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HTC is First Outside Google With Android 6.0

by Tom Allen

After several leaks this month, HTC has revealed its new midrange HTC One smartphone, the HTC One A9 – although the AMOLED display is actually an upgrade from the LCD screen used on the …

Tags:AMOLED| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 42

Marvell Shows 2Gbps G.hn

by Tom Allen

Marvell has publicly demonstrated a 2Gbps G.hn technology at Broadband World Forum in London. G.hn is the specification, developed by the ITU, defining networking over power lines, phone lines and coaxial cables. Marvell’s devices …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| PowerLine Networks| Smart Home & Home Networks| Vol 22 - Issue 42

Excess Inventory Leads to Falling TV Panel Demand

by Tom Allen

IHS expects LCD TV panel demand to fall 3% YoY in 2016, as a result of TV brands’ continual panel inventory control and global economic uncertainty. Shipments will reach 257 million units. David Hsieh, …

Tags:IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| LCD Panels| LCD TVs| Market Data| Vol 22 - Issue 42

Lang Expands SSI Projector Portfolio

by Tom Allen

Lang AG has enlarged its Panasonic laser projector portfolio to include the PT-RZ12K, in Germany. The company will soon also offer the PT-RQ13 UltraHD laser projector for rental.

Tags:Germany| Lang| Large Display Monitor| Laser Projectors| Panasonic| Vol 22 - Issue 42

Asian Consumers Buy New iPhone at Twice the Global Rate

by Tom Allen

Statistics from Localytics – an app marketing and analytics firm – has shown where Apple’s iPhone 6S had the biggest impact. While 13 million models were sold worldwide on the phone’s opening weekend, adoption …

Tags:iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 42| Worldwide

Dell Invites SMI

by Tom Allen

Sensomotric Instruments has been invited to show its VR eye-tracking technology at Dell World, which takes place in Austin, Texas between the 20th and 22nd October. The demonstrations will be powered by a Dell …

Tags:Back Panel| Dell| Events| Gaze Recognition| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Virtual Reality

Charter Faces Opposition in Time Warner Merger

by Tom Allen

The merger of Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks and Charter Communications in the USA (Time Warner Acquired by Charter Communications) has been the target of complaints from public interest groups and competitors. Opponents …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Time Warner| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 42

Lenovo Creates ‘Portable’ AIO PC

by Tom Allen

Lenovo has announced two new Yoga 900 Windows 10 PCs, including one that is called ‘the world’s thinnest Intel Core i convertible laptop’. As members of the Yoga line, both of the new products …

Tags:All-in-ones (AIOs)| Convertible PCs| Large Display Monitor| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 42

10 Times Brightness Rise Claimed in Blue PHOLED

by Tom Allen

A team of researchers has developed a new blue light-emitting phosphorescent OLED (PHOLED) molecule, which is close to meeting the brightness requirements of the USA’s National Television Systems Committee (NTSC). Stephen Forrest is from …

Tags:Brightness| Large Display Monitor| OLEDs| UDC| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 42

LG Display Takes LG Chem’s OLED Business

by Tom Allen

LG Chem has confirmed that it will sell its OLED lighting business to its affiliate, LG Display, as rumoured in August (OLED Lighting May Move to LG Display). The move is part of the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| Lighting| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 42

DTT to Reach 50% of Romanians This Year

by Tom Allen

Romanian broadcast network operator Radiocom says that its DTT coverage now reaches 40% of the population, up from 24% before the opening of its recent transmission site. Coverage should exceed 50% by the end …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| Terrestrial (DTT)| Vol 22 - Issue 42

LTE Interference Down in Czech Republic

by Tom Allen

The Czech Telecommunications Office has said that LTE interference to DTT households fell in September. 379 cases of interference were logged, down from 429 in August.

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| LTE| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 42