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Hitachi Compensates for Ageing

by Tom Allen

A range of seven new 3LCD projectors from Hitachi have been developed to have a low TCO and high lamp life – up to 10,000 hours in eco mode. They are ultra-short throw units: …

Tags:Hitachi| Large Display Monitor| LCD Projectors (3LCD)| Vol 22 - Issue 42

Collaboration is Big at Hitachi

by Tom Allen

A new large-format display from Hitachi, available with or without a built-in PC, supports up to 10 touch points through IR technology. The 84″ FHD-8410 is designed for collaborative working, such as in education …

Tags:Hitachi| Interactive Displays| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Vol 22 - Issue 42

HDR TVs Will Enter Mainstream Within Two Years

by Tom Allen

IHS predicts a massive rise in HDR TV set shipments over the coming years, forecasting 2.9 million shipments in 2016 – growing to 32.6 million in 2019. The forecasts only covers sets meeting the …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| TV Set Market| Vol 22 - Issue 42

Acer Takes Home Good Design Awards

by Tom Allen

Acer won five Good Design awards in Japan this month, from more than 3,600 entries. The winning products – the Predator Z35 monitor, K138STi LED projector, Aspire Switch 10 E hybrid, Aspire R 11 …

NEC Recognises Partners’ Efforts at Display Forum

by Tom Allen

NEC announced the winners of the 2015/16 Display Trends Forum partner awards at its Display Trends Forum event in Berlin recently. The awards were: Desktop Monitors Partner of the Year (Ingram Micro, Germany); Large …

Kaleidescape Signs With Sony

by Tom Allen

Kaleidescape launched a new line of video players known as the Encore series, including its first UltraHD model: the Strato Movie Player. The Strato can play films that are downloaded onto a hard drive; …

Apple Scraps Target Display Mode

by Tom Allen

It has been revealed that Apple has killed off the ability to use its iMacs as external displays for other computers, with the latest models (Retina Now on All Large iMacs). Apple introduced Target …

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 42

by Tom Allen

The Blackberry Priv smartphone (Blackberry Looks to Android to Save Falling Share) can now be pre-ordered in the UK, for £465 ($720) SIM-free. The Nexus 5X phone (Google Learns from Competition With Dual Flagships), …

Everdisplay Shows Transparent OLED

by Tom Allen

Everdisplay Optoelectronics showed off a 5.57″ transparent OLED display at an event in Beijing this month. According to OLED-Info, pixel density is 264 ppi (this would be equivalent to 1280 x 720 resolution – …

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 42

by Tom Allen

75″ and 85″ TVs have been added to Loewe‘s Reference series (Three Tuners in Loewe’s Premium Reference Series). These are the company’s first large-format UltraHD models. They use direct-LED backlights, and feature an HEVC …

High Inventory Keeps PCs Down Across EMEA

by Tom Allen

EMEA PC shipments fell 23% YoY in Q3’15, to 18.4 million, according to IDC. Ongoing currency fluctuations in several countries, as well as political instability in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, affected the …

SPIL/Foxconn Share Swap Rejected

by Tom Allen

Shareholders at Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) did not support a proposed share-swap deal with Foxconn Electronics. SPIL had intended to increase authorised shares from 3.6 billion units to 5 billion, and increase the limit …

Tags:Foxconn (Honhai)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 42