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Peerless-AV has appointed Johannes Scholz as its new distribution account manager for the DACH region. Scholz joins Peerless from Ricoh Deutschland, where he looked after sales of the company’s entire solutions portfolio. He also worked at Lexmark, Littlebit Technology and Avnet. In his new role, Scholz will be responsible for growing distributor relationships across DACH.
IHS has released its PriceWise data, which contains an analysis of LCD panel prices in March and April. Notebooks PC brands continued to seek lower prices, even on bundle deals, in March. These deals have already been completed to secure volumes, or receive volumes at short notice. Most panel makers have lowered production of HD … Read more
IHS has released its PriceWise data, which contains an analysis of LCD panel prices in March and April. TVs The earthquake in Taiwan this February (Earthquake Rocks Taiwan Production Base) continues to affect the supply chain. Low production yields for new panels – especially for Korean panel makers, which have adopted thinner glass and new … Read more
S[quadrat] GmbH, a German LED display maker, has developed a series designed to replace outdoor LCD screens. The ‘Ocean’ series complements the existing ‘Sky’ range, which are designed for indoor use. Ocean-series modules are available with 3.9mm, 4.9mm, 6.25mm and 7.8mm pixel pitches. They have a high refresh rate and – says the company – … Read more
Garmin reported Q1 2016 net profit of $103 million, down 8% Yoy from $111 million. Turnover increased 7% YoY to $624 million from $585 million. Despite the contraction in operating margin from 19.1% to 16.6%, the overall improvement across virtually all segments helped maintain the net profit.
LG Display has said that it will invest KRW450 billion ($391.4 million) to build production capacity for flexible OLED displays and lighting panels in South Korea. KRW310 billion ($270 million) will go towards increasing flexible OLED capacity and KRW140 billion ($121.8 million) to building a dedicated OLED lighting production line.
Chromebooks have for some time laboured under the stigma of being known as under-powered devices. There is a reason for this: they are primarily designed for education, which does not require premium processors, and storage largely takes place in the cloud. HP is seeking to change perceptions with the launch of a new model featuring … Read more
Backlight unit (BLU) maker Radiant Opto-Electronics plans to diversify its customer base, relying less upon Apple in the future. This is because Apple is expected to move its iPhone to using OLED displays, which do not require a backlight. Company chairman PJ Wang told an investors’ conference that Radiant does not expect other panel makers … Read more
Asus has denied that it is planning to separate its Open Platform and Systems business groups. These units are responsible for motherboards, graphics cards and monitor and peripheral product lines; and PC, smartphone and tablet product lines, respectively.
The global tablet market fell almost 15% YoY in Q1’16. A combination of the traditional low first quarter and a lack of consumer interest conspired to bring shipments down to 39.6 million units, says IDC. Slate tablets – although still falling – represented 87.6% of all shipments. These devices have now come to symbolise low-end … Read more
Vivitek is preparing for a summer of sport, releasing a projector that is focused on brightness and contrast ratio before the Olympic Games and Euro 2016 football tournament. The H1060 is a DLP model with a six-segment colour wheel (GYRWCB). It is able to display 3D content and features a long (5,000 – 10,000-hour) lamp … Read more
AOC’s new high-end gaming monitor, first in the new AGON line, features high resolution and refresh rate, coupled with a low response time and FreeSync-compatible Adaptive Sync technology. The AG271QX is a 27″ LCD monitor featuring AOC’s Low Input Lag mode. AOC says that this disables post processing including FRC, which means that colour depth … Read more
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