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DSCC Releases Latest OLED Forecast

by Damir Lokas

DSCC released the forecast slides for the Q1’18 issue of its Quarterly OLED Shipment and Fab Utilization Report and said that it has revised the outlook for 2018 down by 22%, but still expects …

“4DX With Screenx” to Make Worldwide Debut at Cinemacon 2018, Opening a New Chapter in Cinematic Innovation

by Damir Lokas

CJ 4DPLEX, the world’s leading 4D company, is launching “4DX with ScreenX” to create the next revolution of immersive cinema. A combination of the fast-growing 4DX and ScreenX cinema formats, the new concept is …

TCO Certified Releases Generation 8 Criteria Drafts

by Andrew Fenn

The criteria draft of TCO Certified Generation 8 is available now and open for stakeholder comment until May 31st. According to the company’s announcement, it has “made several changes to the criteria documents, making …

Lenovo Sees Double Digit Year-Over-Year Growth in Worldwide PC Monitor Market in Fourth Quarter of 2017, Says IDC

by Damir Lokas

Worldwide monitor shipments totaled 31.7 million units in the fourth quarter of 2017 (4Q17), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly PC Monitor Tracker. “The fourth quarter of 2017 was a strong …

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IDC: Lenovo Sees Double Digit Year-on-Year Growth in Worldwide PC Monitor Market in 2017 Q4

by Andrew Fenn

Worldwide monitor shipments totalled 31.7 million units in the fourth quarter of 2017, according to IDC. Senior research analyst Maura Fitzgerald said: “The fourth quarter of 2017 was a strong one for monitors, posting …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| IDC| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Vol 25 - Issue 11

IDC: APeJ Mobile Spending Expected to Be Over $540.7 Billion in 2018

by Andrew Fenn

Spending on mobility solutions in the Asia Pacific excluding Japan region (APeJ) is expected to grow 5.3% year-on-year in 2018, reaching more than $540.7 billion, according to IDC. This growth is expected to continue …

Tags:Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 11

UltraHD Projector Market is Growing Well

by Bob Raikes

We saw a quote in an Asian source that reported a forecast that 4K home cinema projector sales will grow from 80,000 in 2017 to 680,000 in 2021. The source of the data wasn’t …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Projectors| UltraHD| Vol 25 - Issue 11

Acer Improves with PC & Display Focus

by Bob Raikes

Acer reached sales of NT$237.28 billion ($8.1 billion) in 2017, up 2%, while it moved back into profit at NT$2.82 billion ($96.4 million), a turnaround from a loss in 2016. The company has seen …

Tags:Acer| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 12

Google To Buy Lytro

by Bob Raikes

Google is buying light field pioneer company, Lytro for a deal that is reported to be somewhere between $25 million and $40 million although one report claims that Google is getting only the assets …

Lampix Developing a Tabletop AR System

by Arthur Berman

Lampix (with offices in New York, NY and San Francisco, CA) is developing an “interactive tabletop augmented reality system that uses machine learning and blockchain-based image sourcing to recognize, reveal and react to the …

Tags:Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Interactive Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 11

India to Enter the Mixed Reality Headset Market

by Arthur Berman

Dimension NXG Pvt. Ltd. (Mumbai, India) is developing what the company claims is India’s first locally designed mixed reality headset. The product will be called the AjnaLens. The headset is pictured in the figure …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mixed Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 11

Samsung Debuts 3D Cinema LED Screen in Switzerland

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung has introduced its 3D Cinema LED screen at Arena Cinemas’ Sihlcity theater in Switzerland. Designed and installed with the help of Imaculix AG, the 3D-ready variation of Samsung’s Cinema LED screen is designed …

Tags:3D Cinema| Large Display Monitor| LED Cinema| Samsung| Vol 25 - Issue 11