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Aixtron Sale Blocked in US

by Bob Raikes

President Obama has incensed Chinese investors by blocking the sale of Aixtron of Germany (Aixtron Waits for Obama), although Reuters reports that the company is looking at whether it could sell its US operation …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Production Equipment| Vol 23 - Issue 48

Ingram Sale Closes

by Bob Raikes

The deal for HNA’s Tianjin Tianhai to buy broadline distributor, Ingram Micro, has now been completed. There will be a significant re-organisation of the company’s board over the next couple of weeks. Adam Tan, …

Tags:Distribution| Ingram Micro| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 48

Samsung Wins Apple Patent Fight

by Bob Raikes

Samsung has won its long running patent battle with Apple over the design of its smartphones. The US Supreme Court said that Samsung did not have to pay its “total profits” as the patent …

Tags:Apple| Litigation| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 48

Khronos Announces VR Standards Initiative

by Bob Raikes

The Khronos Group, an open consortium of leading hardware and software companies, today announced a call for participation in a new initiative to define a cross-vendor, royalty-free, open standard for access to modern virtual …

Tags:Virtual Reality

Barco Has Seven New Cinema Projectors

by Bob Raikes

Barco announced two flagship 6P laser projectors for premium cinema and five new laser phosphor projectors for small to large screens at the CineAsia Show. The new high end units, the DP4K-20LHC (18K lumens) …

Tags:Barco| CineAsia 2016| Cinema Projection| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 48

EIZO Receives ECDIS Approval for Maritime Monitors

by Bob Raikes

Eizo said that its 19″ and 25.5″ Duravision ( FDS1904, FDS1904T, FDU2603W, and FDU2603WT) maritime monitors have been approved by DNV GL for chart display. DNV GL (Norway) is the world’s largest international classification …

Tags:Eizo| Large Display Monitor| Maritime| Vol 23 - Issue 48

Virtuix Cancels International Pre-Orders for Treadmill

by Bob Raikes

One of the accessories desired by very serious VR users is equipment that allows safe movement. The Omni VR Treadmill is a crowd-funded device that raised $1.1m on Kickstarter. However, the company has now …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 48

NEC & T1V Bundle in the US

by Bob Raikes

NEC Display Solutions in the US has collaborated with T1V, a software company, to enable the software to work with NEC’s UltraHD monitors and the products will be offered as a bundle. There are …

Tags:Interactive Displays| Large Display Monitor| NEC| Software| Vol 23 - Issue 48

Gartner Survey Shows Wearable Devices Need to Be More Useful

by Bob Raikes

Gartner said that it has surveyed 9,592 online respondents from Australia, the U.S. and the U.K. between June and August 2016, to gain a better understanding of consumers’ attitudes toward wearables, particularly their buying …

Tags:Gartner| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 23 - Issue 48

China LED material, chip makers hike prices

by Bob Raikes

Reports from Asia have highlighted that raw material price rises of up to 30% to 40% are causing LED chip makers to raise prices by about 10%. This is expected to lead to subsequent …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 48

Tele Columbus AdvanceTV Due in January

by Bob Raikes

TeleColumbus in Germany, and the third largest cable operator in the country, will launch a new advanceTV platform on 16th January 2017. The box allows PVR, OTT, PayTV and PPV movies as well as …

Tags:Cable| Germany| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 23 - Issue 48

Vizio Adds Xumo VOD App

by Bob Raikes

Vizio has added support for the Xumo VOD app on its smart TVs and supports it on its SmartCast TVs. Vizio said that its SmartCast app has been recently updated to provide users with …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Streaming Dongles| Vizio| Vol 23 - Issue 48