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Vestel to Supply Flight Information Display Systems for World’s Largest Airport.

Just months after fulfilling the world’s largest tender for the distribution of interactive flat panels displays (the Fatih Project), AV giant, ...

Practical 4K for Pro AV

4k video is here, along with most of the components required to implement it in a professional AV application. That doesn’t ...

Fove Showcases New Design for VR Headset

Fove showed designs for a new VR headset at Siggraph last month. The concept has a head strap and cable-management system ...

Christie Apex Exends to 0.9mm

Christie has added to the Velvet Apex Series line of products with the launch of the Apex 0.96mm LED video wall ...

Barco Showcases Range of Laser Projectors

Barco did not introduce any new cinema projectors at CinemaCon, but it was showing its full range with several demo set-ups ...

MEA PC Market Returns to Growth…

After seven quarters of year on year declines, the Middle East and Africa PC market returned to growth in Q2, posting ...

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Panel Prices Trend Down at Year-End

by Tom Allen

IHS has released its PriceWise panel pricing data for November. Monitors Mainstream (sub-22″) monitor panel prices dropped by $0.50 – $0.80, due to aggressive promotions by Chinese suppliers. The decline was higher in large …

Tags:IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| LCD Panels| Pricing| Vol 22 - Issue 49

Small iPhone Rocks the Boat

by Tom Allen

Ming-chi Kuo, an analyst at KGI Securities (with a better-than-average record for Apple predictions) has said that a new 4″ iPhone will be launched in 2016. The phone, apparently called the 6C, will be …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 49

‘Super IGZO’ Lowers Power Draw

by Tom Allen

Android Headlines claims that Sharp is to introduce a new type of panel called ‘Super IGZO’, to compete with high-end LCD and AMOLED smartphone displays. The new panels use an improved version of Sharp’s …

Tags:IGZO| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| sharp| Vol 22 - Issue 49

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INCJ Considers JDI/Sharp Merger

by Tom Allen

The Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ) could split Sharp’s LCD business off into a new subsidiary of Japan Display (JDI), according to Japan’s Mainichi. Both organisations have previously been linked to a takeover …

Tags:Japan Display Inc (JDI)| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| sharp| Vol 22 - Issue 49

Vimeo Follows 4k Uploads With Streaming

by Tom Allen

VoD platform Vimeo has begun to roll out UltraHD content for streaming to all users, following the introduction of an upload and download service last year. Initially only available through a browser, the feature …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Streaming Video| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 22 - Issue 49

Millenials Affect Pay-TV Market, Says Gartner

by Tom Allen

Gartner’s Derek O’Donnell has shared the company’s predictions for the pay-TV market ahead of CES 2016. Gartner predicts that worldwide end-user spending on video media services will reach $316 billion next year: a 6% …

Tags:CES 2016| Gartner| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Vol 22 - Issue 49

Foxconn Chair Supports Tariff Elimination

by Tom Allen

Terry Gou, chairman of Foxconn, has said that the Chinese government should drop tariffs on LCD products shipped from Taiwan, from 5% to 0%. Korean makers do not pay these tariffs, so such a …

Tags:China| Foxconn (Honhai)| Large Display Monitor| Taiwan| Vol 22 - Issue 49

Tricolor Brings UHD to Russia

by Tom Allen

An UltraHD package is now being broadcast by Tricolor TV in Russia. Subscribers to Tricolor get access to the two channels, which consists of films, documentaries, sports and entertainment programmes, at no extra cost. …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Russia| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 22 - Issue 49

Freeview Play comes to Panasonic PVR and Blu-Ray products

by Isaac Oburu

Perfectly timed to make watching what you want, when you want, easier than ever this Christmas, Panasonic is pleased to announce that its customers will now be able to enjoy Freeview Play on its …

Tags:Blue Light| Panasonic| PVRs (DVRs) Personal Digital Video Recorders| UK (United Kingdom)

Are Augmented- and Virtual Reality Threatening Cinema?

by Norbert Hildebrand

In the recent article ‘Cinematically Immersive Environments’ published by Michael Goldman, in SMPTE Newswatch, November 2015 #2, he discusses the opportunities that augmented reality may bring to the cinema environment. The article quotes Peter …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Cinema| Cinema going| Projectors| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 49