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Magnetic Slims Bezels for 3D Videowall

by Tom Allen

Magnetic 3D has produced a super-narrow bezel, glasses-free 3D display for use in videowalls. The ‘Empreza’ is a 46″ LCD display using a direct-LED backlight, lenticular 3D lens (also called Empreza) and a 5.9mm …

Tags:3D display| Autostereo 3D| Large Display Monitor| Video Walls| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Acer’s Reliability Promise Extended

by Tom Allen

Acer in Europe has extended its Reliability Promise warranty, for SMBs, until the end of 2015. Customers purchasing a Travelmate notebook, B6 monitor, P5 projector or Iconia business tablet will have it repaired if …

Tags:Acer| business| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Projectors| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 05| warranty

Apple Watch

Apple Confirms Watch Release Date

by Tom Allen

Apple has finally provided an Apple Watch release date. Speaking during the recent earnings call, CEO Tim Cook said, “Development for Apple Watch is right on schedule, and we expect to begin shipping in …

Tags:Apple| Apple Watch (iWatch)| Batteries| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 05| Wearables

Huawei Aims at Overseas and High-End Markets

by Tom Allen

Huawei has announced that it aims to sell 100 million smartphones this year, raising its sales by more than 30%. The company sold 75 million smartphones last year, a 40% YoY rise The company is …

Tags:Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Smartphones| Supply Chain| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Sharp Panel Production Cut 20% in Q1

by Tom Allen

Sharp will lower its TV panel production by 20% in Q1’15, according to the China Times, which itself quotes Japanese media coverage. Sharp’s business is struggling as competition rises in China, Taiwan and Korea. …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD Panels| sharp| TV Production| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Samsung Kicks Off Indonesian Production

by Tom Allen

Samsung’s smartphone production lines in Indonesia (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 33) have begun operation, according to Korea’s Edaily. The lines will produce phones specifically for the Indonesian market – about 900,000 per month.

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Production| Production Capacity| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 05

SPP LED Demand Rising, but Oversupply Affects Prices

by Tom Allen

Taiwan-based LED vendors expect demand for small pixel pitch LED displays to rise at a 110% CAGR between 2014 and 2015 – but for prices to fall 20% – 30% this year. A possible …

Tags:Display Supply & Demand| Large Display Monitor| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Supply Chain| Vol 22 - Issue 05

DVB-T Rises in Poland at Expense of DTH

by Tom Allen

Nielsen estimates that, between July 2014 and January 2015, the number of TV households in Poland rose 0.6%, or 77,000 homes, to 13.05 million. Satellite households fell 1% (53,000) to 4.6 million and viewers …

Tags:Cable| DVB-T & T2| Large Display Monitor| Poland| Satellite| TV Reception| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Blu ray leaked slide

No 3D on UltraHD Blu-ray?

by Tom Allen

An UltraHD Blu-ray standard is under development, we heard last month (4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Specs are Great but is it too Late?, Display Monitor Vol 22 No 4), but some have suggested that …

Tags:3D| 3D (Three Dimensions)| Blu-ray| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD & 4K| Vol 22 - Issue 05| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

700MHz Consultation Opened in France

by Tom Allen

The French regulator, Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel (CSA), has opened a public consultation on switching the 700MHz spectrum to services other than broadcast in urban areas. The CSA is seeking comments from all industry stakeholders. …

Tags:France| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Spectrum Allocation| TV Reception| Vol 22 - Issue 05

NPD: Streaming Players Will Rise Consistently to 2017

by Tom Allen

40% of US internet homes – 39 million – will own a streaming media player (SMP) by Q1’17, says the NPD Group. Only 16% of these homes owned such a device in Q1’14, and …

Tags:Blu-ray Players| Consoles| Large Display Monitor| Media Players| NPD| Smart TV| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Izon Aids Creation of AS3D Mobiles

by Tom Allen

US-based Izon has licensed its own glasses-free 3D technology to W.A. Howell & Associates of California, to be used in healthcare software development for portable medical devices, such as tablets and mobile phones. Comment The …

Tags:2D-3D conversion| 3D| 3D display| Large Display Monitor| Smartphones| Stream TV| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 05