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Sub-Saharan Africa pay TV thrives Despite Falling Prices

by Bob Raikes

Most of the main pay TV operators in Sub-Saharan Africa lowered their prices during 2016 to ward off competitors. The knock-on effect was that other platforms lowered their fees. Simon Murray, Principal Analyst at …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Pay TV| Vol 24 - Issue 03

Juniper Releases Smartwatch Forecast

by Bob Raikes

Juniper released its forecast for Smartwatches in 2021 and expects a market value of $21.5 billion. North America and Europe will represent more than half the market by that time.

Tags:Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 24 - Issue 03

Sony Projectors Used for Particle Physics

by Bob Raikes

Sony said that the National Museum of Science and Technology in Milan is using Sony laser projectors to unlock some of the secrets behind particle physics research in collaboration with CERN. The museum approached …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Laser Projectors| Museums & Exhibitions| sony| Vol 24 - Issue 04

AOC Agon Monitor is for Gamers

by Bob Raikes

MMD has announced the AOC Agon AG352UCG 35″ 3440 x 1440 (21:9) curved monitor (2000R) and with support for G-Sync. The monitor for gamers has a maximum refresh rate of 100Hz. Brightness is 300 …

Tags:Curved Displays| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| MMD (AOC Philips)| Vol 24 - Issue 03

ISE Preview Round-up

by Bob Raikes

AV Stumpfl said that it would show a new UHD player with 60fps of refresh and using H.265. The company will also show an 8K RAW media server. The company has a Wings Engine …

Tags:ISE 2017| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Optoma| Vol 24 - Issue 03

Philips

Android TV 6.0 Upgrade Starts at Philips

by Bob Raikes

TV makers are running at different versions of Android and we reported that Sony is to upgrade to Android 6.0 (Android 7 Gets to Shield and (later) Sony). Now Philips is rolling out an …

Tags:Android| Large Display Monitor| Philips| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 03

Philips OLED TV Starts Shipping

by Bob Raikes

The Philips 901F, an OLED TV with Ambilight that was shown at IFA (Philips Launches First OLED TV with Ambilight). The 55″ set is now available in some countries and is being listed at …

Tags:AMOLED| Large Display Monitor| Philips| Vol 24 - Issue 03

MultiQ Wins Business

by Bob Raikes

Reuters reports that MultiQ has won a new order from a US gaming company valued at $375,000 and due to be shipping in Q1. A separate report showed another order for Europe for 3.5 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MultiQ| Vol 24 - Issue 03

Barco At DistribuTech with Walls and OpSpace

by Bob Raikes

We reported on new laser-based (not laser phosphor) rear projection cubes in general in our coverage of the Display Summit conference at Infocomm (DS31 Barco Happy with RP Cubes for Control Rooms). However, somehow, …

Tags:Barco| Control Rooms| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 03

TCA Looks for VR to Take Off in 2016

by Bob Raikes

At the Taiwan Game Show, the Taipei Computer Association said that it expects the VR market to expand rapidly after growing to $1.8 billion in 2016, up 7.4% from 2015. Acer, HTC, MSI and …

Tags:AR/VR| Game Playing| Mobile Display Monitor| Taiwan| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 03

MediaTek Growth Moderates

by Bob Raikes

After a long period of strong positive growth, MediaTek has seen slowing growth and forecast chip sales for smartphones and tablets at 105 to 115 million in Q1, just 5% up from last year. …

Tags:Mediatek| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 03

Siemens Wins Emmy for Early TV

by Bob Raikes

Siemens has been awarded an Emmy for Technical/Engineering Achievement from the US National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) for an artificial eye that was developed by Siemens founder Werner von Siemens and …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 03