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And Finally… – Vol 22 No 40

by Tom Allen

For a company whose entire business structure, for many years, was solely online, you would think that Google would be able to protect its domain name. Well, you would think wrong: this week Sanmay …

Tags:Back Panel| Google| internet| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 40

AOC Makes the Impossible Possible

by Tom Allen

AOC, through a partnership with 20th Century Fox, is the official monitor partner for The Martian – the new film based on the novel by Andy Weir. AOC displays are used throughout the film, …

Tags:Back Panel| Fox| Large Display Monitor| MMD (AOC Philips)| Vol 22 - Issue 40

HP Tablets Focus on Productivity

by Tom Allen

HP came out of left field with a huge raft of product announcements on our print day. Unfortunately all of our points of contact within the company had attended the launch event in Barcelona, …

Tags:Convertible PCs| HP Inc| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 40

Planar Updates UltraRes for UltraHD Era

by Tom Allen

Planar has updated its UltraRes large-format displays, which are aimed at the emerging UltraHD ecosystem. While retaining most features and specifications from previous releases, the new models also bring something new to the mix. …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Planar| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 40

Dell Extends Infinity Edge Design

by Tom Allen

Powered by Intel Skylake processors, Dell’s new XPS hybrids and notebooks include features such as Thunderbolt 3 ports and select aspects of the Latitude line. The products are designed for ‘power users’, for both …

Tags:Convertible PCs| Dell| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 22 - Issue 40

EM Micro’s Beacon Achieve Eddystone Certification

by Tom Allen

Beacons are a hot topic in the public display space. Several companies that we track here at Display Monitor have looked at installing them in their displays, or otherwise working with them. Most coverage …

Tags:Beacons| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 40

Marseille’s Cable Upscales to 4k

by Tom Allen

Upscaling HDMI cables, which contain chips to scale content from 1920 x 1080 to UltraHD, have been available for some time, but not widespread. We have previously reported on a $40 cable from Seiki, …

Tags:Cables| CEDIA 2015| HDMI| Large Display Monitor| Technicolor| Upscaling| Vol 22 - Issue 40

HP Wins Technicolor Certification, Invests in Skylake

by Tom Allen

HP came out of left field with a huge raft of product announcements on our print day. Unfortunately all of our points of contact within the company had attended the launch event in Barcelona, …

Tags:All-in-ones (AIOs)| Convertible PCs| Desktop Monitors| HP Inc| Large Display Monitor| Notebooks| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 40

PC Games Reign Supreme in Revenues…For Now

by Tom Allen

The PC market will be responsible for most of the growth made by the digital games industry this year. Software revenues, says Juniper Research, will top $80 billion, growing to $104 billion by the …

Tags:Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| PC Industry| Vol 22 - Issue 40

Chips Boost Samsung Profit Forecast

by Tom Allen

Samsung’s earnings guidance for Q3 has exceeded analyst forecasts, with the performance of its semiconductor division offsetting a weaker showing in smartphones. At an event in Seoul on the 7th October, Samsung said that …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 40

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Asus Enjoys Triple-Digit Growth

by Tom Allen

Asus shipped 2 million notebooks worldwide in September, representing 127.3% MoM growth. Acer, meanwhile, managed to grow its shipments 41.7%, to 1.7 million units, according to supply chain sources.

Tags:Acer| Asus| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 22 - Issue 40

PLASA 2015 Roundup

by Tom Allen

Aoto had a very large, curved LED display with a 1.7mm pixel pitch – each panel with 6,000 cd/m² of brightness. It was very similar to the 1.2mm product that was being shown at …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| PLASA 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 40