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Microsoft Increases UK Surface Prices

by Bob Raikes

Microsoft has joined the increasing list of companies that have increased their pricing for Surface products in the UK following the drop in the value of sterling since the UK Brexit vote. The prices …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Optoma Projectors Used in 360º Project

by Bob Raikes

Optoma recently worked with Chester Zoo to use Dataton’s Watchout software to create a 360º projection installation for its Sumba School. Using bespoke Unicol brackets, eight EH503 Optoma 1080p projectors were installed and blended …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Projectors| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Apple Patent Covers Mesh-like Flexible Display

by Bob Raikes

Apple has filed a patent application for a stretchable display, Apple Insider reports. The patent covers a display that is built on a the idea that the display elements are mounted on a mesh-like …

Tags:Apple| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Novel Displays| Vol 24 - Issue 06

NEC Installs Interactive Displays in Florida

by Bob Raikes

NEC has worked with the Duval County Public Schools (DCPS) school district (said to be the 20th largest in the US) to upgrade classrooms from projectors and interactive whiteboards to use V552 and V652 …

Tags:Back Panel| Education| Interactive Displays| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Eyevis Wins UK Deal for LED Wall

by Bob Raikes

Eyevis UK has secured a £1 million ($1.25 million) deal for an LED video wall for a multi-national media client for its new European headquarters in the UK. The display is a 0.9mm pitch …

Tags:Eyevis| Large Display Monitor| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Facebook Video Platforms Clarified

by Bob Raikes

We reported on Facebook’s move into video a couple of weeks ago and now the company has confirmed that the app will initially be rolled out on Apple TV, Amazon’s Fire TV and on …

Tags:| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Panasonic’s Expands OLED TV Range

by Bob Raikes

After announcing the 65″ EZ1002 for European and Japanese buyers at the recent CES show (Panasonic Upgrades OLED HDR TV – but Not for North America), the company has now announced a 77″ version …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| OLED TVs| Panasonic| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Total GPU Shipments Remain Flat – JPR

by Bob Raikes

Jon Peddie Research said that the GP market was flat from Q3 to Q4 in 2016, in line with normal seasonality. In graphics, Q2 is the trough, Q3 is the peak, Q4 is flat …

Tags:GPUs| Jon Peddie Research (JPR)| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Sony

Sony Drops Video Apps

by Bob Raikes

Sony has said that it will discontinue support for its PS Now (game streaming) and PS Video services. The PS Now service will stop on 2016 TVs in April and on other devices in …

Tags:Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| sony| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Fierce Battle Between Apple & Samsung for Top Spot

by Bob Raikes

Gartner said that there is a fierce battle between Apple and Samsung for the top position in the global smartphone market as Apple went back past Samsung in Q4 2016. Over the whole year, …

Tags:Gartner| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Technicolor Sues Samsung Over Patents

by Bob Raikes

Technicolor has file patent infringement suits against Samsung Electronics in Germany (Düsseldorf and Mannheim) and France (Paris) claiming that Samsung is in breach of ten of its patents relating to video compression. The suits …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Litigation| Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| Samsung| Technicolor| Vol 24 - Issue 06

auo

AUO To Boosts 8.5G Capacity in 2017

by Bob Raikes

AUO has responded to the tightness in the market and its relatively good financial performance to increase the capacity of its existing 8.5G fab by 25,000 to 30,000 substrates per month in 2017. The …

Tags:AUO| Large Display Monitor| LCD Fabs| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 06