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BenQ Helps Out Small-Screen Gamers

by Tom Allen

BenQ is launching a desktop monitor specifically designed for console gamers who prefer a smaller screen. The 27″ RL2755HM has a 1ms response time, colour settings calibrated for console use (with 20 levels of …

Tags:BenQ| Consoles| Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 06

Epson Performs Well in December Projectors

by Tom Allen

PMA Research has announced the top-selling projectors in the USA in December. The company divides the results into three categories: ‘pico and personal’, ‘mainstream’ and ‘high-end’. Optoma book-ended the pico and personal category with …

Tags:Asus| Epson| InFocus| Large Display Monitor| Optoma| PMA Research| Projectors| sony| Vol 22 - Issue 06

Microsoft Will Charge for Corporate Windows 10

by Tom Allen

While Microsoft has committed to providing Windows 10 for free to users of Windows 7 and 8 (both Home and Pro versions) (Microsoft unveils Windows 10), corporate users running the Enterprise version of the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 06| Windows

LG Leak Suggests 3k Resolution

by Tom Allen

A leaked user agent profile, sent to LG community website Mylgphones.com, shows a high resolution for the device: 2880 x 1620. The phone in the profile used the code LG-VS999, which has been taken …

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Resolution| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 06

Tango Leaves Google Labs

by Tom Allen

Google’s Project Tango, the 3D-sensing smartphone (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 9), has been moved from the conceptual ATAP labs and into the main body of Google. What the move means isn’t clear, but …

Tags:3D Cameras| 3D Depth Cameras| Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 06

Media Broadcast Applies for -T2 Platform

by Tom Allen

Media Broadcast was the sole applicant to operate a future DVB-T2 platform in Germany. ZAK, the media authorities’ licensing commission, will now examine whether the framework conditions set in the tender have been met and the capacities …

Tags:Broadcast| DVB-T & T2| Germany| Large Display Monitor| TV Reception| Vol 22 - Issue 06

BSkyB Accelerates UltraHD Plans

by Tom Allen

According to the UK’s Sunday Telegraph, BSkyB plans to launch an UltraHD service this spring – well ahead of the previous late 2015/early 2016 timeframe (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 18). A new STB …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Sky| UK (United Kingdom)| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 22 - Issue 06

UltraHD Panels Exceed $30 Billion by 2020

by Tom Allen

A new report by Transparency Market Research (http://tinyurl.com/pm6b9mn) forecasts that the UltraHD panel market will be worth $30.4 billion by 2020. By this time, the panel market will exceed 5.7 million units, with a …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| LCD Panels| Mobile Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 06

Sharp Shares CES TV Prices

by Tom Allen

Sharp has shared more details about the UltraHD TV lineup that we saw at CES (Sharp Bridges High-Res Gap). As we heard at the event, Sharp will introduce five new screen sizes as its …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| sharp| TVs (TV Sets)| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 06

Huawei to Reveal New Phone in London

by Tom Allen

Jerry Huang, director of communications at Huawei, has revealed that the company will not launch a new phone at MWC, instead focusing on wearables. The next addition to the company’s premium P-Series (likely to …

Tags:Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2015| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 06| Wearables

Czech Republic Speaks Against Spectrum Reallocation

by Tom Allen

The Czech Telecom Office (CTU) has said that it is in favour of keeping the 470-694MHz band reserved for terrestrial TV services. The regulator does not support dividing or solely allocating the spectrum for …

Tags:Czech Republic| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Spectrum Allocation| Vol 22 - Issue 06

Samsung Changelog Suggests Large OLED

by Tom Allen

An update to Samsung’s Milk Music application accidentally showed compatibility with a new device listed as the Tab S Pro. Samsung’s original Tab S models, in 8.4″ and 10.5″ sizes, were the company’s first …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Samsung| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 06