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CES Unveiled Prepares Us for Show Floor

by Tom Allen

CES Unveiled is a pre-CES ‘mini show’, in the style of Pepcom and Showstoppers. With tables costing significantly less than a stand on the show floor, these events are a great way to …

Samsung Combats Android With Windows

by Tom Allen

In a bid to reduce its reliance on Android, Samsung will release several affordable handsets based on Windows Phone 8.1 this year. The news comes from The Korea Times, whose source – a Samsung …

PC Decline Slowed in 2014, Say Gartner and IDC

by Tom Allen

PC shipments increased 1% YoY in Q4’14, indicating a slow but steady improvement in the market after two years of declines. Shipments reached 83.7 million units, according to Gartner. PC displacements by tablets peaked …

Handset Panel Pricing to Fall 10%

by Tom Allen

To maintain orders from Chinese vendors, Japan Display will aim to lower its handset panel prices in Q1’15, say sources in the supply chain. Handset panel module pricing could drop as much as 10% …

Tags:Japan Display Inc (JDI)| Mobile Display Monitor| Small Medium Panel Supply| Vol 22 - Issue 04

Chinese Makers to Halt Capacity Expansion

by Tom Allen

Taiwanese sources say that Chinese notebook component makers have temporarily halted expansion of their production capacities. The move comes due to wage increases and short labour supply in the country.

Tags:Components Market| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 22 - Issue 04

Production Automation Makes Up For Labour Shortage

by Tom Allen

In order to reduce the impact of rising wages and short labour supply in China, Inventec is said to have begun to trial production line automation at factories in Shanghai in late November. When …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Production Technology| Vol 22 - Issue 04

Digitag Predicts 8k by 2023

by Tom Allen

A roadmap by Digitag shows that 8k TV could be in place on Europe’s DTT platforms by 2023. The ‘Roadmap for the Evolution of DTT’ report (http://tinyurl.com/o42y8xf) predicts that consumers will see a transition …

Sharp Bridges High-Res Gap

by Tom Allen

Sharp’s press conference was primarily used to announce progress with existing technologies, such as IGZO. However, there were some particularly interesting displays shown, which were familiar to us but hadn’t been seen before. Toshiyuki …

No More Plasma for Samsung, But LED is New Category

by Tom Allen

Samsung’s CES press conference is always elbow-room only. While we managed to secure a seat (through use of aforementioned elbows), cameramen in the aisles severely hampered the ability to take photos! Tim Baxter, president …

Molecular Computing Reveals Difficulty of Blue LEDs

by Tom Allen

Why are blue LEDs so difficult to make? It is a question that has dogged the field since the devices’ commercialisation in the 1990s, and has now been answered by scientists at University College …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 03

Ministerial Seeks Most Efficient TV

by Tom Allen

Global trade body the Clean Energy Minsterial has launched an international competition to find the most efficient FPD TVs. The intent is to identify and highlight the cleanest TVs, helping consumers to make informed …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Power Consumption| Vol 22 - Issue 04

Hisense Boasts of ULED Advantages

by Tom Allen

Hisense was showing the second generation of its ULED TVs, which – as was revealed at IFA – use quantum dots to enhance their colours. The new models widen contrast levels (30,000:1 static contrast …