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PMA has published its data for large (50″+) displays sold in the USA, for June. Sharp led the 70″-79″ professional display category with its LC-70LE661U, followed by NEC’s E705. Samsung’s DM75E and ED75E took third and fourth place, respectively, while LG’s 79UX340C was in fifth. The 50″-59″ professional displays list was topped by NEC, with … Read more
Nintendo reported net profit of 24.5 billion yen ($233.9 million), compared to a net profit of 8.2 billion yen ($78.2 million) in the same quarter previous year. Turnover for the period was 61 billion yen ($582.5 million), down 31.3% YoY from 90.2 billion yen ($861.3 million). Earnings declined primarily on account of weaker hardware and … Read more
LeEco (formerly LeTV) of China has announced a definitive agreement to acquire US TV brand Vizio, for $2 billion. LeEco will operate the Vizio hardware and software business as a wholly-owned subsidiary. Vizio’s data business, Inscape, will be spun out and operated independently. “Acquiring Vizio is an important step in our globalization strategy and building … Read more
Celestica reported Q2 2016 net profit of $36.2 million, up nearly 50% YoY from $24.2 million. Turnover was $1.49 billion, up 5% YoY from $1.41 billion. For the six month period, net profit was $79.4 million, up 6% YoY from $74.7 million. Turnover for the period was $2.8 billion, up 4.5% YoY from $2.7 billion. … Read more
Intel reported Q2 2016 net profit of $1.3 billion, down 51% YoY from $2.7 billion. Turnover was $13.5 billion, up 3% YoY from $13.2 billion. Nearly all segments were down with the exception of the Programmable Solutions Group, which was up 30% sequentially.
With the arrival of summer, BenQ has released a DLP projector designed to be taken on camping trips. The GS1 can be linked to a smartphone via Bluetooth to play streamed content (video or just audio), and has a three hour battery life, with a replaceable battery. Measuring 139 x 146 x 65.7mm and weighing … Read more
Apple reported Q3 2016 net profit of $7.8 billion, down 27% YoY from $10.7 billion. Turnover was $42.4 billion, down 15% YoY from $49.6 billion. The quarter saw record-breaking App Store turnover. Analyst Comment Although Apple’s figures were down, they were more positive than most analysts had anticipated. The low-cost iPhone SE proved especially popular, … Read more
Computer graphics event Siggraph is ongoing at the time of writing, and several announcements have been made by both AMD and Nvidia. Unlike previous years, virtual reality was a focus of the 2016 show. AMD showed off three new workstation graphics cards – the first significant update to the lineup since 2014. The WX 7100, … Read more
Irdeto, a digital platform security specialist and analyst firm SNL Kagan have released a report covering global UltraHD video. The report (‘A Clearer Picture of Growth: 2016 Global 4K UHD Industry Survey’) finds that 64% of video service providers and 73% of content producers believe that consumers would pay 10-30% more to receive UHD content. … Read more
Partner Tech, a German POS vendor, has chosen Ingram Micro as its first pan-European distributor. Ingram will distribute in the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
Just over a year since Samsung announced production of transparent OLED displays – and two months since the first customer was announced (Korean Hair Salon is First User of SDC’s Mirror OLEDs) – the company has decided not to proceed with production. The news was first broken by TechRadar, which said that there was not … Read more
LG has confirmed that it will move its European HQ from London and Ratingen, near Dusseldorf, to Eschborn in Germany. All employees who are willing to move with the company will be able to. The first employees will move to the new 9,500m² space in Eschborn by the end of the year, and the move … Read more
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