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Asus Will Not Split

by Tom Allen

Asus has denied that it is planning to separate its Open Platform and Systems business groups. These units are responsible for motherboards, graphics cards and monitor and peripheral product lines; and PC, smartphone and …

Tags:Asus| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Vol 23 - Issue 17

Apple Beats Microsoft in Detachables

by Tom Allen

The global tablet market fell almost 15% YoY in Q1’16. A combination of the traditional low first quarter and a lack of consumer interest conspired to bring shipments down to 39.6 million units, says …

Tags:Amazon| Apple| Convertible PCs| Huawei| IDC| Lenovo| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| tablets| Vol 23 - Issue 17

Vivitek is Ready for Sport

by Tom Allen

Vivitek is preparing for a summer of sport, releasing a projector that is focused on brightness and contrast ratio before the Olympic Games and Euro 2016 football tournament. The H1060 is a DLP model …

Tags:DLP Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Vivitek| Vol 23 - Issue 17

AOC Lowers Display Lag

by Tom Allen

AOC’s new high-end gaming monitor, first in the new AGON line, features high resolution and refresh rate, coupled with a low response time and FreeSync-compatible Adaptive Sync technology. The AG271QX is a 27″ LCD …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| MMD (AOC Philips)| Vol 23 - Issue 17

IHS Upbeat About AMOLED

by Tom Allen

While LCD remains the dominant display technology today, IHS predicts that AMOLED shipments will climb 40% this year, to 395 million units. At the same time, revenues will rise 25%, to $15 billion. Falling …

Tags:AMOLED| IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 16

LG Electronics Result 28/04/16

by Tom Allen

LG Electronics reported an operating profit of 505.2 billion Won ($420 million) on sales of 13.36 trillion Won ($11.12 billion). Profit was up 65.5% on the same period last year. Home entertainment sales were …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 16

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V-Nova and Sky Win Best of NAB

by Tom Allen

Sky Italy’s IPTV platform, which is powered by V-Nova’s Perseus codec (Sky Takes V-Nova in Italy), won Newbay Media’s Best of Show award at NAB 2016. V-Nova also used the show to announce the …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| NAB 2016| Sky| V-Nova| Vol 23 - Issue 17

Turnkey Solution Speeds Dual Screen Phone Creation

by Tom Allen

E Ink and Vanzo Technology have co-operated on a turnkey solution to support the development of dual-screen mobile phones using MediaTek chips. The solution combines E Ink ePaper technology with Vanzo’s software and app.

Tags:E Ink| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 17

Nintendo Result 27/04/2016

by Tom Allen

Nintendo reported 2016 year end net profit of 137.4 million yen ($1.2 million), down 62% YoY from 353.5 million yen ($3.3 million). Turnover was 504 billion yen ($4.7 billion), down 8.2% YoY from 549 …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Nintendo| Vol 23 - Issue 17

Nintendo’s Next Console is Coming…Later

by Tom Allen

Although Nintendo’s financial forecast for the next year is down, the company did share some interesting news: a launch date for its next console, the Nintendo NX. Unfortunately it is much later than anyone …

Tags:Consoles| Large Display Monitor| Nintendo| Vol 23 - Issue 17

HTC Signals Future is in VR

by Tom Allen

HTC has led the creation of a fund for virtual reality startup firms, called Vive X. The $100 million fund – established with unnamed partners – will help new companies bring their products to …

Tags:HTC| Investment| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 17

Sony Pictures Television has New President

by Tom Allen

Sheraton Kalouria has been promoted from his role as executive VP and CMO of Sony Pictures Television; he is now the president of SPT, in addition to his CMO role. In his new role, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| sony| Vol 23 - Issue 16