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PCs Down, But Replacements Will Boost Demand

by Tom Allen

Global PC shipments will fall 10% YoY in Q4’15, which will weigh annual shipments down to -10.3%, says IDC. Short-term effects, such as the strong US dollar, depressed commodity prices and existing inventory have …

Toshiba Faces Fines For Accounting Scandal

by Tom Allen

After Toshiba began legal action against five former employees (Toshiba Sues Former Executives), fifty individual shareholders have sued the Japanese company. They are seeking almost ¥302 million ($2.5 million) in damages, following the firm’s …

Delays Expected for Microsoft Surface

by Tom Allen

Sources in Asia have said that ‘some’ Surface Book and Surface Pro 4 orders have been delayed until Q1’16, due to shortages of Intel’s Skylake processor. Supply chain sources predicted 100,000 shipments for the …

Omate Funded in Less than 15 minutes

by Tom Allen

The Omate Rise smartwatch (Omate Continues to Go Alone) was launched on Indiegogo last week – and passed its funding goal of $30,000 in 15 minutes.

Tags:Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 49

Prepare for Battle: Gear Up to Tackle eSports

by Tom Allen

My attention was caught recently by a whitepaper from Juniper Research, titled ‘eSports – Gamers’ New MVP?‘, which goes into detail to examine today’s fast-growing ‘electronic sports’ scene. These are games played competitively on …

Tags:Consoles| Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 49

Tracking Audiences With AT&T

by Tom Allen

AT&T is trialling a new audience demographics tracker with Clear Channel in the USA. Using the AT&T Data Patterns – Out of Home Media tool, advertisers can track footfall and stats such as average …

I/ITSEC Wows With Projector Progress

by Tom Allen

We conducted multiple video interviews at I/ITSEC 2015, and have links to all of them. Highlights include Christie’s Accuframe Pro system, JVC’s move to 100% solid-state light sources and Third Dimension’s 3D demonstration. Boeing …

Tags:I/ITSEC 2015| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Projectors| Vol 22 - Issue 49

Pioneer LED Launches in UK

by Tom Allen

Pioneer LED has launched itself in the UK market, with domestically-manufactured LED displays. Pioneer describes itself as offering ‘a complete turnkey solution…for those seeking to implement or upgrade LED installations within retail, sport, luxury …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 49

Sharp Prepares 8k for ISE

by Tom Allen

ISE preparations are under-way, with more companies having announced their plans for the show. ISE 2016 will run from the 9th – 12th February in Amsterdam. NEC (4.R24) will again split its stand into …

Glass, Projection and UHD at CES

by Tom Allen

Corning, LG and the UHD Alliance have announced their plans for CES 2016 (6th – 9th January, Las Vegas). Corning caused a stir with its 2011 promotional video, A Day Made of Glass (http://tinyurl.com/8psw74h). …

Ending the Year in 8k

by Tom Allen

Japan’s Red & White Song Competition (Kohaku Uta Gassen) will be broadcast in 8k again (Display Monitor Vol 19 No 51) this year, by NHK. It will be shown in Yokohama, Chiba City, Kyoto …

Barco Moves in China

by Tom Allen

Almost 100 units of Barco’s new D2K-6E projector have been shipped to customers in China. Billed as ‘the smallest projector in the [digital cinema] industry’, the DP2K-6E is being used to upgrade smaller cinemas …