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Sony Forms BIG to Accelerate Time-to-Market

Sony’s Future Lab Program is also part of the BIGSony has formed the ‘Business Incubation Group’ – a division to bring together its new concept design and technology products under a single umbrella in the USA and Canada. The BIG comprises several business hubs, including Life Space UX, SmartEyeglass and Digital Paper.

Canon Honoured for Environmental Friendliness

Canon has received the 2016 Energy Star “Partner of the Year – Product Brand Owner Award” from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by manufacturing energy-efficient products. Canon’s accomplishments relating to ENERGY STAR will be celebrated at a special event held in Washington D.C. on 13th … Read more

AGC to Expand its Supply System

Asahi Glass (AGC) has announced that it intends to strengthen its system to supply cover glass for car-mounted displays at its subsidiary AGC Display Glass Yonezawa Co., citing strong demand. This glass is a strengthend variant of AGC’s Dragontrail product. Operation of the expanded facilities is expected to begin this April.

First-ever Philips 5K Display: UltraClear Resolution and Professional Colour

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MMD, the leading technology company and brand license partner for Philips Monitors, announces a new display with UltraClear 5K resolution – the first 5K display in the line-up. With 14.7 million pixels (5,120 x 2,880), the Philips 275P4VYKEB display with 5K resolution packs four times as many pixels as Quad HD, and over 50 percent … Read more

Epson, InFocus and Aaxa Lead in February

PMA Research has announced the top-selling projectors in the USA in February. The company divides the results into three categories: ‘pico and personal’, ‘mainstream’ and ‘4,000+ lumen’. The February results showed Epson topping the 4,000+ lumen category with a pair of models: the Powerlite 4770W in first place and the Powerlite 1940W in third. Hitachi … Read more

Acer Result 24/03/2016

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Acer reported Q4 net profit of NT$237 million ($7.2 million). Turnover was NT$68.38 billion ($2.07 billion). For the full year 2015, net profit was NT$604 million ($18.3 million) on turnover of NT$263.78 billion ($7.98 billion), down 20% YoY. Higher sales of the ‘Predator’ gaming brand helped improve the company’s position in the LCD display market.

Beamr Acquires Vanguard

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Israeli company Beamr, a specialist in video compression whom we have reported on before, has announced that it is acquiring California-based Vanguard Video. Vanguard is a supplier of H.264 and HEVC codec technologies. Beamr’s compression algorithm will be integrated into Vanguard’s encoder solutions. The firm says that the result will be high levels of video … Read more

Sony to Launch UHD-HDR Streaming Service

Following its first announcement at CES 2016, Sony’s new “Ultra” movie streaming service will be launched on the 4th April. The movie service will launch on Sony’s 2015 and 2016 Android TVs in the USA, where films will be available for purchase in UltraHD quality. Some will also be available in HDR and with a … Read more

AOC Shows Gaming Prowess at PCR Boot Camp

AOC will take part in the annual PCR Boot Camp, which will be held at the Emirates Stadium, London on the 18th May. The firm will show off four of its newest monitors: the C3583FQ, I2481FXH, U2879VF and Q3277PQU. A special promotion will also be offered to delegates – details will be confirmed in the … Read more