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Japanese media sources have said that Foxconn has made an offer of ¥625 billion ($5.3 billion) for Sharp (for previous coverage, see Hon Hai Linked to Sharp Buyout). The Japanese government is concerned about allowing the company to come under foreign control. Sharp is due to review a lower offer from the Innovation Network Corporation … Read more
New Vision Display, in the USA, has acquired OSD Displays: a provider of custom OLED, TFT and STN screens. Going forward, OSD will continue to serve its existing customers as a division of NVD.
Iiyama has entered the market of wide-screen gaming monitors, with the snappily-named XUB3490WQSU-B1: a 34″ display with 3440 x 1440 (21:9) resolution. The main selling point of the display is, of course, its size. The monitor will provide gamers with a wide field of view, as well as providing users with more desktop space for … Read more
AMD reported net loss for Q4 2015 at $102 million, down 72% YoY from $364 million. Turnover for the period was $958 million, also down 23% YoY from $1.24 billion. For the full year 2015, net loss was $660 million, up 36% YoY from $403 million. Turnover for the period was down 28% YoY at … Read more
We have heard of a new TV line from Grundig called ‘Immensa’, which will be the company’s premium models for this year. The flagship is the Vision 9, an UltraHD TV with HDR and a frameless design. Two triple tuners are built in, along with SAT>IP technology; this is capable of distributing a satellite signal … Read more
According to Taiwan’s MIC, large-area LCD panel (defined as those used in notebook PCs, monitors and TVs) shipments rose 1.7% QoQ in Q3’15, to 148.4 million units. LCD TV panels had the highest growth at 3.1%, followed by LCD monitors (0.9%) and notebook PCs (0.1%). As well as enjoying the highest growth rate, LCD TV … Read more
In its recent finance results, Netflix announced that it almost passed 75 million users in 2015. The year ended with 74.76 million customers, representing 17 million net additions. Netflix predicts 6 million new members will join in Q1’16.
Arm of Cambridge in the UK, has announced the Mali DP650 display processor which can support multiple composition layers for graphics and video at 1920 x 1080 resolution, while avoiding a big impact on battery life, according to Mark Dickinson, general manager, media processing group, ARM. The device has been optimised for 2560 x 1440 … Read more
Intel Corporation today unveiled a range of technological innovations that are driving new retail experiences for consumers and enabling retailers to better understand and connect with customers. The solutions feature popular brands including Boulanger*, Brooks Brothers*, Coop*, Levi Strauss & Co.*, and Nordstrom*. The company also announced the Intel® Retail Sensor Platform, the first vertical … Read more
The ritual of kissing your diamond ring and touching it to the display before you play is thought to bring luck to slot machine players in some countries – but doesn’t do much for the touchscreens on the games. Global Monitor, Mexico’s leading specialist supplier of screens to the casino game cabinet industry, has standardised … Read more
Displaydata, the world’s number one supplier of three-color Electronic Shelf Labels (ESLs), today announced the launch of its new three-color (black, paper white and red) Chroma 16 and 74 ESLs, in addition to the new Aura 29 BLE display with Dynamic Central, the company’s enterprise-wide remote manage suite. Displaydata will demo its new solutions in … Read more
While virtual reality (VR) is not a new technology in concept and can trace its origins back to the 1950s, the past few years have witnessed a golden era of investment and product development in the sector, and highly-capable head-mounted displays (HMDs) are now on the verge of commercial deployment. VR offerings from Oculus, HTC, … Read more
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