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Realtek March Revenues Rise 12%

Realtek Semiconductor announced March 2017 revenue of NT$3.42 billion ($111.7 million)and FY17 Q1 revenue of NT$9.98 billion ($111.7 million). The March ...

Apple Looking to Update MacBook Models

It has been reported by Bloomberg, that Apple is about to release updated MacBook and MacBook Pro models. Apple could announce ...

FilmOn Surprises with Legal Win on TV Streaming

There has been an ongoing debate in the US about the re-transmission of free-to-air (FTA) content by companies that have wanted ...

BenQ Boasts of 100% sRGB Coverage

BenQ claims 100% sRGB colour coverage on its new Colorific DLP projector, the HC1200. A test pattern is embedded for more ...

Gagnon Warns on Inelastic Market for Large TVs (IC7)

In a talk over lunch, Paul Gagnon of IHS gave a good talk on TV trends. He was very interesting on ...

Xilinx Has Advantages for UltraHD and 8K

We stopped by the Xilinx booth. The company makes FPGAs (programmable chips) and has been on our radar for a couple ...

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Gartner Expects Device Growth in 2018

by Bob Raikes

Gartner has revised its forecast for device shipments and now expects device markets to grow by 2.0% in 2018, an improvement over the last two years. The company quoted its online end-user survey as …

Tags:Forecasts| Gartner| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| Smartphone Market| Vol 24 - Issue 39

Xiaomi Aiming for 90 Million Smartphone Shipments in 2017

by Andrew Fenn

Xiaomi has another target that it wants to achieve before the year is out. Following a statement earlier this month that Xiaomi is aiming to ship 30 million smartphones in the fourth quarter, CEO …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 39| Xiaomi

VR and Cinema – a Natural Fit?

by Norbert Hildebrand

In a recent press release, AMC Entertainment Holding Inc. and Dreamscape Immersive announced a partnership to bring VR experiences to the cinema complex. While this sounds like a natural fit at the first glance, …

Tags:Cinema| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 40

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Barco First European Company to Achieve China WMT Recognition

by Andrew Fenn

Barco has become the first CQC-authorised European company—and only the second company outside China—to be recognised by the country’s Witnessed Manufacturing Testing (WMT) program. This means that Barco will now be able to fast-track …

Tags:Barco| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 39

Cinemark Theaters First on Board With Digital Lobby Experience

by Andrew Fenn

The One Network Alliance Digital Lobby Experience, a partnership between Barco and Vision Media, will make its debut this month. The Digital Lobby Experience will feature large-scale digital banners, vertical display systems and digital …

Tags:Back Panel| Barco| Cinema| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 39

Oculus Launches Business Rift

by Andrew Fenn

Oculus for Business, described as “a new, professional Rift bundle designed just for businesses” has been launched. The bundle includes the Rift device, Oculus Touch controllers, three sensors and three facial interfaces, as well …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus Rift| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 39

LDM Vol 24 Issue 39 Product Round-up

by Bob Raikes

DVIGear has some new DisplayPort 1.4 active optic cables that can support data rates up to 32.4Gbps and are HDCP2.2 compliant for resolutions of 8K (30Hz 4:4:4) up to 50 metres and 4K/60p (4:4:4) …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| DisplayPort| Fibre optics| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Infrared Touch| Interactive Displays| Large Display Monitor| Test Equipment| Vol 24 - Issue 39

Digital Billboards Win In Court

by Damir Lokas

The US Supreme Court today denied Scenic America’s appeal of its failed legal attack on digital billboards, ending a four-year legal battle. “A decade ago, a federal agency responded to questions from States – …

SiliconCore LED Screens at New Exelon Tower in Baltimore

by Andrew Fenn

Exelon has employed the services of LED display manufacturer SilconCore, alongside consultants CallisonRTKL and integrator Mauell, to create an eye-catching, modern display solution for its new $160 million Exelon Tower at Harbor Point in …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| SiliconCore| Vol 24 - Issue 39

NVX 200 is an Apple Watch Peripheral

by Bob Raikes

We spotted a new and unusual peripheral the other day, a ‘peripheral phone’ for the Apple Watch 3. The Watch 3 has an LTE version and the NVX200 connects via Bluetooth and acts as …

Tags:Apple| Apple Watch (iWatch)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 39