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TPK Sales Half YoY

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TPK said sales in October fell 50% from October 2013 to NT$11.2 billion ($372.2 million), though this was 4.9% higher than September. Sales to date increased almost 4% to NT$128.3 billion ($4.2 billion).

Tags:Financial Data| Mobile Display Monitor| TPK| Vol 21 - Issue 46

Microchip Not Planning CSR Offer

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Microchip Technology has said it will not be making an offer for UK-based chipmaker CSR. In September the US company was reported to have approached CSR with an acquisition offer (Display Monitor Vol 21 …

Tags:Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 46

SMI Adds Eye-Tracking to Oculus

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Germany’s Sensomotoric Instruments (SMI) has launched an eye-tracking upgrade package for the Oculus Rift Dev Kit 2 (DK2). The package adds SMI’s eye-tracking 295 to the device; it is supplied with a C/C++ SDK …

Tags:Gaze Recognition| Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus Rift| Vol 21 - Issue 46

Samsung Display Requests Component Price Cuts

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Samsung Display is asking supply chaing members to lower component pricing by as much as 30%, as the company aims to drop its overall pricing for small- and medium-size panels. The news comes from …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Pricing| Small & Medium Displays| Vol 21 - Issue 46

QR COdes Used for 3D Image Transfer

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A team of optical engineers at the the University of Connecticut has developed a way to securely display 3D images by scanning a QR code. The QR codes store compressed, encrypted images that can …

Tags:3D| 3D (Three Dimensions)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 46

ONR Demonstrated Augmented Reality System for Training Purposes

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Augmented reality headsets are typically being measured by being compared with the Google Glass device. The issue of what augmented reality can be used for is still ongoing and recent press releases favor corporate …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Military & Defence| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Vol 21 - Issue 46

32″ – 42″ Panel Prices Will Rise in Q4

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Pricing for 32″, 40″ and 42″ TV panels will continue to rise in Q4’14, say Asian sources. The situation is not expected to soften until Q1’15, when demand seasonally falls. Panel makers have lowered …

Tags:Display Supply & Demand| Large Display Monitor| Pricing| UltraHD| Vol 21 - Issue 46

LDM Product Roundup Vol 21 Issue 46

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A price and release date has been shared for Acer’s S77HK 27″ UltraHD LCD monitor (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 36). It will go on sale in December, starting at £460 ($720). The Insight …

Tags:Acer| BenQ| Digital Projection Inc (DPI)| DLP Projectors| Double (Dual) Sided Displays| Eyevis| Large Display Monitor| NEC| Panasonic| Pixelworks| TPV (TP Vision)| Vizio| Vol 21 - Issue 46

End-of-Year DBCI Falls in DACH

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The Digital Signage Business Climate Index (DBCI) for the DACH region has fallen slightly for the November-December period, compared to September-October. The Index, produced by OVAB Europe, was down from 54.55 to 54.15. However, …

Tags:Digital Signage Federation Europe (was OVAB)| DOOH| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 46

Xbox Price Cut Rapidly Boosting Sales

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Microsoft has said that sales of the Xbox One have ‘skyrocketed’ since the console’s price was cut (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 39) – more than tripling in the USA. It is on track …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Vol 21 - Issue 45| xBox

Netflix Arrives on Panasonic’s Older TVs

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UltraHD Netflix streams were made available on Panasonic’s AX800 TVs earlier this month (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 44). The service has now arrived on the slightly older AX802 TV.

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Netflix| OTT Video| Panasonic| UltraHD| Vol 21 - Issue 46

Toshiba Provides Choice for Signage Customers

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Having introduced a 24/7 signage range (TD-Z) at ISE this year (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 7), Toshiba showed a 16/7 range (TD-E) at Technology Exposed in September (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 38). …

Tags:Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Mobile Display Monitor| toshiba| Vol 21 - Issue 46