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Nab a Monitor at NAB

The National Association of Broadcasters’ annual New York meeting (NAB Show NY), held this year October 18-19 at the Jacob Javits ...

Windows 10 On Track for Autumn

Microsoft COO Kevin Turner told The Nikkei newspaper that Windows 10 will be released in autumn 2015. The new OS is ...

BETT is Lively

BETT is a lively event for us and covers educational technology. It takes place in London’s Excel Centre and as the ...

Growing Educational 3D, the Organic Way

I’ve noticed something interesting about educational institutions over the years. Usually, once they have researched, procured, and installed a showcase display ...

Liberty Global Agrees C&W Acquisition

Liberty Global is acquiring Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC), in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $5.3 billion. Including net debt, the ...

Driver for Screens – LG and Extron cooperate

Extron Electronics is working with LG Electronics USA Business Solutions to develop and certify control drivers for LG commercial displays to ...

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Rumour: Apple Looking at Silver Nanowires

by Tom Allen

Korea’s ET News claims that Apple is looking into silver nanowire technology for the touch panels on the (long-rumoured) 12.9″ iPad. By exchanging an ITO-based clear film for silver nanowires, Apple intends to raise …

Tags:iPad| ITO| ITO Replacement| Mobile Display Monitor| Silver Nanowire| Touch| Vol 22 - Issue 20

Exertis Offers LG’s New Smartphone

by Helen Vince

Exertis says it has been signed as exclusive distributor in the UK for LG’s new G4 smartphone. The device will be launched at the end of this month.

Tags:Distributors| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 20

Taiwan Panel Makers’ Total Capex to Reach $2.6 Billion

by Helen Vince

Sources in Taiwan have estimated that the four local major panel makers will spend a total of NT$79.5 billion ($2.6 billion) between them this year on capital expenditure. AU Optronics (AUO) and Innolux are …

Tags:AUO| CPT| Hannstar (Hannspree)| Innolux| Investment| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 20

Hon Hai Achieves Record Monthly High

by Helen Vince

Hon Hai Precision (Foxconn Electronics) fared better than many Taiwanese manufacturers in April, reporting a record sales of NT$352.4 billion ($11.5 billion), up 4.2% sequentially and 19.7% higher year on year. For the January …

Tags:Financial Data| Foxconn (Honhai)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 20

Mixed Results in April for Taiwan’s Notebook ODMs

by Helen Vince

There were mixed fortunes for Taiwan’s notebook ODM’s last month. Compal Electronics saw sales fall 17.7% month on month to NT$61.6 billion ($2 billion), though this was 7.8% higher year on year and brought …

Tags:Compal| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Quanta| Vol 22 - Issue 20

Top Pay-TV Providers End Subscriber Losses

by Tom Allen

Informitiv’s Multiscreen Index shows that the top 10 pay-TV providers in the USA gained a total of 54,800 digital subscribers in Q1. Six of the services reported a net increase: Verizon (up 90,000); AT&T …

Tags:DirecTV| Dish Network| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Time Warner| USA| Verizon| Vol 22 - Issue 20

C3Nano and Nissha Partner on Silver Nanowire Conductive Film

by Norbert Hildebrand

Silver nanowires (AgNW) are one alternative for ITO conductive films, offering low sheet resistance as well as low haze. This makes them a great solution for touch panels. C3Nano has announced that it is …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2015| Silver Nanowire| Vol 22 - Issue 20

Wearable Power Limits Pose Display Challenges

by Bob O'Donnell

One of the many challenges the wearable market faces has to do with battery limitations and physical size. The simple fact is that batteries require a relatively large amount of space and that’s not …

Tags:Batteries| Vol 22 - Issue 20| Wearables

CEA Study Shows Major Shifts in the Technology We Own

by Helen Vince

A major shift in the consumer electronics (CE) products owned by U.S. households is now underway, according to the 17th Annual CE Ownership and Market Potential Study released today by the Consumer Electronics Association …

Tags:CTA (was CEA)| Market Data| Notebooks| Smartphones| TVs (TV Sets)

OTT STBs Overtake IPTV – But Not For Long

by Tom Allen

Retail shipments of OTT set-top boxes (STBs) will overtake IPTV STB shipments from pay-TV operators this year, says IHS. 31 million retail OTT units will be shipped in 2015, compared to 30 million IPTV …

Tags:IHS Markit| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Pay TV| STBs| Vol 22 - Issue 20