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Leading business experts participate in ISE 2016 Opening Panel Discussion

The pre-show Opening Panel Discussion is set to take place on the day before Integrated Systems Europe opens its doors on ...

ViewSonic’s LightStream™ PJD6350 Networkable Projector Now Shipping

ViewSonic Corp., a leading global provider of visual solution products, announces the LightStream™ PJD6350 Networkable Projector is now available. The LightStream ...

AUO Starts G6 LTPS LCD Production in Kunshan

AUO has started volume production at its new G6 LTPS fab in Kunshan, in Eastern China (AUO Nears Kunshan Opening). The ...

Fibre Helps Portuguese Pay-TV to Grow

The National Communications Authority (Anacom) reported that the number of pay-TV subscribers in Portugal rose 4.7% YoY to 3.6 million. The ...

Asus’ Bold Market Share Claim

Asus has said that it accounted for more than half of notebook and desktop PC sales in Taiwan in June. Citing ...

10,000 UK Viewers Still Watch Black and White TV

Statistics from TV Licensing show that 10,000 people in the UK are still viewing black and white TV, not colour. Londoners ...

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LG Sees Hexagons as Battery of the Future

by Tom Allen

LG Chemical has shown off a hexagonal battery, for smartwatches, which it says will bring up to four more hours of lifetime every day. The idea is that the shape will enable larger batteries …

Tags:Batteries| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 27

Samsung Tops Consumer Satisfaction

by Tom Allen

Samsung has taken the highest consumer satisfaction score for both sub-50″ and 50″+ TVs, according to research by JD Power and Associates in the USA. This is the second consecutive year that the company …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| LG Electronics (LGE)| Samsung| USA| Vizio| Vol 22 - Issue 27

LA Reconsiders Signage Switch-Off

by Tom Allen

Los Angeles banned digital signage everywhere, apart from some select areas, in 2013 (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 17). Now, a City Hall panel is reconsidering the decision. Two issues are being considered: whether …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Legislation| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 27

NEC Appoints Caverin

by Tom Allen

Caverin Solutions is now NEC Display Solutions’ official digital signage distributor in Spain.

Tags:Digital Signage| Distribution| Large Display Monitor| NEC| Spain| Vol 22 - Issue 27

LG Takes TV Crown at CE Week

by Tom Allen

LG’s 64.5″ EG9600 OLED TV was crowned ‘King of TV’ at Value Electronics’ 11th annual TV shootout event. This year, the shootout ran as part of CE Week in New York City. This was …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLED TVs| Panasonic| Samsung| sony| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 27

Meizu MX5 smartphone

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 27

by Milos Pavlovic

HTC‘s One M9+ smartphone is now available to pre-order in the UK, confirming a story that we published last month (Rumour: HTC’s M9+ Coming to Europe). China’s Meizu has introduced its newest flagship, the …

Tags:AMOLED| China| Europe| HTC| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Nvidia| Smartphones| tablets| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)| Vol 22 - Issue 27

New Apple Watch Makers Unlikely

by Tom Allen

Supply chain sources say that Apple Watch yield rates are rising, so significant shipment growth is expected in the second half of the year. The sources also said that it is unlikely that vendors …

Tags:Apple Watch (iWatch)| Mobile Display Monitor| Quanta| Vol 22 - Issue 27

HKC Expects Production Ahead of Schedule

by Tom Allen

Chinese display solution maker, HKC, has signed an agreement with the Chongqing government to invest CNY12 billion ($1.9 billion) into a new G8.5 fab. Construction began in June, and production will begin in Q1’17. …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| LCD Fabs| Mobile Display Monitor| Supply Chain| Vol 22 - Issue 27

Compal Retains Goals, Revises Forecasts

by Tom Allen

Photo: DigitimesCompal president Ray Chen has said that the company’s shipment goals are unchanged from those set in early 2015. However, they are ‘very challenging’. Notebook and tablet forecasts have been adjusted for YoY …

Tags:Compal| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Smartphones| Supply Chain| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 27

Wistron Has Low Expectations

by Tom Allen

Wistron CEO Simon Lin has said that the company’s notebook shipments in Q1 and Q2 were ‘far short’ of expectations. Second half volumes will grow no more than 10%, sequentially, he added.

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 22 - Issue 27

Spectrum Sharing Plans Discussed

by Tom Allen

Officials from the USA and Mexico have met to discuss spectrum sharing plans. The talks dealt with the 600MHz and 800MHz bands. In the 600MHz band, the countries have developed a technical plan that …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LATAM| Mobile Display Monitor| Spectrum Allocation| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 27

Germany Issues T2 Technical Requirements

by Tom Allen

Germany’s Deutsche TV-Plattform has issued the minimum technical requirements for DVB-T2 devices being used in the country. They can be found at http://tinyurl.com/pwwr2y7. Devices conforming to the requirements will be issued with a logo, …

Tags:DVB-T & T2| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 27