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Merck Result 27/10/2015

Merck reported Q3 2015 net profit of $1.8 billion, compared to $895 million, up over 100% YoY. Turnover was reported at $10 billion, compared to $10.5 billion, down 4.5% YoY. For the nine month period, net profit declined by a quarter YoY, to $3.47 billion, while turnover declined about 8% to $29.3 billion. Merck highlighted … Read more

Eizo Upgrades to Colour

Eizo’s CuratOR EX190 diagnostic display has high brightness and can show colour – it is designed to display both greyscale tones and colour images in interventional radiology. The integrated stability system maintains luminance stability automatically. The display is DICOM-compliant for greyscale images. Designed as an upgrade to Eizo’s SMD 19102 greyscale monitor, the EX190 is … Read more

Dolby Brings Dolby Vision to the Home

Dolby Laboratories has remastered multiple Warner Bros. titles for its HDR technology, Dolby Vision, and mixed in the Dolby Atmos audio technology to complement. Dolby has announced that Vudu customers with a Dolby Vision-enabled TV and Atmos-enabled audio products can enjoy these benefits. Content is streamed over the internet.

Fujitsu Competes With Apple & Microsoft

Competing with the iPad Pro and Surface Pro, Fujitsu’s Stylistic R726 is another large hybrid tablet, with a 12.5″ display, pull-away keyboard and up to 12 hours of battery life. Like its competitors, the hybrid supports both touch and stylus use. It is lightweight (790g) and 9.5mm thick: comparable to the Surface Pro. Interestingly, Fujitsu … Read more

Hunt in the Dark With Iiyama

When we covered Iiyama’s Red Eagle gaming display (Iiyama is Top of the Food Chain), we knew that it was the start of a new series of monitors. The company has now unveiled the next addition – the GE2788HS-B1 Black Hawk. Like the Red Eagle, Iiyama describes the 27″ Black Hawk as a ‘predator’, with … Read more

Channel Islands Store Chooses Matrox

Sure International, a telecom company in the UK’s Channel Islands, has installed a new video wall in its store in Saint Helier, using Philips displays and Matrox graphics cards. Six 46″ Philips screens were used, each with 1920 x 1080 resolution, for a total wall resolution of 11520 x 1080. To handle this, Matrox supplied … Read more

Valve Relies on Marvell Components

Marvell has announced that its Armada 1500 Mini SoC, Avastar 88W8897 11ac WiFi and BlueTooth chip and power management ICs are all being used in Valve’s Steam Link system. Steam Link is a wireless system that can stream games from a PC to a TV. It costs $50. )Steam Link lets you play PC games … Read more

A “Goldilocks” Smartphone-Based VR Headset

Virtual reality is well on its way to becoming a commercial reality for consumers. None-the-less, the hardware choices currently available to consumers are somewhat bipolar. In the context of this article, bipolar refers to the price points and capabilities of available products. At one end, call it the “hot” end of the product spectrum, a … Read more

The Nissan Smart Rear View Mirror

A new-to-me display application was reported in the news during this past week. It is an improvement to the conventional automotive rear view mirror. The need for an improvement can be illustrated by offering two familiar examples. One: while driving in the dark, bright headlights from a car behind yours are reflected into your eyes … Read more