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Kopin Receives Final $15 Million Payment for Sale of III-V Product Line

Kopin Corporation today announced that the Company has received $15 million from IQE PLC, a leading UK-based designer and supplier of ...

Epistar Sales are Up On Year But Down in October

LED wafer and chip specialist Epistar saw Q3 net profits of NT$804.2 million ($26.6 million) on revenue of NT$7.06 billion ($233.8 ...

Q3’14 Worst on Record for US Pay-TV

The 13 largest pay-TV providers in the USA (representing 95.3 million video customers – about 95% of the market) lost around ...

Sony Focuses on Iteration, Not innovation

Thanks to Sony’s press conference kicking off as MWC opened on the first day, we didn’t make it in time for ...

Nintendo Struggles to Meet Switch Demand

Nintendo’s latest results show that as of the end of March it had shipped 2.74 million Switch consoles, which is above ...

UK MPs Choose Apple

Every MP in the UK – all 650 of them – will be given an iPad Air 2 after the General ...

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Samsung to Invest in Cynora

by Bob Raikes

A Korean blog has said that Samsung has decided to invest in Cynora of Germany. The Investor puts the level of investment at €100 million. Analyst Comment We recently reported that both Korean panel …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Materials| Samsung Display| Vol 24 - Issue 30

Ultra-Short Throw Projectors as TVs in Micro Apartments

by Kenneth Li

Over recent years, many projector makers have introduced ultra-short throw projectors with the goal of enabling large display areas with the compactness of a projector and without the need for a large room, i.e. …

Tags:Home Theatre| UST Projectors| Vol 24 - Issue 30

Oculus “Summer of Rift” Sale Extended

by Andrew Fenn

The Oculus “Summer of Rift” Sale that began last month has been extended by “a few weeks”. The sale was originally due to end around August 21st, but due to high demand, the company …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus VR| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 30

Google Play Movies & TV App Released for Vizio Smart TVs

by Andrew Fenn

Google Play Movies & TV has launched on Vizio VIA+ and D-series Smart TVs. The company’s Netflix and iTunes rival hosts content from over 200 film and TV distribution companies. It also streams in …

Tags:Google| Large Display Monitor| Smart TV| Vizio| Vol 24 - Issue 30

Steam Link App Out Now for Samsung UHD TVs

by Andrew Fenn

It’s not so long ago we reported that an open beta of Valve’s new Steam Link app was available for owners of some Samsung UHD TVs. Today, Samsung announced that the free app is …

Tags:Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Samsung| Smart TV| Vol 24 - Issue 30

MediaMarkt and Saturn Now Part of Ceconomy AG

by Yvette Raikes

The Metro Group has divided, splitting consumer electronics from the food and wholesale business. While the food and wholesale side will continue to be called Metro, the consumer electronics holding division has renamed itself …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MediaMarkt (Saturn)| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Vol 24 - Issue 30

BOE Formalises Second G10.5 Plan

by Bob Raikes

BOE has formally announced its plan to build a second 10.5G line in Wuhan, China. The plant will start construction in Q4 of this year and will take up to two years to come …

Tags:BOE| Large Display Monitor| LCD Fabs| Vol 24 - Issue 30

Sharp Could “Help” JDI

by Bob Raikes

Dai Cheng-wu, President of Sharp, has said that his company is ready to assist JDI as it struggles to deal with the switch to OLED in its key smartphone market. (Japan Display At the …

Tags:Japan Display Inc (JDI)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| sharp| Vol 24 - Issue 30

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Acer Result 14/08/17

by Yvette Raikes

Acer Incorporated reported Q2 net profits of NT$243.9 million ($8.0 million), down from NT$538.5 million ($17.8 million) a year ago, on revenue which fell 4.6% to NT$53.6 billion ($1.8 billion) from NT$56.2 billion ($1.9 …

Tags:Acer| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 30

HTC Result 14/08/17

by Yvette Raikes

For the 9th quarter in a row, HTC has recorded a loss. Its Q2 net loss was NT$1.95 billion ($64.4 million), but this was better than both Q1’s NT$2.03 billion ($67.0 million) loss and …

Tags:Financial Data| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 30

SNA Installs LED Video Display at New York HQ of Athletic Apparel Brand

by Andrew Fenn

Sansi North America recently unveiled a new LED video display that they installed at the New York City headquarters of an unnamed athletic apparel brand*. The display incorporates 13 LED “clouds”, screens suspended from …

Tags:Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 24 - Issue 30

ABI Predicts $60 Billion Revenue for Enterprise Wearables

by Andrew Fenn

Analysts at ABI Research estimate that wearable devices for enterprise, including smartwatches and smart glasses, will top $60 billion by 2022, representing a CAGR of over 41%. This prediction has been attributed to the …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 24 - Issue 30| Wearables