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Changhong Lets Us Down

by Tom Allen

Changhong was showing many products that had been introduced at IFA, including its short-throw projector. The stand was mostly conceptual items and there were, as always, few people capable of talking about the products …

Lenovo Dominates Showstoppers

by Tom Allen

The third and final press event, Showstoppers, takes place in The Wynn hotel – a long walk from any monorail stops! Thankfully, the shuttle bus from the LVCC takes you directly to the ballroom …

Phones, TVs and Tablets to Rise This Year, Says GfK

by Tom Allen

The IFA Media Reception is held every year at CES in The Wynn hotel, just before the Showstoppers press event. As well as promoting IFA, there is always some useful data shared! The event …

Tags:CES 2015| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 03

Haier Builds on IFA Releases

by Tom Allen

TVs were Haier’s focus at CES; while the company has a range of mobile devices, it introduces them at different shows, including IFA. On the subject of IFA, several products from the 2014 show …

Quantum Dots Will Jump 500% Over 9 Years

by Tom Allen

According to Touch Display Research, the quantum dot component market will be worth more than $2 billion by 2016, and exceed $10.6 billion by 2025. Jennifer Colegrove, CEO and principal analyst, said that quantum dots …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Quantum Dots| Touch Display Research (TDR)| Vol 22 - Issue 03

MediaTek Sets up ‘The Bomb’

by Tom Allen

Reports from China claim that Mediatek is working on a processor with ten (deca) or twelve (dodeca) cores, neatly bypassing the 64-bit octa-core processors that are being released today. According to GizChina, the new …

Tags:Chips| Mediatek| Mobile Display Monitor| Mobile Processors| Vol 22 - Issue 04

LDM Product Roundup: Volume 22 No 3

by Tom Allen

A range of UltraHD products has been added to Crestron‘s DM 3.0 lineup. These include the DM-RMC-4K-SCALER-C (a 60Hz scaler); HDBaseT input (DMC-4K-C/DMC-4K-C-DSP) and HDMI output (DMC-4K-HDO) cards; plenium (DM-CBL-ULTRA-P) and non-plenium (DM-CBL-ULTRA-NP) type CMR HDBaseT …

Pepcom Highlights OLEDs, QDs and HMDs

by Tom Allen

The second of the pre-CES press events, Pepcom/Digital Experience was also the largest this year, with an ’80s theme. I felt like Wade Watts stepping inside the room, which was festooned with Rubik’s cubes, sweatbands …

Toshiba Focuses on Concepts

by Tom Allen

Toshiba’s stand was largely full of conceptual devices, although there were only a few product announcements. Security is more and more of a concern these days, so Toshiba has developed the Toshiba Zero Client …

Panel Maker Targets Rise, Switch From Monitors to TVs

by Tom Allen

All LCD panel makers are increasing their business target for 2015, according to a survey by DisplaySearch, writes analyst Peter Su in a recent blog post (http://tinyurl.com/nzvumy9). Strong demand for LCD TV panels, rising TV …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Shares - Panels| NPD DisplaySearch| Vol 22 - Issue 03

Windows 7 Moves Towards End Date

by Tom Allen

The beginning of the end is here for Windows 7, which has moved out of ‘Mainstream Mode’ and into a phase known as ‘Extended Support’. The OS will continue to receive bug fixes and …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 03| Windows

Quanta Ramping 12″ MacBook Air Production

by Tom Allen

Volume production of a 12″ Macbook Air, which will be launched in Q1’15, has begun at Quanta Computer. The company has also apparently secured orders for the Apple Watch, and intends to hire 30,000 new …