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Aiptek Makes Projection Mobile

by Tom Allen

Aiptek’s Pocket Cinema A100W is a pico DLP projector which is intended to strike a balance between business and private use. A built-in adaptor means that the A100W can accept content wirelessly, through Apple …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Pico Projectors| Vol 22 - Issue 19

HP’s Large-as-a-TV ‘Monitor’

by Tom Allen

As part of a significant desktop PC rollout, HP has introduced three new AIO PCs and an UltraHD monitor. The new Pavilion AIO PCs (currently unnamed), in 21.5″, 23″ and 27″ sizes, have 1920 …

Tags:All-in-ones (AIOs)| Desktop Monitors| HP Inc| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 20

London Hotel Invests in LG

by Tom Allen

As part of a £1.4 million investment, the Grosvenor House hotel in London has installed 10 LG displays in a 5×2 video wall. Pure AV installed the 47″ screens, which have a 4.9mm bezel …

iPhone Case Harvests Energy From Radio Waves

by Tom Allen

Nikola Labs, from Ohio, showed a new iPhone case at TechCrunch Disrupt this month, which harvests power to extend battery life. The case ($100) will debut on Kickstarter in June. Radio waves are converted …

Tags:Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Power| Vol 22 - Issue 19

Vodafone Has Large, Affordable Phones

by Tom Allen

UK mobile operator EE recently unveiled its own smartphones (EE Has Own-Brand Products – From BenQ), and now the competition has taken its turn. Vodafone’s Smart Prime 6, Smart First 6 and SmartTab Prime …

Faroudja Enhances Epson Images

by Tom Allen

Epson’s Powerlite 4770W is a 3LCD unit with video enhancement technology from Faroudja. DCDi Cinema provides a range of features to improve image quality without introducing artefacts. One of DCDi Cinema’s technologies is directional …

Wisechip Begins PMOLED Sampling

by Tom Allen

Wisechip Semiconductor is sending PMOLED display samples to partners, for use in wearable products. Mass production is scheduled to begin in the second half of the year. The company aims to produce 5mm-thick flexible …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| PMOLED| Vol 22 - Issue 19

Semiconductors Approach Two Years of Growth

by Tom Allen

Semiconductor sales continue to grow, with the global industry posting a YoY increase for the 23rd consecutive month in March 2015. Data from the Semiconductor Industry Association shows that revenues reached $83.1 billion for …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductor Market| Vol 22 - Issue 19| Worldwide

DirecTV Churn Falls to Six-Year Low

by Tom Allen

DirecTV’s fiscal Q1 results show that 279,000 net subscribers were added in the quarter. The company enjoyed its lowest Q1 churn rate in six years.

Tags:DirecTV| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 19

TV Panel Prices to Fall on Supply Softening

by Tom Allen

Worldwide LCD TV panel supply, which was tight throughout 2014, began to ease in Q1’15, according to IHS’ data. The resulting rising inventory is expected to cause prices to fall in Q2 and Q3. …

Mobile Panel Prices Continue Downwards

by Tom Allen

IHS DisplaySearch has released its panel pricing data for late April and early May. Weak IT demand in Q1 led to notebook vendors successfully driving down panel costs. IT demand is flat in Q2, …

Selevision Claims UltraHD at 4Mbps

by Tom Allen

A Saudi Arabian company, Selevision, has launched ‘Nukodec’, designed to replace the H.264 and HEVC codecs. The technology will be launched worldwide and is designed to lower the bandwidth of Full HD content to …