Tom Allen – Page 115 – Display Daily

Jabre is Dialog’s New CFO

by Tom Allen

Dialog Semiconductor has appoint Wissam Jabre as the company’s new CFO. Since 2014, Jabre has worked at AMD as the corporate VP of finance, and before that held various executive positions at Freescale Semiconductor.

TV Growth Driven by IP, Says Ericsson

by Tom Allen

Ericsson predicts that the ‘fragmented’ TV market, driven by internet technology, will grow between 10% and 12% between 2014 and 2018. The company’s 2015 Annual Report (http://tinyurl.com/hk3l8zm) says that IP technology is transforming the …

Augmented Reality Under Development at Intel

by Tom Allen

Intel is developing an augmented reality headset, which will use its Realsense 3D camera technology, sources have told the Wall Street Journal. The AR project is one way in which Intel hopes to diversify …

Tags:3D Depth Cameras| Augmented Reality| Intel| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 09

Death Knell Sounds for Skype on TV

by Tom Allen

Starting in June, Microsoft will end support for the Skype for TV app on smart TVs. It will be up to TV manufacturers as to whether or not they remove the app from their …

Tags:Applications| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Smart TV| Vol 23 - Issue 09

OSN-Eutelsat Deal Paves Way for UltraHD

by Tom Allen

OSN, the Middle Eastern pay-TV provider, is preparing to launch new UltraHD channels by taking additional satellite capacity. The company unveiled a new contract with Eutelsat at Cabsat in Dubai recently. OSN will use …

Ikea Seeks Disposable Labels

by Tom Allen

Furniture store Ikea has posted a listing on Ninesigma, seeking remotely-writable, disposable labels to show country-specific information on products and packages. The (blank) labels must be able to be attached during production and updated …

Tags:Back Panel| Electronic Shelf Labels (ESLs)| Mobile Display Monitor| Retailers| Vol 23 - Issue 09

Earthquake Continues to Affect Innolux

by Tom Allen

Innolux’s February revenues were down 21.1% MoM and 38.9% YoY, which is believed to be due to a combination of the February earthquake (Earthquake Rocks Taiwan Production Base) and Chinese New Year holiday. Revenues …

Tags:Financial Data| Innolux| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 09

BenQ Combines Technologies for Colour Consistency

by Tom Allen

Two professional monitors for post-production have been revealed by BenQ, for editors and colourists requiring high colour accuracy and resolution. The PV series consists of two models: the PV3200PT (first seen at SIGGRAPH 2015) …

Tags:BenQ| Colour Critical Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Post Production| Vol 23 - Issue 09

Acer’s Gaming Line Wins at iF Awards

by Tom Allen

Acer is celebrating five iF Design Award wins, for PCs and monitors, including two units from the Predator gaming line. These were the Predator G6 desktop and Z35 curved monitor. Other winners were Acer’s …

DisplayPort Enabled on Aten’s New KVM

by Tom Allen

A new 2-port DisplayPort KVM switch from Aten, the CS782DP, has been designed for graphically-intensive applications. It supports resolutions up to UltraHD at 60Hz, and switching can be accomplished through a remote selector; mouse; …

Tags:DisplayPort| KVMs| Large Display Monitor| Switchers| Vol 23 - Issue 09

Philips Delivers Freesync on Curved Display

by Tom Allen

EPI, the brand licensee for Philips monitors in North America, has announced a new curved (4,000R) display featuring AMD’s Freesync technology. The unit is a 27″ ‘Brilliance’ monitor (279X6QJNS), with an MVA panel. SmartImage …

Digital Signage Summit Turns 10

by Tom Allen

The Digital Signage Summit Europe will take place on the 23rd and 24th June this year, in Munich. DSS Europe will celebrate its 10th anniversary this year, and NEC is again acting as both …