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HTC Forecasts Profit Fall

HTC has forecast a fall in both turnover and profit this quarter because of seasonal weakness. Turnover in the company’s fiscal ...

European Countries Value Set-Top Boxes Differently

Set-top box take-up changes significantly by country in Europe, says Parks Associates. In the UK, 55% of broadband households use such ...

Gartner Bullish on Chips in 2017

Gartner said that the semiconductor market would grow by 7.2% in 2017, to $364.1 billion, a ‘complete turnaround’ for the industry ...

Vuzix Acquires Augmented Reality Patents

Vuzix has been developing virtual and augmented reality devices for quite some time and the company owns a substantial patent portfolio. ...

BenQ Helps Out Small-Screen Gamers

BenQ is launching a desktop monitor specifically designed for console gamers who prefer a smaller screen. The 27″ RL2755HM has a ...

LG to Move to Frankfurt

LG Electronics has announced plans to move its European headquarters from London to Frankfurt. The firm’s German branch will also be ...

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DisplayPort 1.3 Adds 5k(!) Support

by Super User

DisplayPort v1.3 has just been released by the Video Electronic Standards Association (VESA), supporting up to 32.4Gbps. The speed of v1.3 (each of the four lanes runs at 8.1Gbps) represents a 50% increase from …

Tags:DisplayPort| Large Display Monitor| VESA| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Amscreen…Relocates Aral Network…

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Amscreen’s Aral network in Germany, which uses more than 1,000 displays, has been switched off. The small (10 displays) Esso network in the Rhine-Main area is also due to be shut down. A small …

Tags:Amscreen| Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Fingerprint Sensor Popularity on the Rise

by Super User

Sources in the supply chain claim that orders for fingerprint recognition solutions for smartphones and smartwatches are rising. As well as Apple and Samsung, Chinese makers are beginning to integrate the technology into their …

Tags:Fingerprint Recognition| Large Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Tesco Cancels Hudl Smartphone

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Tesco’s Hudl tablet was wildly popular last year, but the company has cancelled plans for a 4G smartphone under the same brand. Since the phone, apparently capable of challenging the Galaxy S5, was first …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| tablets| Tesco| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

TV Everywhere Not Delayed by Authentication

by Super User

A study by US-based The Diffusion Group (TDG) has shown that authentication is not limiting the takeup of TV Everywhere services. Only 7% of users view the authentication process negatively and fewer than 1% …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Security| USA| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Q2 Marks End to Workstations’ Sideways Movement

by Super User

Jon Peddie Research (JPR) has referred to the workstation market’s Q2’14 as a ‘breakout quarter’ (while admitting that characterising a mature market as ‘breakout’ “verges upon [an] oxymoron”). Q2 saw record levels of unit …

Tags:Jon Peddie Research (JPR)| Large Display Monitor| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21| Worldwide

Nvidia’s GPUs DOWNSCALE for Sharper Image

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The Maxwell architecture introduced by Nvidia as the eventual successor to Kepler (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 8) now has two new GPUs: the GTX 970 and 980. Maxwell is more efficient than Kepler, …

Tags:Game Playing| GPUs| Large Display Monitor| Nvidia| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Barco Looks to Star Quality to Sell Escape Systems

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Barco is working with musical artists Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga to promote its panoramic, three-screen cinema concept, Barco Escape (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 37). Their performance at the Grand Palace in Brussels, …

Tags:Back Panel| Barco| Cinema Projection| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 38| Volume 21

AMD Has “Teradici Without Chips”

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AMD was showing how its professional graphics boards can support UltraHD and the firm was demonstrating the FirePro W9100 GPU card running dual Dell 3840 x 2160 displays, although up to three can be …

Tags:Events| IBC 2014| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 38| Volume 21

ViXS Bullish on UltraHD and HEVC

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Vixs was in a positive mood at IBC, as it had been at CES, as it has currently the “only fully working UltraHD HEVC chip in production”. The XCode 6400 chip is in five …

Tags:Events| IBC 2014| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 38| Volume 21

AOC Spotlights Gaming and Resolution at Gitex

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2014 will mark AOC’s (stand C8-30) second attendance of Gitex Technology Week (12th – 16th October in Dubai). First seen at the PCR Boot Camp this year (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 20), AOC’s …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Gitex 2014| Large Display Monitor| TPV (TP Vision)| Vol 21 - Issue 38| Volume 21

Ingram Micro Chosen by Dell in UK

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Ingram Micro has been chosen by Dell to offer its entire portfolio of products in the UK. Ingram Micro has already been distributing Dell products elsewhere in the world but this is the first …

Tags:Dell| Distributors| Ingram Micro| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 38| Volume 21