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In the middle of the (very European) long lunch break, Lang offered tours of its new buildings. The company has been on the Lindlar industrial estate since 1998, and in the beginning the founder’s mother thought that the single building would be too big! Times have definitely changed. Lang now has a whole building dedicated … Read more
Barco is one of Lang’s partners, supplying projectors, LFDs and infrastructure products. Alexis Skatchkoff and Abbe Westerlundh are engineers at the firm and were talking about the company’s new developments. Barco was not the first company with a 4k projector outside of the cinema market, because it didn’t feel that the technology at the time … Read more
Samsung Electronics reported a significant increase of 29% in Q3 2015 profits, to KR₩ 5.5 trillion ($4.7 billion), up from KR₩ 4.22 trillion YoY, although down from KR₩ 7.5 trillion QoQ. Turnover saw a 9% rise to KR₩ 51.68 trillion ($50 billion) from KR₩ 47.45 trillion ($40 billion) YoY. Net profit was supported by a … Read more
Lang AG is a distributor, rental & staging partner and educator in the areas of large-format displays and projectors. Operating across Europe, the company celebrated the opening of a new building – the Lang Forum – on its campus in Lindlar, Germany with an event for its reseller and supplier partners. As press, Display Monitor … Read more
The smart home market, projected to reach US$34 billion in 2020 is becoming the center of activity for multiple IoT ecosystems, including wearables. In a report from ABI Research, smart watches will drive the most interest for wearables integration into the smart home even though fitness trackers were approximately two-thirds of all wearable device shipments … Read more
According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global smartwatch shipments grew an impressive 510 percent annually to hit a record 6.1 million units in the third quarter of 2015. In first place with a commanding 74 percent marketshare, Apple Watch continues to catalyze demand and set the pace in the smartwatch industry. Cliff Raskind, … Read more
MMD’s newest Philips monitor, the 275C5QHGSW, features the thin-bezel Moda design and Ambiglow Plus Base. Like Ambilight, the Plus Base version creates a halo of light synchronised with displayed content – but it is emitted from the monitor’s stand, rather than the edges of the screen. The feature can also be used as a coloured … Read more
TCL Corporation reported financial results for the first nine months at CN¥2.6 billion ($411 million). Turnover was up 7% YoY at CN¥ 74.1 billion ($11.6 billion). Chinese sales of Smart TVs and 4K TVs increased to 51.7% and 19.2%, respectively. TCL’s net profit was mainly attributable to its subsidiary, China Star Optoelectronics (CSOT), which reported … Read more
Mitsubishi Electric reported Q2 2016 net profit decreased by 15% YoY to JP¥ 46.6 billion ($385 million). Turnover remained almost flat at JP¥ 1 trillion ($8 billion). For the first six months of fiscal 2016, net profit decreased 5% YoY to touch JP¥ 93 billion ($769 million), in spite of a turnover increase of 5% … Read more
Kyocera Corporation reported net profit for the first 6 months of fiscal 2016 of JP¥ 50.8 billion ($423 million), signalling an increase of 16.4% YoY. Turnover increased 1.2% YoY to JP¥ 722 billion ($6 billion). Q2 net profit declined 20.5% to JP¥ 19.2 billion ($16 million), with turnover remaining flat at JP¥ 383 billion ($3.2 … Read more
LG Electronics Inc. (LG) today announced strong operating profit margin in its Home Appliance & Air Solution Company, contributing to a modest overall net profit of KRW 124.8 billion (USD 106.76 million) for the third quarter of 2015. Amid increasing competitive pressure in both the TV and smartphone sectors, LG’s third-quarter sales rose 0.7 percent … Read more
It is a retailing insight that dates back to an ancient time, the time of CRT TV sets: “The way to make a TV look better is to connect it to a really good loudspeaker.” Sounds like a recipe for an analog, standard-definition, monophonic home-theater system, doesn’t it? Those old TV salesmen may have been … Read more
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