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Samsung Launches Galaxy A9 — With Quad-Lens Rear Camera

by Andrew Fenn

Rumours of a new Samsung Galaxy A-series smartphone with a quadruple-lens primary camera have come to fruition, with the official announcement of the Galaxy A9 at a launch event on October 11th. The device …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 39

Eizo Board is Very Rugged

by Bob Raikes

Eizo Rugged Solutions in the US has a new family of graphics cards for harsh environments basd on Nvidia Quadro P2000 chips. They have H.265/H.264 hardware encode/decode capability and provide a minimum 7-year lifecycle …

Tags:Eizo| GPUs| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Rugged Displays| Vol 25 - Issue 39

Gartner: US PC Shipments Declined in the Third Quarter of 2018

by Andrew Fenn

In the US PC market, shipments declined 0.4% compared with the third quarter of 2017, according to Gartner. While desktop shipments were flat, mobile PC shipments slightly declined compared with a year ago. The …

Tags:Gartner| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| Vol 25 - Issue 39

Large Panel Makers See Mixed Fortunes

by Yvette Raikes

Total September shipments from the Taiwanese large panel makers we track were almost flat MoM but up 1% YoY to 21.358 million. AU Optronics saw September sales of NT$27.44 billion ($882 million), down 103% …

Tags:AUO| CPT| Financial Data| Hannstar (Hannspree)| Innolux| Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| Vol 25 - Issue 39

Absen P Lite

LDM Product Roundup Vol 25 #39

by Milos Pavlovic

Absen has launched a new range of LED displays for rental under the ‘PL Lite’ brand in APAC and Latin America. The displays are available in 2.5, 2.9, 3.9 and 4.8mm pixel pitch. The …

Tags:Interactive Displays| Large Display Monitor| Samsung| sharp| Smartphones| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Video over IP (VIP)| Vol 25 - Issue 39

Apple Watch Series 4 Users Report Strong Blue Tint on Display

by Andrew Fenn

Reports are emerging of a small number of consumer complaints regarding a strong blue tint found on the display of the new Apple Watch Series 4 when viewing it at certain angles, said to …

Tags:Apple Watch (iWatch)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Smartwatches| Vol 25 - Issue 39

Microsoft Announces Game Streaming Platform “Project xCloud”

by Andrew Fenn

Microsoft has revealed it is developing a global game-streaming platform, currently called Project xCloud, for Xbox One console gamers and PC users. The service can also be used on a mobile device, using an …

Tags:Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 39| xBox

Digi-Capital: VR/AR Investment Surges in China, Dries Up in US

by Andrew Fenn

A new report from Digi-Capital finds that Chinese computer vision and AR investment surged to $3.9 billion in the last 12 months, while North American AR/VR investment fell from nearly $1.5 billion in the …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Investment| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 39