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Panasonic is First TV Manufacturer for Freeview Play

by Tom Allen

Digital UK and Freeview have today announced that Panasonic will be the first manufacturer to launch TVs featuring the Freeview Play connected TV service. Panasonic will make Freeview Play available in its new 2015 …

Tags:Panasonic| Stream TV

Smartphone Exit Predicted for Sony

by Tom Allen

According to sources close to Sony, the company may announce an exit from the smartphone market at MWC this year. Australia’s Smarthouse has been told that ‘a number of parties’, including TCL, have expressed …

Oculus Ignores Rumours, Maintains Release Schedule

by Tom Allen

Palmer Lucky, co-CEO of Oculus VR, has re-stated partner Brendan Iribe’s comments (Consumers Will Get Hands (and Eyes) on Oculus This Year) that the consumer version of the Oculus Rift will be launched this …

Panasonic Goes All-Out With UltraHD

by Tom Allen

More information has been revealed about Panasonic’s 2015 UltraHD TV lineup for the European market. At CES this year we saw the company’s new flat TV, the CX850 (Panasonic is Big on B2B), which …

Panasonic is First Freeview Play Partner

by Tom Allen

The UK’s free digital TV service, Freeview, is being rebranded to Freeview Play, it was announced recently. Now, Digital UK has said that Panasonic will be the first manufacturer producing TVs with the service …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Panasonic| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 09

Pixelworks Takes Stage at ROTH

by Tom Allen

Pixelworks’s CEO, Bruce Walicek, and CFO, Steven Moore, will take part in the 2015 ROTH Conference this month. The conference takes place on 9th March in Dana Point, CA; Walicek and Moore will take …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Pixelworks| Vol 22 - Issue 09

IHS: Automotive Takes Second-Highest Small-Medium Category

by Tom Allen

Smartphones sales continue to intrude on other small-medium display categories, but automotive revenues continue to rise. According to IHS DisplaySearch, revenues in the category were up 26% last year, to become the second-highest growth …

JDI Starts Sales of Standard Line-up of Ultra-low Power Consumption MIP Reflective-type Color LCD Modules

by Tom Allen

Japan Display Inc. (JDI), a leading global supplier of small- and medium-sized displays, has announced the start of sales of a standard line-up of memory-in-pixel (MIP) reflective-type color LCD modules for wristwatch-type wearable devices …

Tags:Japan Display Inc (JDI)| LCD Modules| Wearables

German Market Remains Steady in 2014

by Tom Allen

The positive trend in consumer electronics (CE) sales in Germany continued through 2014. Compared to 2013, sales were up 2.1%, and stable growth is predicted for 2015. The Consumer Electronics Market Index (Cemix), published …

LG Secures OLED Wins

by Tom Allen

LG’s OLED TVs have been recognised for their display quality in the USA and Europe. Digital Trends gave a five-star rating to the company’s 65EC9700 TV and chose it as the editor’s choice. In …

Vector Claims Month-Long Battery

by Tom Allen

A new company called Vector is to introduce a smartwatch later this month with ‘a whole month’ of battery life. Vector will show the watch at an event in Basel, on the same day …

Tags:Batteries| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 09

JDI Pushes Reflective Smartwatch Module Samples

by Tom Allen

Japan Display has begun to sell small memory-in-pixel reflective colour LCD modules, for smartwatches and similar wearables. Because they are reflective, the modules consume ‘less than 0.5%’ of the power of transparent-type units. A …