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DVB-T2 Reaches 2.2 million Households in Germany

Since its launch on 29th March, the German DVB-T2/HEVC platform has reached 2.2 million households. Some 1.7 million households have opted ...

LG Advises on ‘Wallpaper’ TV Installation

LG has released a video showing how to mount one of its 65″ ‘wallpaper’ OLED TVs which has now started to ...

Multitaction Shows Off iWall

At DSE 2015 MultiTaction showed a 12 screen curved wall with 2D barcode reading capabilities based on its IR technology MultiTaction ...

Previewing ISTE 2016

The annual ISTE conference is rapidly approaching, convening in the last week of June in my own home town of Denver, ...

UltraHD Readiness Increases Worldwide

52 countries have connection speeds capable of supporting UltraHD services (above 15Mbps), according to Akamai’s Q3 State of the Internet report. ...

Consumer Technology Association Signs on as 20th Sponsor of The Recycling Partnership

The Recycling Partnership is pleased to announce that the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)™, formerly the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)®, has just ...

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Another Inflection Point for Samsung

by Bob Raikes

There was no question about the Samsung story going on the front page. I regularly talk about ‘inflection points’. Cinema is at one this week. At Infocomm in 2015, one of the LED suppliers …

Tags:Cinema| Editorial| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 24 - Issue 13

Samsung Surprises with LED at Cinemacon

by Bob Raikes

Samsung has taken the large display industry by surprise by announcing at Cinemacon, a plan to enter the cinema market using small pitch LED displays instead of projection. Samsung’s HDR LED cinema screen. Image: …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED Cinema| Samsung| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 24 - Issue 13

Samsung Proposing Dual Width Panels

by Bob Raikes

Samsung has been showing around some new LCD panels including a 49″ ‘double’ panel that has a 32:9 aspect ratio. We heard that the radius is 1800mm and resolution would be 3840 x 1080. …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| LCD Panels| Samsung Display| Vol 24 - Issue 14

LG Starts Shipping its G6 Smartphone

by Alan Spencer

LG’s G6 has an 18:9 displayThe LG has started initial shipping of the G6 smartphone to North America, Asia, Europe and South America. The initial rollout was to South Korea, where LG is based. …

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 14

Kopin Signs OLED Micro-Display Production Capacity Agreements

by Alan Spencer

In an agreement to cover the high demand for micro-displays, Kopin’s Lightning OLED micro-displays will be produced at Olightek’s fabrication plant in China until the joint purchase of a new OLED line is installed …

Tags:Kopin| Microdisplays| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 14

Samsung Galaxy J3 Pro Released in India

by Alan Spencer

Samsung has introduced the J3 Pro smartphone, which is an entry-level device that features a 5″ 720×1280 AMOLED display, a 1.5Ghz quad-core CPU, 2GB of RAM, 16Gb of storage and a microSD slot. The …

Tags:India| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 14

Worldwide End-User Spending on Devices to Grow 2% This Year

by Alan Spencer

PC, ultramobile and mobile users are spending higher amounts on new devices resulting in growth in end-user spending in 2017. Gartner has estimated that end-user spending will increase by 2% this year, to nearly …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| PCs| Smartphones| tablets| Vol 24 - Issue 14

Japan Tablet Shipments Experience Fall for the First Time

by Alan Spencer

While tablets shipments in Japan fell by 9.8% last year, Apple’s iPad still dominates the market. There were 8.51 million tablets shipped in Japan last year, which was a fall of 9.8% compared to …

Tags:Japan| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 24 - Issue 13

HTC sees increased March revenues

by Jasmine Kang Sodha

HTC Corporation announced unaudited consolidated revenue for March 2017 of NT$5.20 billion ($171 million), and total unaudited consolidated revenue from January to March 2017 of NT$14.53 billion ($478.1 million). The March revenue increased 11.3% …

Tags:Financial Data| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 14

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Apple Orders 70 million OLED Panels from Samsung Display

by Alan Spencer

Apple has ordered 70 million small-size curved OLED displays from Samsung Display for use in the new iPhone 8, according to Korea-based, Chosun Biz and ET News. The contract is believed to be a …

Tags:Apple| Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung Display| Vol 24 - Issue 14

ODG Announces Hazardous Location Certified Smartglasses

by Norbert Hildebrand

The Osterhout Design Group announced a new augmented reality headset that allows the user to work in ‘extreme environments’. You can think of it as a ruggedized version of the well known R7 headset. …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 13

Shanhai Capital Completes Acquisition of Analogix Semiconductor

by Bob Raikes

Analogix Semiconductor, Inc. and Beijing Shanhai Capital Management Co, Ltd. (Shanhai Capital), today jointly announced the completion of the approximately $500 million acquisition of Analogix Semiconductor. China Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund Co., Ltd. …

Tags:Analogix| Mergers & Acquisitions