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Samsung’s New Galaxy S9+ Has BOM Cost of $376

by Damir Lokas

The Samsung Galaxy S9+ carries a bill of materials (BOM) cost of $375.80, a new IHS Markit teardown shows. But although $43 more than the BOM for the company’s previous “star” smartphone, the Galaxy …

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IHS: AR/VR Consumer Content and Apps Market Hit $3.2 Billion in 2017

by Andrew Fenn

There was good progress in the combined VR/AR market in 2017, as a growing user base invested in more content, apps and out-of-home VR entertainment. The global market for consumer AR/VR content and apps …

Tags:Augmented Reality| IHS Markit| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 14

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Asustek Result 11/04/2018

by Vijaya

Asustek has announced consolidated revenues of $3.38 billion (NT$99 billion) for the first quarter of 2018, down 9% on year. Revenues for March increased to 51% but later dropped by 10% on year to …

Tags:Asus| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 14

Apple Says No New Mac Pro Until 2019

by Andrew Fenn

In an interview with TechCrunch, Apple’s Tom Boger revealed that the new Mac Pro will not be released until next year. “We want to be transparent and communicate openly with our pro community, so …

Tags:Apple| External GPU (eGPU)| Large Display Monitor| PCs| Thunderbolt| Vol 25 - Issue 14

Eizo ColorEdge CG319X DCI-4K Supports HDR

by Bob Raikes

Eizo has a new DCI-4K 31.1″ monitor, the CG319X, which has support for HDR (HLG and PQ curves supported) for high end video and photo editing. Colour support is 98% of DCI-P3 and 99% …

Tags:4K DCI| Colour Critical Monitors| Eizo| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 14| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

Digital TV Research: Global Pay TV to Gain 95 Million Subscribers

by Andrew Fenn

Digital TV Research forecasts 95 million additional pay TV subscribers between 2017 and 2023 to take the global total to 1.1 billion. Based on forecasts for 138 countries, the number of pay TV subscribers …

Tags:IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Pay TV| Satellite| Vol 25 - Issue 14

Lytro Is No More

by Kathleen Maher

One of the tech industry’s most promising startups, Lytro, looks like it’s headed for the dustbin of startups. The news was a little muddled early on with early stories reporting a sale to Google …

Tags:Light Field Cameras| Vol 25 - Issue 14

Small Panel Makers See Monthly Improvement But Down on Year

by Yvette Raikes

Following the shortest month, sales of small and medium panels from the four big panel makers bounced back 10.6% MoM to 97.79 million, but this was down 13.7% YoY. AUO saw March revenue of …

Tags:AUO| CPT| Financial Data| Hannstar (Hannspree)| Innolux| Mobile Display Monitor| Small Medium Panel Supply| Vol 25 - Issue 14

Christie Collaborates with Antycip

by Bob Raikes

Christie was at the show, but as in previous years, it was mainly supporting partners and the main recepient of this support was Antycip, a simulation specialist that was using UST Christie projectors with …

Tags:CAVEs| Christie| Laser Phosphor Projectors| Laval Virtual 2018| Mobile Display Monitor| UST Projectors| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 14

Vizio TVs All have Voice, HDR and FALD

by Bob Raikes

Vizio has announced its 2018 range of TVs, all based on LCD. The P Series is a SmartTV range with a ‘bezelless’ design and supports Dolby Vision with 1,000 cd/m² with sizes of 55″, …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| TVs (TV Sets)| Vizio| Voice Input| Vol 25 - Issue 14

Digi-Capital: AR/VR Start-ups Raised Over $3.6 Billion in Past 12 Months

by Andrew Fenn

Click for higher resolution AR and VR start-ups raised over $3.6 billion in the 12 months preceeding the end of the first quarter of 2018—a new record, according to Digi-Capital. Magic Leap, Niantic, Imporabable …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Investment| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 14

MDM Vol 25 Issue 14 Product Roundup

by Bob Raikes

Dell has introduced new Alienware and G series notebooks for the Chinese market only according to local sources. There are Alienware 15 and 17 notebooks that will use 8th gen Intel core processors and …

Tags:LCD Panels| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Rugged Displays| Vol 25 - Issue 14