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UltraHD Sales Rose Ahead of Super Bowl

by Vanessa Browning

US retailers said that the Super Bowl was helping them to sell UltraHD TVs before the event – despite no broadcaster transmitting in the format. Best Buy’s TV sales volumes were up 2.6% YoY …

Tags:4k| Best Buy| CTA (was CEA)| Large Display Monitor| Retailers| TV Set Market| UltraHD| UltraHD (4KTV)| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Joled’s Electroluminescent Panels Coming in 2017

by Vanessa Browning

Joled, the joint venture between Sony, Panasonic and Japan Display, will begin to produce AMOLED panels in 2017, according to sources speaking to the Japan Times. The panels will be sized between 10″ and …

Tags:JOLED| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Vol 22 - Issue 05

LM131 is Low-Cost ZTE Alternative

by Vanessa Browning

A portable DLP projector from China’s Mego Optoelectronics, the ML131, appeared on the USA’s FCC listings recently, and is available in the country now for $300. Based on Android 4.2, the ML131 can connect …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Pico Projectors| Vol 22 - Issue 05

LG ships 59.6 million smartphones in 2014, say reports

by Vanessa Browning

Korean media reports say that LG Electronics shipped 59.6 million smartphones worldwide last year: a 25.2% rise from 47.6 million units in 2013.   

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Samsung Display aims to reach OLED-LCD cost parity in 2015

by Vanessa Browning

Samsung Display’s efforts to lower OLED smartphone panel pricing will see the company achieve cost parity with TFT-LCD panels this year, claim sources with upstream component suppliers. The gap was between $10 and $15 …

Tags:AMOLED| LCD| LCD Panels| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung Display| Small Medium LCDs| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 05

DSF Presents Legacy Award to Past Chair

by Vanessa Browning

Kimberly Sarubbi, president of Saddle Rach Digital and recent chairman of the USA’s Digital Signage Federation, is to be presented with the organisation’s fourth Legacy Award. The Award is said to recognise ‘exemplary leadership, …

Tags:Back Panel| Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 05

iBoardTouch Directs Itself at Education

by Vanessa Browning

iBoardTouch was a new name to us at BETT 2015. The company is mainly interested in large LCD touch displays which are made in China and now are being sold through its own sales …

Tags:BETT 2015| Education| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Meeting Rooms| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Two markets going from strength to strength – DE/AT/CH and BENELUX

by Vanessa Browning

OVAB Europe’s Digital Signage Business Climate Index (DBCI) has been used to analyse the 2014 DACH and Benelux markets. In DACH, the Index began the year very positively; despite losing some momentum from Q2 …

Tags:Digital Signage| Digital Signage Federation Europe (was OVAB)| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 04

Samsung Drops Qualcomm

by Vanessa Browning

‘People with direct knowledge of the matter’, speaking to Bloomberg, have said that Samsung will not use Qualcomm processors in its upcoming Galaxy S6 smartphone. The company will instead use its own microprocessors, after testing …

Tags:Chips| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 04

TV Panels Remain Steady and Monitors Fall in January

by Vanessa Browning

TV panel prices have remained steady in early January, as global top tier brands are still showing strong demand, DisplaySearch data shows. Samsung and some leading Chinese vendors (with reasonable levels of demand in …

Tags:Display Supply & Demand| IHS DisplaySearch| Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| Vol 22 - Issue 05

LG Launches Pro:Centric Set Top Box For U.S. Hospitality Market

by Vanessa Browning

LG Electronics has introduced a new set-top box that will bring the power and convenience of its Pro:Centric Internet-protocol television (IPTV) platform to even more hotel rooms. Available now, LG’s new hotel set-top box, …

Tags:Hospitality TVs| LG Electronics (LGE)| STBs