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Absen Aims M29 at Rental Applications

by Bob Raikes

Absen is showing a new LED system for indoor rental applications at a special event in Rüsselsheim, Germany on the 20th and 21st of September. The new system, called the M2.9 is based on …

Tags:Absen| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 23 - Issue 36

IFA Gets Started

by Bob Raikes

I’m writing this in my hotel room after the first couple of days of press events leading up to IFA. The show floor opens this morning. There have been quite a few press conferences, …

Vestel Wins Toshiba Brand for TV in Europe

by Bob Raikes

Toshiba has done a deal with Vestel of Turkey to license its brand and TV business. Vestel has set up an organisation within its own business to run the brand and, at least initially, …

Smartphones to Flat Line as Mature Markets Decline

by Bob Raikes

Worldwide smartphone shipments are expected to reach 1.46 billion units with a year-over-year growth rate of 1.6% in 2016 according to the latest forecast from IDC‘s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. Although growth remains …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 23 - Issue 36

Foxxum and Cultraview sign Smart TV Pre-integration Deal

by Bob Raikes

Foxxum of Germany has done a deal with Cultraview of China, said to be the world’s leading TV mainboard maker, to ‘pre-integrate’ Foxxum’s Smart TV technology into the boards. This will make it easier …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Smart TV| Vol 23 - Issue 34

LG Adds 21:9 Monitors in US Including 38″

by Bob Raikes

LG Electronics announced in the US and at IFA, three 21:9 monitors. There is a new 38″ curved unit,(model 38UC99) and two 34″ models, one (34UC79G) that is curved, supports 144Hz refresh and is …

Tags:Curved Displays| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Vol 23 - Issue 34

Tablets to Recover Via Convertibles

by Bob Raikes

Although the short term outlook looks weak, with expected year on year growth of -11.5% in volume terms this year, to just 183.4 million units, IDC is optimistic that positive growth will return in …

Tags:Convertible PCs| IDC| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 23 - Issue 34

VR And AR Markets to Grow Says CSS

by Bob Raikes

Market researcher, CCS, predicts that the sales of VR headsets will reach 16.5 million this year, valued at over $500 million, with sales growing to 72 million by 2020. That number includes smartphone VR …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 34

Philips Adds 40″ Curved Monitor at IFA

by Bob Raikes

Philips (MMD) said that it would show a 40″ curved monitor at the IFA show. The monitor has UltraHD resolution and the company also emphasised the narrow borders of the monitor. The company will …

Tags:Curved Displays| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| MMD (AOC Philips)| Vol 23 - Issue 34

Damn Lies, ANSI Lumens and Resolutions

by Bob Raikes

There’s an old joke among people in the display industry about “Lies, damn lies, statistics … and ANSI lumens”. Sometimes it seems that it doesn’t matter what you do, specifications get bent and stretched …

Tags:ICDM| Resolution| Vol 23 - Issue 34

Presto Engineering to Host Euro Plugfest in France

by Bob Raikes

Presto Engineering, European Authorized Test Centre specializing in HDMI and HDCP compliance testing, is organizing an International HDMI Plugfest in France. The event will take place in Caen, Normandy, at the Presto Engineering offices …

Omate Watch Supports Amazon Alexa

by Bob Raikes

Omate, an indiegogo project, announced that its smartwatch would be available in its Limited Edition form from Dec 2016 and will cost $199. Later, it will cost $349. Onate, which raised $ 240,000 in …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 23 - Issue 34