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Acer reported Q2 2016 net profit of NT$538 million ($16.7 million), up from NT$ 46 million ($1.4 million) in the previous quarter. Turnover was NT$56.1 billion ($1.7 billion), down marginally from the previous quarter. The improvement in financials was largely due to currency exchange gains of over NT$900 million ($28.6 million).
Compal’s revenues fell 18.5% MoM and 5.3% YoY in July, to NT$56.9 billion ($1.8 billion). Year-to-date revenues were down 11.1% at NT$406.5 billion ($13 billion). The company shipped 2.4 million notebooks in July and 18 million in the first seven months of the year. It also shipped 190,000 LCD TVs, up from 160,000 in June. … Read more
Charter Communications, Inc. has released its first half results. The company’s residential video customers declined by 152,000 in Q2’16, compared to a 170,000 fall in Q2’15. At the end of the period, Legacy Charter was virtually fully digital, compared to 60% at Legacy TWC and 40% at Legacy Bright House. Charter ended Q2 with 16.9 … Read more
My Display Daily on August 10th discussed the relationship between HDR10 and Dolby Vision. That evening I attended a High Dynamic Range (HDR) event in New York hosted by Samsung and Insight Media, held in the Samsung 837 venue. Samsung is in the HDR10 camp and there was little discussion of Dolby Vision or the … Read more
Many years ago a Japanese company named Sony set out to revolutionize the world with a new take on consumer electronics products. They invented new product categories and created stellar devices that to this day are often used by analysts to show how new products can capture the imagination of the consumer. Just remember the … Read more
Leading consumer electronics company Meizu introduced its M3E smartphone at a product launch event in Beijing on August 10, the latest in its growing list of M Series releases. Targeted at young professionals, the M3E emphasizes three key features to cater for the upgraded habits of a new generation of users, namely: Great design and … Read more
VIZIO, Inc. announced today a new firmware update (v2.0.13.13) across its VIZIO SmartCast P-Series and M-Series Ultra HD HDR Home Theater Displays that enables support for the HDR10 format specification on HDR Blu-ray players. While both P- and M-Series collections launched with Dolby Vision content support out of the box, the HDR10 update expands compatibility … Read more
Planar, a Leyard company and global leader in display and digital signage technology and Leyard, a global leader in visualization products, today announced that its portfolio of large format 4K LCD displays, including the Planar® UltraRes™ Series and Planar® EP Series, has obtained the highly sought after 4K certification from Crestron Electronics. The Crestron® 4K … Read more
Not long after China Joy (China Digital Entertainment Expo & Conference ) ended, Deepoon VR announced that it signed a strategic cooperative agreement with another Chinese VR developer G-wearables to achieve a win-win situation based on joint effort and through cooperation of software, hardware and content. The sense of immersion in VR games not only … Read more
Sony will host a ‘lamp vs laser’ webinar on projectors on the 7th September. Hosted by product manager Rob Meakin, the event will cover topics such as an overview of the projector market; an explanation of Sony’s core projection technologies (SXRD, etc); Sony’s 2016 projector line-up; and a Q&A session. Click here to register.
Electronic paper company Visionect has developed an electronic label for museum exhibits, called the Amlabel Digital Gallery Display. The first museum to trial the device is the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston. The Amlabel is available in 6″ and 9.7″ sizes. Content can be managed through a CMS, and power consumption is low enough … Read more
China’s Meizu has launched a new device in its M series targeting young professionals. Because of this, the M3E is geared more towards the high end than other products in the range. The focus is on design; fast charging; and powerful cameras. An aluminium alloy chassis and 2.5D glass are used to make the phone … Read more
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