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YouTuber Goes to Extreme Lengths for Views

A YouTuber known as TechRax is garnering views (and media attention) with his latest stunt, which may be one of the ...

Displays Remain Vital for Training and Simulation

I have just returned from the I/ITSEC 2015 trade show, North America’s big event for training and simulation. As expected, solutions ...

Apple “Steady as she goes” in the Year(s) Ahead

We have a shorter issue this week as the Western world winds down towards the holiday. European business will be closed ...

Is 4K Ultra HD Content needed to Drive UHD TV Sales?

4K – 4K Ultra HD TVs, as the CEA suggests calling the new TV sets, are aimed at increasing TV sales ...

European DOOH Sentiment Begins to Reverse

OVAB Europe’s latest Digital Signage Business Climate Index (DBCI) results, for the France and Benelux regions, show mixed results in the ...

Himax Hosts President Tsai Ing-Wen with AR/VR

During a visit by Taiwan’s president, Tsai Ing-Wen, Himax, a fabless supplier of display drivers, showed the latest technology that Himax ...

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Vivo Has Ambitious Smartphone Plan

by Super User

A posting on the ‘Chinese Twitter’, Weibo, has revealed that smartphone maker Vivo is planning to create a 3.8mm-thick smartphone. Yes, that’s 1.3mm thinner than the current record-holder, the ELife S5.1 from Gionee (Display …

Tags:AMOLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

And Finally – give up your first born…

by Super User

We’ve all been there – you need to get online but you don’t want to use your data allowance. You cast an eye over available WiFi networks: locked, locked, password-protected, paid access. Suddenly up …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Security| Vol 21 - Issue 34| Volume 21| Wi-Fi

Getting Ready for Change

by Super User

As I wrote to readers this week, we are in the process of combining Display Monitor and Large Display Report into a new publication, Large Display Monitor (the creativity of the naming is astounding, …

Tags:Editorial| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 34| Volume 21

Sony Considers Indian Manufacturing Plant

by Super User

Indian media claims that Sony is considering establishing a manufacturing plant in the country. The Economic Times of India quotes Sony’s Indian MD, Kenichiro Hibi. Hibi apparently said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s stress …

Tags:India| Large Display Monitor| sony| Vol 21 - Issue 34| Volume 21

SVoD Popularity Will Rise Rapidly in Europe

by Super User

More than 20% of European TV households will pay for VoD packages (subscription VoD, or SVoD) by 2020. Digital TV Research forecasts that the overall figure will be 59.4 million (20.7%), up from 18 …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| VOD| Vol 21 - Issue 34| Volume 21

Haptic Technology Approaches $52 Billion by 2018

by Super User

The haptic touch technology market will grow at a CAGR of 41% between 2013 and 2018, ending the forecast period with revenues of almost $51.8 billion. Smartphones and virtual interfaces will be the main …

Tags:Haptics| Large Display Monitor| Touch Market| Vol 21 - Issue 34| Volume 21

Canon’s Newest Projectors are Portable

by Super User

Canon’s newest LV projectors all feature a filter-free design and long-life (6,000-hour in eco mode) lamp, to prolong their lifetime and reduce maintenance. The five models (LV-WX300, LV-X300, LV-S300, LV-WX300ST and LV-X300ST) are 1DLP …

Tags:Business Projectors| Canon| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 34| Volume 21

CSR Pursued by Microchip

by Super User

Microchip Technology, of the USA, has approached UK-based Cambridge Silicon Radio (CSR) with an acquisition offer. CSR announced that it had rejected Microchip’s preliminary offer as too low, according to the EE Times. Microchip …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21

Exertis to Acquire Sweden’s CapTech

by Super User

Exertis says it is to acquire CapTech Distribution AB, Sweden’s largest independent technology distribution business. The company said last year that its strategy was to expand its geographic footprint across Europe as it aims …

Tags:Distributors| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21

Pay-TV Rises, but Cable Falls

by Super User

Informitiv’s latest Multiscreen Index shows that the world’s top 100 pay-TV services added about 20.3 million new subscribers between Q2’13 and Q2’14. The figure represents a 6% YoY rise. The 10 largest services gained …

Tags:Broadcast Market| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21| Worldwide

Clear Channel Switzerland Names New Director

by Super User

Clear Channel Switzerland has hired Diego Quintarelli as the company’s new sales director.

Tags:ClearChannel| Large Display Monitor| People| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21