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NumWorks Updates Programmable Calculator Segment

by Bob Raikes

Our attention was drawn to a new graphing calculator from NumWorks that it says brings the category (which it estimates at 4 million units per year) up to date as the market leaders were …

Tags:LCD displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 32

InFocus Joins with AOpen for Chrome-based Whiteboard

by Bob Raikes

InFocus has done a deal with AOpen to deliver its JTouch 70 monitor with the AOpen Commercial Chromebox for collaboration applications. The bundle is called the JTouch Chrome 70 and is aimed at teachers …

Tags:Chrome| InFocus| Interactive Displays| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 32

GPU Shipments Up 7.2% from Last Quarter

by Bob Raikes

Jon Peddie Research has published its results for Q2’17 GPU shipments world-wide. Up to now, the GPU and PC market had been showing a return to what has been normal seasonality. The typical pattern …

Tags:GPUs| Jon Peddie Research (JPR)| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 32

Note 8 Pushes the State of Display Art Forward

by Bob Raikes

Last week, Samsung launched its much anticipated Note 8 flagship smartphone and our friend, Dr. Ray Soneira of DisplayMate, got an early chance to look at the display on the new handset and confirmed …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| OLEDs| Samsung| Smartphones| Testing| Vol 24 - Issue 32

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Asus Reduces Smartphone Forecast

by Bob Raikes

Asustek is reported to have reduced its forecast for smartphone shipments from 20 million to 15 million this year as the company sees increasing pressure from Chinese vendors including Oppo in its home market …

Tags:Asus| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 32

QD-Enhanced LCDs Drop in Sales in Q2

by Bob Raikes

The Beovision Eclipse is one of a number of new OLED TVs at the IFA show this weekIHS data on the sales of QD enhanced LCDs (which Samsung calls QLED) are down 48% in …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Quantum Dots| Samsung| TV Set Market| Vol 24 - Issue 32

JCDecaux Supports Portrait of Britain

by Bob Raikes

JCDecaux is repeating a project with the British Journal of Photography to show 100 ‘Portraits of Britain’ on displays around the country. The images shown were chosen from nearly 8,000 entries that were submitted. …

Tags:JCDecaux| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 24 - Issue 32

Samsung Seems Non-stick

by Bob Raikes

There were moments this week when it felt as though the issues were of “Samsung Weekly” because of the news before IFA that covered TVs and monitors and the launch of the much anticipated …

Tags:Editorial| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 31

Samsung Hits SmartTV Update Glitch

by Bob Raikes

Samsung has run into some trouble with a software update for its Smart TVs in Europe. The issue was reported to the Guardian in the UK by unhappy consumers. The company said: :“Samsung is …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Samsung| Smart TV| Software| Vol 24 - Issue 32

InFocus Signs in Spain

by Bob Raikes

Spanish broadliner, Esprinet, has signed up to distribute collaboration products from InFocus. It has also set up a new division to work on smart home products.

Tags:Distribution| InFocus| Large Display Monitor| Spain| Vol 24 - Issue 32

Pioneer/Konica Minolta JV Aims at 2020

by Bob Raikes

We reported on the joint venture between Konica Minolta and Pioneer some months ago (Konica Minolta and Pioneer Establish Automotive OLED J/V) and now the Nikkei Asian Review has reported that the JV is …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 31

LG Shows OLED Taillight

by Bob Raikes

LG Electronics has posted a video showing an OLED-based taillight concept as it looks to promote its lighting panels as well as displays. LG Display has said that it is planning to come into …

Tags:Automotive| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 31