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Epson Dominates PMA May Results

by Tom Allen

PMA Research has announced the top-selling projectors in the USA in May. The company divides the results into three categories: ‘pico and personal’, ‘mainstream’ and ‘4,000+ lumen’. Asus’ S1 led the ‘pico and personal’ …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| PMA Research| Projectors| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 27

AMD Graphics Power zSpace VR

by Tom Allen

zSpace has chosen AMD’s Firepro W5170M graphics to power its zSpace for Education VR solution. The product uses a ‘virtual stylus’ as a means to control content on the display. zSpace has also said …

Tags:AMD| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 27

Core i7 Speeds Acnodes’ Panel PC

by Tom Allen

Acnodes Corporation has upgraded its fanless, capacitive multitouch panel PC range with a new 24″ unit called the PC5025. With a faster Core i7 processor than the previous generation, the unit also features a …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Touch PCs| Vol 22 - Issue 27

Samsung Lowers SUHD Price

by Tom Allen

Samsung is preparing to launch a new ‘affordable’ SUHD (quantum dot LCD) TV in the USA and called the JS7000. As with the company’s other SUHD models, the JS7000 will feature a wide colour …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| Quantum Dots| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 27

Posiflex Expands Android POS Solutions

by Tom Allen

Posiflex is a vendor of POS solutions, and is due to launch two new Android-based models in Q3. These terminals are designed to meet retail and hospitality demands for lower-cost products, with a wide …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| POS| tablets| Thin Clients| Vol 22 - Issue 27

Rumour: Microsoft to Dump Windows for Phones

by Tom Allen

Microsoft is preparing to abandon Windows Phone and adopt Android for future smartphones and small tablets. So says the rumour (and we stress that it is a rumour) from Twitter tipster @MSNerd. The source …

Tags:Android| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 27| Windows

LED Makers Face Falling Market on Lower TV Demand

by Tom Allen

Orders for LED backlights at Taiwanese LED makers have been falling, due to falling growth in global LCD TV demand, say supply chain sources. YoY growth predictions have been lowered from 4% to 3.3%, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| LED| Supply Chain| Vol 22 - Issue 27

Albania Postpones ASO

by Tom Allen

Albanian ASO will be delayed by six months, the country’s president has said. Switch-off was scheduled to take place in June.

Tags:ASO (Analogue Switch Off)| Europe| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 27

French Regulator Warns of 700MHz Issues

by Tom Allen

French regulator, the CSA, has warned that two DTT multiplex operators will need to cease operations, once the 700MHz band is reallocated. The operators will need to pay indemnities to the broadcast network operator …

Tags:France| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Spectrum Allocation| Vol 22 - Issue 27

32″ ‘Completes’ Philips’ UltraHD Monitor Family

by Tom Allen

The BDM3275UP ‘completes’ the Philips UltraHD monitor line-up, MMD has said, adding a 32″ model to the existing 28″ and 40″ units. Like these displays, the new monitor features 10-bit colour support, flicker-free technology …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| MMD (AOC Philips)| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 27

Samsung Doubles Battery Power With Graphene

by Tom Allen

Samsung claims to have made a breakthrough in battery power, using graphene and silicon. Graphene layers, added to a lithium-ion battery, are able to boost claimed performance by almost 100%, says the company. A …

Tags:Batteries| Graphene| Mobile Display Monitor| Power Supplies| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 27