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Microsoft Offers a Deal on Vive

by Bob Raikes

Microsoft has a deal for an HTC Vive on its store that gives an extra $100 discount which, when combined with a $100 Microsoft gift code in the offer, brings the price down to …

Tags:AR/VR| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 51

Qwilt Selected by Afrihost for OTT in SA

by Bob Raikes

Qwilt, a provider of online video delivery and open video caching solutions, in conjunction with local partner Three6Five, announced that Afrihost, a South African Internet Service Provider, has chosen Qwilt’s open caching solution to …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 23 - Issue 51

Peerless Claims 1sts for High Brightness Display

by Bob Raikes

Peerless AV has released details of the new products that it plans to show at ISE next month. The new 49″ Xtreme Outdoor Display features a 1500 cd/m² panel intended for outdoor environments and …

Tags:Display Mounts| High Brightness Displays| ISE 2017| Kiosks| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Peerless AV| Vol 24 - Issue 01

GPU Developments 2016: No real surprises, more of Moore’s law

by Bob Raikes

Our friends at Jon Peddie Research have released a white paper that summarises developments in GPUs in 2016 and argues that it is one of the best and most significant developments in our lifetime. …

Tags:GPUs| Jon Peddie Research (JPR)| Vol 24 - Issue 01

Siemens Claims Fastest Tablet

by Bob Raikes

Siemens has launched a new industrial tablet PC that is reported to be the fastest on the market, powered as it is by an Intel Core i5 Skylake processor and a 10.1″ display with …

Tags:Industrial Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 23 - Issue 51

New Smartphones to Launch at CES

by Bob Raikes

The Silicon Angle blog has highlighted the rumours about new smartphones at CES. As well as the four LG phones we reported on (LG Boosts Volume Phone Offerings) and the TCK Blackberry (Blackberry Confirms …

Tags:CES 2017| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 51

Will HTC Suffer from OLED Shortage?

by Bob Raikes

Forbes.com has said that it believes that HTC will suffer poorer sales and market share in VR during 2017 because of difficulties in sourcing enough OLED displays for its Vive headsets. The site quoted …

Tags:AR/VR| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 51

EHI Retail Institute and Retail Institute Italy

by Bob Raikes

Popai Italia has decided to change its name to the “Retail Institute Italy” and has signed a deal to join the EHI network which is based in Germany and represents 500 retailers in Germany. …

Tags:Italy| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 51

Sharp Buys UMC Stake to Control TV in Europe

by Bob Raikes

Sharp has confirmed that it is executing on its plan to take back more control of the Sharp-branded TV business via a majority investment in Skytec UMC, the parent company of UMC of Slovakia, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| sharp| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 23 - Issue 51

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Asustek, Gigabyte Re-structuring

by Bob Raikes

Digitimes of Taiwan said that Asustek is looking to get out of the tablet business by re-allocating R&D and sales staff to other business areas. Meanwhile, the blog said that Gigabyte is doing the …

Tags:Asus| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| tablets| Vol 23 - Issue 51

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V-Nova Appoints Turkish Distributor

by Bob Raikes

V-Nova said that it has done a deal with Arttek to extend the distribution to Turkey and will sell to local pay-TV operators, broadcasters and mobile service providers. V-Nova hopes that Working with a …

Tags:Codecs| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 51

Microvision Raises Cash & Ships Samples

by Bob Raikes

Microvision had a busy holiday period and confirmed that it has sold 2 million shares worth $1.07 to Ben Lawrence-Farhi, after he was unable “for logistical reasons” to take part in a recent public …

Tags:Embedded Pico Projectors| Investment| Microvision| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 51