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NeuroDigital Counters IMU Drift for Haptic Tracking

Road to VR got some hands-on (pardon the pun) time with the latest Gloveone prototype at E3 this week. It is ...

Sales of LG Monitors Stopped by Apple

LG’s Ultrafine Display is affected by Wi-FiThe LG UltraFine 5K display is no longer being sold in Apple stores due to ...

SoftAtHome Demonstrates Immersive 360° TV Experience with Dolby Atmos

SoftAtHome (stand 5A51), a software provider for operator CPE devices enabling convergent services for the digital home, has integrated Dolby Atmos ...

Idemitsu Kosan to Expand OLED Material Manufacturing by 70%

Nikkei Asian Review has reported that the Japan-based OLED material maker, Idemitsu Kosan, is planning to expand its production of OLED ...

GPU Market Sinks Below 10-Year Average

Worldwide GPU shipments in Q1’15 were below the 10-year average of -3.6%, according to Jon Peddie Research (JPR). GPUs are a ...

LG Takes OLED TV with Dolby Vision and Atmos on the Road

LG Electronics launched its Cinema House roadshow earlier this week. The company is showing off its line of OLED TVs with ...

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Acer’s Reliability Promise Extended

by Tom Allen

Acer in Europe has extended its Reliability Promise warranty, for SMBs, until the end of 2015. Customers purchasing a Travelmate notebook, B6 monitor, P5 projector or Iconia business tablet will have it repaired if …

Tags:Acer| business| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Projectors| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 05| warranty

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Apple Confirms Watch Release Date

by Tom Allen

Apple has finally provided an Apple Watch release date. Speaking during the recent earnings call, CEO Tim Cook said, “Development for Apple Watch is right on schedule, and we expect to begin shipping in …

Tags:Apple| Apple Watch (iWatch)| Batteries| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 05| Wearables

Texas Instruments Result 30/01/2015

by Helen Vince

Texas Instruments Inc. posted a fourth quarter net profit of $825 million on turnover of $3.2 billion, which compares with a net profit of $500 million on turnover of $3 billion in the final …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TI (Texas Instruments)| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Huawei Aims at Overseas and High-End Markets

by Tom Allen

Huawei has announced that it aims to sell 100 million smartphones this year, raising its sales by more than 30%. The company sold 75 million smartphones last year, a 40% YoY rise The company is …

Tags:Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Smartphones| Supply Chain| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Sharp Panel Production Cut 20% in Q1

by Tom Allen

Sharp will lower its TV panel production by 20% in Q1’15, according to the China Times, which itself quotes Japanese media coverage. Sharp’s business is struggling as competition rises in China, Taiwan and Korea. …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD Panels| sharp| TV Production| Vol 22 - Issue 05

TCL Sees LCD TV Shipments Dip in 2014

by Helen Vince

TCL Multimedia shipped 16.6 million LCD TVs in 2014, slipping 3.5% year on year, falling short of its target of 17 million sets. However, sales of smart TVs increased 34.1% YoY to 3.7 million …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| TCL| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Samsung Kicks Off Indonesian Production

by Tom Allen

Samsung’s smartphone production lines in Indonesia (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 33) have begun operation, according to Korea’s Edaily. The lines will produce phones specifically for the Indonesian market – about 900,000 per month.

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Production| Production Capacity| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 05

SPP LED Demand Rising, but Oversupply Affects Prices

by Tom Allen

Taiwan-based LED vendors expect demand for small pixel pitch LED displays to rise at a 110% CAGR between 2014 and 2015 – but for prices to fall 20% – 30% this year. A possible …

Tags:Display Supply & Demand| Large Display Monitor| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Supply Chain| Vol 22 - Issue 05

DVB-T Rises in Poland at Expense of DTH

by Tom Allen

Nielsen estimates that, between July 2014 and January 2015, the number of TV households in Poland rose 0.6%, or 77,000 homes, to 13.05 million. Satellite households fell 1% (53,000) to 4.6 million and viewers …

Tags:Cable| DVB-T & T2| Large Display Monitor| Poland| Satellite| TV Reception| Vol 22 - Issue 05

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No 3D on UltraHD Blu-ray?

by Tom Allen

An UltraHD Blu-ray standard is under development, we heard last month (4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Specs are Great but is it too Late?, Display Monitor Vol 22 No 4), but some have suggested that …

Tags:3D| 3D (Three Dimensions)| Blu-ray| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD & 4K| Vol 22 - Issue 05| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

700MHz Consultation Opened in France

by Tom Allen

The French regulator, Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel (CSA), has opened a public consultation on switching the 700MHz spectrum to services other than broadcast in urban areas. The CSA is seeking comments from all industry stakeholders. …

Tags:France| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Spectrum Allocation| TV Reception| Vol 22 - Issue 05

NPD: Streaming Players Will Rise Consistently to 2017

by Tom Allen

40% of US internet homes – 39 million – will own a streaming media player (SMP) by Q1’17, says the NPD Group. Only 16% of these homes owned such a device in Q1’14, and …

Tags:Blu-ray Players| Consoles| Large Display Monitor| Media Players| NPD| Smart TV| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 05