phablet Shipments to Reach 175 Million in 2014

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According to a new forecast from the IDC, worldwide phablet shipments (smartphones with screen sizes from 5.5″ to less than 7″ will reach 175 million units worldwide in 2014, passing the 170 million portable …

Tags:IDC| Large Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21| Worldwide

LG Studying When to Withdraw From Plasma

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At a media briefing in Seoul recently, LG has confirmed that it will leave the plasma TV market ‘in the near future’ – following Samsung’s exit earlier this year (Display Monitor Vol 21 No …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| PDP| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21

Samsung Announces UHD Content Deals with Amazon

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CES 2014, Samsung announced it was working with Netflix and Amazon to deliver original UHD programming to Samsung UHD TVs. In March, Netflix began streaming “House of Cards” in 4K to Samsung and other …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Samsung| Streaming Video| UltraHD| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21

Tablets Fall, but Emerging Regions Rise

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IDC’s tablet-plus-hybrid forecast for 2014 has been reduced to 233.1 million units. The new figure represents a 6.5% YoY growth rate: significantly below the previous prediction of 12.1% growth. “[I]t would be easy to …

Tags:IDC| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21| Worldwide