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Sony Brings 4K HDR Capability to its VPL-VW320ES Home Projector

Following on from the arrival of the first 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray film releases by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Sony is ...

Acer Loses UK Manager

Acer’s UK country manager, Gavin Parrish, is reported to have left the company after just five months in the role (Acer ...

Ignis Signs Patent License With LGD

Ignis Innovation has signed a patent license agreement with LG Display, covering its circuit technology for use in OLED displays. The ...

New MediaTek SoC Selected to Power ASUS ZenPad Tablet

MediaTek today announced its new MT8176 system-on-chip was selected to power the recently released ASUS ZenPad 3S 10. MediaTek’s feature-rich SoC ...

Wall Equips Leipzig with City Screens

Wall of Germany, a local affiliate of JCDecaux, has installed seven free-standing digital city information systems in Leipzig, Germany. The systems ...

4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Specs are Great but is it too Late?

Victor Matsuda, chairman of the Blu-ray Disc Association, has discussed the upcoming UltraHD Blu-ray standard and what it will offer over ...

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Lenovo Deluge Led by OLED Notebook

by Bob Raikes

We met up with Lenovo twice at the show – once during the CES Unveiled event before the show started and also at the Aquaknox restaurant in the Venetian that the firm had rented …

Tags:AMOLED| CES 2016| Convertible PCs| Embedded Pico Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 02

LG’s Signature is Pure and Gimmick-Free

by Tom Allen

William Cho, president and CEO of LG USA, opened the company’s press conference on the 5th January – traditionally the first display-related presentation of the show. He described LG’s theme this year (‘Innovation for …

Tags:CES 2016| Curved Displays| Desktop Monitors| DLP Projectors| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED TVs| Smartphones| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 02

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Germany: Apple Raises iPhone Prices

by Tom Allen

Apple has raised the price of its iPhone in Germany. The company, along with Samsung and other smartphone makers, agreed to pay a fee of €5-€7 for each phone or tablet imported to the …

Tags:Apple| Germany| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Pricing| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 01

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Acer Signs New LATAM Deals

by Tom Allen

Acer has announced that Bahamas Telecommunications and Ecuador’s Corporacion Nacional de Telecomunicaciones will now sell its smartphones and wearables in Latin America.

Tags:Acer| LATAM| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 01

Vizio Predicts “Tenfold” Increase in 4k Content

by Tom Allen

Matt McRae, CTO of Vizio, has predicted that 2016 will be a bigger year for UltraHD content than any previous one. There has been a “tenfold” increase in the amount of programming available in …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Movies & Content| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vizio| Vol 23 - Issue 01

Thanks to all….

by Bob Raikes

I’m finalising this issue as we close in on the New Year celebrations. After about a week of family visits and entertaining – I think I’m looking forward to some peace and quiet, although …

Tags:Editorial| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 52

Warner Announces First UHD Blu-ray Titles

by Isaac Oburu

To coincide with the availability of Ultra HD Blu-ray™ players in the marketplace in early 2016, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will be offering four titles on Ultra HD Blu-ray at initial launch showcasing 4K …

Tags:Blu-ray| UltraHD

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AUO To Boost Capacity by 5% in Q1

by Bob Raikes

Reports from Taiwan have said that AUO’s 8.5G fab in Houli, is due to add around 25K to 30K substrates per month from the first quarter of 2016 – representing around a 5% boost …

Tags:AUO| Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| LCD Fabs| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 52

Automotive Display Systems to Grow to $18.6 billion by 2021

by Bob Raikes

IHS said that the value of the market for automotive display systems will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of more than 11% to $18.6 billion by the end of 2021, adding …

Tags:Automotive| IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 52

UHD to Exceed 40% of TV Panels

by Bob Raikes

Electronics360 reported on the change in UHD panel shipments with a very nice infographic. The article quoted IHS as saying that UHD TV panel demand will reach 67 million units in 2016, 67% up …

Tags:IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 52