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Apple’s Warranty Reserves Decline

by Bob Raikes

Warranty Week made a detailed analysis of Apple’s warranty and extended warranty programs and pointed out that Apple has become a leading global supplier of extended warranties. However, sales of protection plans has declined …

Tags:Apple| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 01| warranty

Eizo Reports on USB Type-C

by Bob Raikes

Eizo has released a PDF of the results of its compatibility checking of the EV2780 monitor that supports USB Type-C charging and connectivity. (EIZO Releases 27″ Monitor with USB Type-C Connectivity)

Tags:Eizo| Large Display Monitor| USB| Vol 23 - Issue 50

Strategy Analytics Posts its Top Ten Predictions for 2017

by Bob Raikes

In a report, Top Ten Digital Media Predictions for 2017, Strategy Analytics Digital Media Strategies (DMS) service has highlighted the trends and events that it believes will shape OTT video, digital advertising and VR …

Tags:Advertising| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 50

AOC and Philips Monitors Combine in UK

by Bob Raikes

MMD has reorganised its sales activities in the UK so that sales of both the AOC and Philips brands will be handled by the same team, a move that has already happened in other …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MMD (AOC Philips)| Recruitment & Appointments| Vol 23 - Issue 50

HP Claims World’s Smallest Workstation

by Bob Raikes

HP has a new Z2 Mini workstation that will start shipping early in January. The system unit is just 8.5″ (21.6cm) square and 2.3″ (5.85cm) thick and can be mounted on a flat surface, …

Tags:HP Inc| Large Display Monitor| PCs| Vol 23 - Issue 50| Workstations

Hisense Joins Samsung on Sharp Block List

by Bob Raikes

Following the reports that Foxconn/Sharp will stop supplying Samsung with TV panels (Sharp Shuns Samsung TV Panel Business), Nikkei reports that the group will also stop supplying Hisense because they have been unable to …

Tags:Foxconn (Honhai)| Hisense| Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| sharp| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 23 - Issue 50

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Amazon Prime Now on Android TVs

by Bob Raikes

Amazon has added the Sony Android TVs from 2015 and 2016 to the devices that are now supported by the latest version of its Prime Video app. (Amazon Prime Video Now Available in More …

Tags:Amazon| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Smart TV| sony| Vol 23 - Issue 50

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NEC Adds Showroom & Training Centre in Germany

by Bob Raikes

NEC Display Solutions Europe, based in Munich, is to open a new Competence Centre in Dreiech near Frankfurt am Main in January. A range of practical applications will be shown using UST projectors, laser …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| NEC| Training| Vol 23 - Issue 50

Portugese Pay TV Still Growing

by Bob Raikes

The Portugese Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações (ANACOM) authority said that at the end of Q3, the number of Pay TV subscribers had increased to 3.639 million, up 44,000 on Q2 and 159,000 up on …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Portugal| TV Reception| Vol 23 - Issue 50

Opera Sells Smart TV Business

by Bob Raikes

Opera Software of Norway said that it is selling it a majority stake in Opera TV to Moore Frères & Company, an investment holding company focused exclusively on the tech, media, and telecom industries. …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Norway| Smart TV| Vol 23 - Issue 50

HDMI 2.1 Due in Jan

by Bob Raikes

HDMI said that it will announce a new version of HDMI, V2.1 on Jan 4th during the CES event. However, HDMI LA did not pre-release any firm details. Analyst Comment As we reported recently, …

Tags:Back Panel| HDMI| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 50

ZetaDisplay to List in Stockholm

by Bob Raikes

ZetaDisplay of Sweden, which owns ProntoTV and acquired other companies in the region (ZetaDisplay Buys Finnish Digital Signage Firm) has said that it intends to apply to join the Nasdaq Stockholm stock exchange, during …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Sweden| Vol 23 - Issue 50