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JPR: eSports Boosting PC Gaming Hardware Sales

According to Globe Newswire, tech management consultants, Jon Peddie Research have attributed an increase in the sales of PC gaming hardware ...

Hololens in Retail

Essential Retail interviewed Leila Martine of Microsoft about the Microsoft Hololens and the plans in retail as the Hololens has started ...

A Compact Display System that uses a Laser to Draw Objects in the Air

Holovect (Austin, TX)is developing a laser-based volumetric display in which the complete system can fit on a lab bench or desktop. ...

Oppo’s New UDP-205 UHD Blu-ray Player Highlights Audio

Oppo has released the UDP-205, a new UltraHD Blu-ray player that has improved facilities over the previous UDP-203 model with an ...

Ziggo and Cable Rule in The Netherlands

There were 20,000 new subscribers to pay-TV services in the Netherlands in Q4’14, according to Telecompaper. Most of these came from ...

Surface Book 2 Ups the Ante on Performance

Microsoft has launched the latest version of its Surface range, the Book 2. The new device uses the latest 8th Generation ...

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Serbia is Not Prepared for ASO

by Tom Allen

Delegates at a roundtable discussion on digitisation and cable TV in Serbia have been told that as many as 43% of the population are still unable to receive digital TV signals. 100,000 digital receivers …

Tags:ASO (Analogue Switch Off)| Large Display Monitor| Serbia| Vol 22 - Issue 11

HbbTV is Big in Germany

by Tom Allen

GfK says that HbbTV has firmly established itself in Germany; 92% of connected TVs sold last year – 4.2 million devices – were compliant with the platform. 60% of all TVs sold (4.8 million …

Tags:Germany| GfK| HbbTV| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 11

Televisa Reaches Pay-TV Milestone

by Tom Allen

Dataxis estimates that the Televisa Group passed 10 million pay-TV subscribers for the first time in its history in Q4’14. At the end of Q3’14, the company had almost 9.9 million pay-TV subs. The …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LATAM| Pay TV| Vol 22 - Issue 11

Pay-TV Climbs in Portugal

by Tom Allen

Figures from Portuguese regulator Anacom show that there were around 3.35 million pay-TV subs in the country at the end of 2014; a 5.7% YoY increase, and representing a 56.5% penetration rate. Cable remains …

Tags:Cable| Large Display Monitor| Portugal| Satellite| Terrestrial (DTT)| TV Reception| Vol 22 - Issue 11

AOC Continues eSports Sponsorship

by Tom Allen

AOC will be the official monitor provider to the ESL UK Premiership eSports competition. Covering teams from the UK and Ireland over three seasons, qualifiers began in late February. The finals, for games including …

Tags:Back Panel| Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| MMD (AOC Philips)| Vol 22 - Issue 11

Smart Watches are Smart – but are they Sensible?

by Ken Werner

I’m still trying to convince myself that some combination of features and design elements can make smartwatches a large-volume consumer category. Moto 360 (Photo: Ron Amadeo)In 2014, manufacturers shipped 720,000 Android Wear watches according …

Tags:Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 10| Wearable Market

And Finally… – Vol 22 12

by Tom Allen

In a perfect example of 21st century Darwinism, an armed man who robbed a Tesco store in the UK was arrested shortly after the act – because he posted about it on Facebook.

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 12

Canatu Film Used in 3D-Shaped Touch Sensor

by Tom Allen

With Schuster Group and Display Solutions AG, Canatu has developed a 3D-encapsulated touch sensor, for the automotive industry. It is being used to build a button-free, 3D-shaped multitouch display for in-car use. A prototype …

Tags:Automotive| Canatu| Mobile Display Monitor| Touch| Touch Interfaces| Vol 22 - Issue 10

KOE Europe: Compact 10.1″ TFT features WUXGA resolution

by Tom Allen

Industrial display manufacturer KOE has announced the introduction of a new 10.1-inch TFT display module featuring WUXGA (1920 x 1200 pixels) resolution. The TX26D202VM0BAA has a pixel pitch of 0.11325mm (w) x 0.11325mm (h), …

Tags:IPS| LCD Modules

Panel Supply Delays iPad Pro

by Tom Allen

The oft-rumoured 12.9″ iPad Pro (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 45) has apparently been delayed again. According to Bloomberg’s sources, production will now begin in September, because of delays in display panel supply.

Tags:Apple| iPad| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 10

KOE Moves to High Res for Industry

by Tom Allen

KOE Europe has introduced a new 10.1″ LCD display module, with high resolution, for industrial use. While many industrial display modules have resolutions of 1024 x 768 or lower, KOE’s new TX26D202VM0BAA has 1920 …

Tags:Industrial Monitors| LCD Modules| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 10