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Parks: Streaming Devices Will Rise 186%

by Tom Allen

Annual worldwide unit sales of streaming media devices will grow from 30 million in 2013 to 86 million in 2019, says Parks Associates. Last year, 13% of US broadband households purchased a media streaming …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Streaming Dongles| Streaming Video| Vol 22 - Issue 44

Big Apple Buddy Brings Band to Britain

by Tom Allen

Customers in the UK can now purchase Microsoft’s Band 2 (Microsoft Announces New Phone, Band, Tablet and Laptop in New York) – despite it not being officially launched there until late November. A company …

Tags:Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 44| Wearables

Virtual Reality Across Europe

by Tom Allen

A hands-on session on virtual reality will be held at the 3IT centre in Berlin on the 16th November, at 3pm. Presentations will cover many topics, including live streaming to VR glasses; 360° production …

OnePlus Designs Budget Flagship – With AMOLED

by Tom Allen

China’s OnePlus is back, with a new round of invitations to sell its newest smartphone: the OnePlus X. Designed as a ‘flagship on a budget’, the OnePlus X will cost $250 – although there …

Sony Lights Up Gaudí Centre

by Tom Allen

Three of Sony’s 3LCD laser projectors (VPL-FHZ55) have been installed in the Gaudí Centre of Reus, in Spain. The Centre is dedicated to the work of architect Antoni Gaudí and is split across three …

Small OLEDs Are Go at LGD

by Tom Allen

LG Display is said to be looking to the small-size OLED market, increasing its efforts to market these types of screens at Chinese vendors. Asian sources say that the company is talking to both …

Tags:LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 22 - Issue 44

Google Will Combine Android and Chrome

by Tom Allen

Google is to ‘kill off’ the Chrome OS, according to the Wall Street Journal – sort of. Actually, Chrome will be folded into Android. The new combined OS will be revealed in 2017, but …

LeTV Has Ambitious Smartphone Plans

by Tom Allen

LeTV has set a shipment goal of 10 million units for its new smartphone, the Le1S (Sharp Supplies Panel for 120″ TV).

Tags:China| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 44

Panasonic Brings Windows 10 to Toughpad

by Tom Allen

Panasonic’s Toughpad line of rugged tablets holds several UltraHD models, and the company has just introduced its first model running Windows 10. Going by the name of FZ-Y1, the 20″ ‘tablet’ features a new …

TWC Has Best Q3 in Nine Years

by Tom Allen

Time Warner Cable’s residential video customers fell by 7,000 in Q3 – its best third quarter since 2006. Last year, the company lost 184,000 subscribers in Q3.

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Time Warner| TV Viewing| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 44

Panasonic Emphasises Laser Cost-Savings

by Tom Allen

Where is 4k demand coming from in the rental market, asked Panasonic’s Hartmut Kulessa? From new applications and opportunities, he answered. Panasonic ran into the same problem as Barco (Barco is Ready for Lamp-Free …

Lightware Discusses 4k Distribution Challenges

by Tom Allen

Lightware is a relatively new company, established in 2002, focused on visual engineering. It manufactures matrix switches, extenders and other accessories for the pro AV market. Gergely Vida is the company’s MD, and presented …