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Sometimes the News is the System, not the Display

by Bob Raikes

We managed to get the ISE report done this week for our LDM subscribers, while trying to get ready for our Mobile World Congress trip from Sunday. This is a busy time of year, …

Tags:CPUs| Editorial| Intel| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Mobile Display Monitor| OPS| Vol 24 - Issue 07

European Monitors End 2016 on Positive Note

by Bob Raikes

The Desktop monitor market in Europe was very positive in Q4 2016 according to Meko’s DisplayCast Desktop Monitor service, with 6.6% growth over 2015 and with 15.9% growth from Q3, which was in line …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Europe| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Vol 24 - Issue 07

VR Centre Opens in Seoul

by Bob Raikes

The South Korean government has opened a new centre in Western Seoul to act as a hub for developments in Virtual Reality. There has been an opening ceremony for the Korea Virtual Reality – …

Tags:AR/VR| Korea| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 07

LG X Power2 Has High Capacity Battery

by Bob Raikes

LG has announced a new mainstream mobile phone that will be shown at MWC. The LG X Power2 is aimed at those that want big battery capacity combined with a large screen (a 5.5″ …

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 07

Samsung OLED Share to Drop from 89% to 72%

by Bob Raikes

UBIResearch said that the market for AMOLEDs will continue to be dominated by Samsung as the market grows to $57 billion by 2020. The company expects Chinese players to enter the market in a …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Samsung| Vol 24 - Issue 07

Prices for LG Super UHD Sets in US

by Bob Raikes

LG’s US pricing for some of the Super UHD LCD-based TVs that it showed at CES this year (LG Wows with New OLED and LCD TVs). The prices are: Model Size Price SJ8500 55″ …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Pricing| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 08

Google Planning UltraHD Wireless STBs

by Bob Raikes

Based on filings with the FCC, Google is planning a new wireless UltraHD STB using Wi-fi 802.11ac using the part number A4R-GFHD254. Details of the FCC filing, including photos, are confidential until early August …

Tags:4k| Google| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 08

PMA Research Reports on Top-Selling Projectors in January

by Bob Raikes

PMA Research, the worldwide market information experts on front projectors, has posted their most recent Projector Tracking Service results to the “Top-Selling Projectors” area of their website. For more than 18 years now, PMA …

Tags:PMA Research| Projectors

Mitsubishi Modules Vibration Resistant to 6.8Gs

by Bob Raikes

Mitsubishi Electric has said that it is about to launch 7.0″ and 8.0″ versions of its Tough Series of LCD modules that are for use in construction, agricultural vehicles and factories as they are …

Tags:Electronic Displays & Embedded World 2017| Large Display Monitor| Mitsubishi| Mobile Display Monitor| Rugged Displays| Vol 24 - Issue 07

Samsung Will Have Three non-QD UHD TV Ranges

by Bob Raikes

Samsung in Europe will have three series of LCD TVs that will be below the QLED sets that were promoted at CES. The MU9000 range is curved and will be available in 49″, 55″ …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Samsung| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 07

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Sharp Completes UMC Deal

by Bob Raikes

Sharp has completed its acquisition of 56.7% of Skytec UMC Ltd (Sharp Buys UMC Stake to Control TV in Europe), to take control of the sales of Sharp-branded TVs in Europe, which were licensed …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| sharp| TVs (TV Sets)| UMC| Vol 24 - Issue 07