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Samsung to Support VR/AR Start-ups

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung Electronics has announced that it will invest in seven new start-ups created by Samsung employees, off the back of the company’s C-Lab programme, which encourages spin-offs from projects. Among the seven start-ups receiving …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Samsung| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 40

Mitsubishi Unveils Asia-Pacific’s Largest Diamond Vision Screen

by Andrew Fenn

Mitsubishi Electric has unveiled “CVision”, the largest Diamond Vision LED display in the Asia Pacific region at the Sogo department store in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. The screen, which commences operations on October 27th, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| Mitsubishi| Outdoor Displays| Vol 24 - Issue 40

Leyard and Planar Announce Plans to Expand US Presence

by Andrew Fenn

LED co-manufacturers Leyard and Planar have announced plans to expand their presence in the US by adding an LED video wall production line to their factory in Hillsboro, Oregon in 2018. Over the past …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| Leyard| Manufacturing| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 40

IHS Report Shows Growth in Notebook PC LCD Panel Market

by Andrew Fenn

IHS Markit has released a new report, forecasting that display shipments for notebook PCs will increase to 177 million units in 2017, a growth of 5% year-on-year, while shipments of finished notebook PCs will …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 24 - Issue 40

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Taiwan LCD TV Shipments To Decline in Q4

by Andrew Fenn

According to new data by Digitimes Research, shipments of LCD TVs coming out of Taiwan will decline by 7.2% year-on-year, down to 9.36 million units in the fourth quarter of 2017, due to “keen …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| Taiwan| Vol 24 - Issue 40

Dish Hands Free TV Brings Alexa Voice Control to Whole Home

by Andrew Fenn

Dish has extended its Hands Free TV functionality to Joey clients, allowing users to control their TVs with Amazon Echo’s Alexa voice recognition in any room of their house. Amazon Echo support was integrated …

Tags:Dish Network| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| STBs| USA| Voice Input| Vol 24 - Issue 41

Nintendo Switch Boosts Console Sales in the US

by Andrew Fenn

Nintendo Switch has been the best-selling console in the United States for five out of the seven months since its release in March, despite ongoing stock issues. The company announced in a press release …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Nintendo Consoles| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 40

Humax VP of Sales Steps Down

by Andrew Fenn

Set-top-box provider Humax’s Vice President of Sales, Graham North, will leave the company at the end of October, following a period of ill health. North has worked for Humax UK for the past 12 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 40

NEC

New Headquarters for NEC Display Solutions of America

by Andrew Fenn

NEC Display Solutions of America has announced plans to move into a new headquarters in Downers Grove, Illinois. At over 47,500m², the company’s new premises is 20% larger than its current office in Itasca …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| NEC| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Vol 24 - Issue 40

Giant LED Towers for Two New South Korea Malls

by Andrew Fenn

South Korean retailer Shinsegae Corporation teamed up with Montreal-based Moment Factory to create visual content to be displayed on a giant LED tower installed in its new shopping complexes in Daegu . Moment Factory …

Tags:Korea| Large Display Monitor| LED| Retail| Vol 24 - Issue 40

Microsoft Opens Three Mixed Reality Capture Studios

by Andrew Fenn

Microsoft has opened three new mixed reality capture studios—two in the United States and one in the UK. The new studios allow content creators to capture detailed human holograms to be used in content …

Tags:AR/VR| Content Creation| Microsoft| Mixed Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 40

iPhone X Available for Pre-order from Friday

by Andrew Fenn

iPhone X pre-orders officially go live at 12:01am on Friday October 27th. Apple Stores will open at 8am on the smartphone’s release date, November 3rd. The stores will have stock of the iPhone X, …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 40