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Giant Clams Offer Clues to Improve Solar Cells, Color Displays

Researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara have discovered that some species of giant clams produce their white coloration much ...

TV Sales Rise 3% in Europe, but ASPs Fall

Market research by GfK, published by Germany’s Association for Consumer and Communication Electronics (GFU), shows that TV set sales in Western ...

Smooth Action, Full Immersion: AOC Gaming Monitors at PC Gamer Weekender

Between 5 – 6 March, AOC will present a selection of its high-performance gaming monitors at the PC Gamer Weekender 2016 ...

LG Celebrates TV Design in NYC

LG held a product design showcase on the 3rd August at the Eventi Hotel in New York City, to highlight its ...

Consider the Format of Content Shown on Non-Rectangular Displays

It has become possible to manufacture displays of almost any shape. One consequence of this capability is that the conventional formats ...

New Samsung Modules Cause Apple to Look Again

Korea’s Digital Daily claims that Apple is considering a deal with Samsung, as a potential supplier for the Apple Watch’s OLED ...

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Mixed Results for Taiwan’s Notebook Makers

by Raverstead

There were mixed results for Taiwan’s major notebook manufacturers in November. Acer reported a 1% month on month increase in sales in November to NT$28.5 billion ($913.7 million), though this was down 7.3% year …

Tags:Acer| Asus| Compal| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| ODMs & OEMs| Quanta| tablets| Taiwan| Vol 21 - Issue 49

OnePlus Breaks Half a Million Sales on Sub-$500 Budget

by Raverstead

Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus has been hailed as 2014’s success story. Since launching its first device, the OnePlus One, in April, more than 500,000 units have been sold, co-founder Carl Pei told Forbes. These …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 44

Q3 PC Gains Do Not Suggest Recovery

by Raverstead

IDC has forecast a 2.7% fall in global PC shipments this year. Although still negative, this represents an improvement from the previous -3.7% forecast. Q3 shipments were down 0.5% YoY, but ‘most regions and …

Tags:Forecasts| IDC| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| Vol 21 - Issue 47| Worldwide

Samsung Shows 30″ Transparent OLED and Foldables

by Bob Raikes

The 2014 Samsung Investor Forum saw several OLED prototypes on display. According to Samsung Display VP Chang Hoon Lee, OLED displays have reached the point where they can now be produced at a lower …

Tags:AMOLED| Flexible Displays| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 21 - Issue 47

Beneluz Ends DOOH Slump

by Raverstead

OVAB Europe’s Digital Signage Business Climate Index (DBCI) shows an increase in Benelux since the last poll in September. The Index has risen from 52.38 base points to 61.36, ending a shallow slump that …

Tags:Belgium| Digital Signage Federation Europe (was OVAB)| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Netherlands| Vol 21 - Issue 49

TCL’s LCD TV Sales Up 11%

by Raverstead

TCL Multimedia saw LCD TV sales rise 10.7% in October from the same period last year. Sales of smart TVs increased 30.2%. In TCL’s home market of China, the company’s sales volume fell 9.8% …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TCL| TV Production| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 21 - Issue 45

TSMC Chooses ARM

by Raverstead

For the fifth year in a row, TSMC has bestowed its Partner Award on ARM, for outstanding partner performance.

Tags:Arm| Awards| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TSMC| Vol 21 - Issue 44

Vivitek Completes Qumi Range

by Raverstead

Vivitek’s Qumi range has been expanded to include three new LED DLP projectors for office, personal and home use. They are the Q7 Plus, Q7 Lite and Q4. The Q7 models are compatible with …

Tags:Business Projectors| DLP Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vivitek| Vol 21 - Issue 47

Media-Saturn Creates Electronics Online Group

by Raverstead

Media-Saturn is to create a portfolio of online pure-play companies and concepts under the name Electronics Online Group (EOG), with its existing online business Redcoon as the core. EOG will be led by Martin …

Tags:eTailers| Large Display Monitor| MediaMarkt (Saturn)| Retailers

KPN Loses DTT Subscribers

by Raverstead

KPN’s DTT platform in the Netherlands, Digitenne, is believed to have dropped below 500,000 subscribers. In KPN’s recent results, the Digitenne figure came under the heading ‘Other TV homes’ (508,000), which also included analogue …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Netherlands| Terrestrial (DTT)| TV Reception| Vol 21 - Issue 44

TiVo Tops 5 Million

by Raverstead

TiVo raised its subscriber count by 328,000 in Q3 – taking the total subscriber base to 5.1 million.

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Tivo| Vol 21 - Issue 47

CRA Hails -T2 Test A Success

by Raverstead

Ceske Radiokomunikace (CRA), in the Czech Republic, says that it is the first Central European company to successfully test DVB-T2 with HEVC. The trials began in July (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 28) and …

Tags:Czech Republic| DVB-T & T2| HEVC (H.265)| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 48