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Sharp Shuns Samsung TV Panel Business

The Nikkei and the Japan Times report that Foxconn has decided that Sharp should stop supplying panels to Samsung’s TV business ...

IDTechEx Research: Microdisplays enabling the AR-VR smartglasses revolution

If the buzz at CES is any indication of things to come (and it usually is), 2016 is expected to be ...

Pegatron Posts Increased Turnover

Pegatron saw April turnover of NT$82.01 billion ($2.7 billion), a rise of 26% YoY, bringing revenue for the first four months ...

IHS Updates 4k Forecast, Warns on 8k

Paul Gray of IHS spoke recently at the Hollywood IT Society and Media & Entertainment Services Alliance conference in London, saying ...

Pegatron Ready for Surface Phone

The Chinese language Commercial Times said that Pegatron is preparing to make trial production runs of a new Surface phone from ...

Asus Brings 240Hz to Computex

When we covered Asus’ presence at Computex last week (Asus is Firmly in Phablets), we missed out on some of the ...

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Sharp Has Plans for Colour

by Tom Allen

Sharp has pushed two of its large-format products, introduced at ISE (Sharp Enjoying the Big Pad), to market: the 70″ Big Pad PN-70TW3 and 80″ PN-H801. The Big Pad is Sharp’s first interactive (10-point …

Tags:Colour Quality| Infrared Touch| Interactive Displays| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| sharp| VA (Vertical Align)| Vol 23 - Issue 10| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

CTA Begins Unveiled in Prague

by Tom Allen

The CTA has announced that CES Unveiled will return to Paris for the fourth consecutive year, in preparation for CES 2017 (5th – 8th January). A new event, CES Unveiled Prague, has also been …

Tags:Back Panel| CTA (was CEA)| Europe| Events| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 10

COO Leaving Ingram

by Tom Allen

Ingram Micro’s president and COO, Paul Read, has decided to leave the company. This is because the buyout by HNA (HNA Group to Acquire Ingram Micro) disrupts his aim to succeed Alain Monié as …

Tags:Ingram Micro| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Vol 23 - Issue 10

Udo Sekulla Joins LG Germany

by Tom Allen

From the start of April, Udo Sekulla will take on the position of director of sales and marketing (mobile communications) at LG Germany. Sekulla most recently served as a division manager at Komsa Kommunikation …

Tags:Germany| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Vol 23 - Issue 10

VR Takes Over GDC 2016

by Tom Allen

The Game Developers’ Conference took place in San Francisco this month. With the advances in virtual reality, this event is becoming ever more relevant to display makers. AMD estimates that it has an 83% …

Tags:AMD| Events| Game Playing| Gamer| GPUs| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| HTC| Imagination Tech| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| PlayStation| sony| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 10| xBox

CEE PCs Decline for Third Year

by Tom Allen

2015 was one of the worst years on record for the PC market in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Shipments declined in double-digits (26.2%) for the third consecutive year, to 13.7 million units, according …

Tags:Europe| IDC| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| Vol 23 - Issue 10

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Acer Rises and Falls

by Tom Allen

Acer ended February with consolidated net revenues of NT$16.2 billion ($492.6 million), up 1.9% MoM but down 21.7% YoY. Cumulative revenues were NT$32 billion ($973 million), down 26.1% YoY.

Tags:Acer| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 10

Foxconn is Flat

by Tom Allen

Foxconn Electronics reported a 16.9% MoM fall in February revenues, but a 0.2% climb YoY. Consolidated revenues were NT$280.6 billion ($8.5 billion). Year-to-date revenues were NT$618.3 billion ($18.8 billion), down 8.6% YoY. The firm …

Tags:Financial Data| Foxconn (Honhai)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 10

Lattice and MediaTek Want to Drive 4K Video over USB Type-C

by Chris Chinnock

USB is probably the most ubiquitous wired connector worldwide and the addition of the new Type-C version is opening it up to incredible new capabilities. With 24 contact points and 10 configurable conductors (see …

Tags:Lattice Semiconductor (Silicon Image)| Mediatek| UltraHD & 4K| USB| Vol 23 - Issue 10

Ang Lee’s HFR Film Previewed at NAB

by Tom Allen

Director Ang Lee’s next project – which he announced at CinemaCon 2015 would be shot at 120fps – will be previewed at NAB in April. The film, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, will also …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| 4k| HDR - High Dynamic Range| HFR - High Frame Rate| Large Display Monitor| NAB 2016| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 10

Gaming Hardware Will Grow This Year

by Tom Allen

The value of the worldwide market for gaming hardware will pass $140 billion in 2019, according to a Jon Peddie Research presentation made at the Game Developer Conference 2016. After shrinking slightly in 2015 …

Tags:Consoles| Game Playing| Jon Peddie Research (JPR)| Large Display Monitor| PCs| Vol 23 - Issue 10