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Thousands of entertainment mavens and celebrities attending EW FEST, the celebration of Entertainment Weekly’s 25th anniversary, over the weekend experienced a 25-year history of Entertainment Weekly content in a new way for the first time – on LG OLED TVs, hailed by industry experts as the “best picture ever.” “Game-changing technologies from LG are enriching … Read more
AU Optronics reported Q3 2015 net profit of NT$ 3.38 billion ($104.3 million). Turnover declined 3.3% QoQ to NT$89.30 billion. The decline in turnover was on account of lower panel prices, which outweighed the shipment increase of 5.8% (large panel) to 26.34 million units and 1.4% (small/medium) to 48.71 million units.
ViewSonic Corp., a leading global provider of visual solution products, will showcase its innovative display solutions at Oracle Open World 2015, October 25-29, 2015. In the ViewSonic booth, the company will highlight its award-winning touch displays, monitors and VDI products that allow customers to connect and collaborate in numerous professional, educational and commercial environments. ViewSonic’s … Read more
Researchers at Korea University (KU) and the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT) have developed a new type of thin film transistor (TFT), which is much faster than its predecessors. The development has been called ‘an important step toward speeding up image display on devices like TVs and smartphone screens’. The new TFT was made … Read more
Rather than simply re-releasing a Samsung tablet as a faux eReader, Barnes & Noble has launched its first real Kindle competitor this year. The Nook Glowlight Plus is a revamped version of the Nook Glowlight (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 42), featuring a front light and an IP67 rating, making it water- and dust-proof. The … Read more
Digital art is becoming more widely spread, and several companies are working with the revolution. One of these, Memento, has updated the traditional digital photo frame with UltraHD resolution. Available in 25″ and 35″ sizes, the Memento Smart Frame shows images with 10-bit colour and can store up to 3,000. It can be be controlled … Read more
ViewSonic is currently showing its display solutions at Oracle Open World (25th – 29th October) in San Francisco. The company is highlighting its touch displays, monitors and virtual desktop products. Some of these include the CDE7060T and CDE8451-TL large-format displays, as well as the VSD231 smart display.
Netflix has passed 2 million subscribers in continental Europe, with customers in France, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland.
The notebook apparently being produced by Xiaomi (Rumour: Xiaomi Plans Notebook Entry) will be launched in Q1’16, say Asian reports. However, the size has changed: rather than 15″, there will be a 12.5″ and a 13.3″ product. The smaller model will be made by Inventec and the larger by Compal.
James Murdoch, CEO of Fox, has said that he wants to take control of Sky’s European business, which recently merged into a single platform (BSkyB Completes Sky Acquisitions). Fox owns 39% of the combined business. Murdoch told The Hollywood Reporter, “[H]aving 40 percent of an unconsolidated asset is not an end state that is natural … Read more
Sharp has warned shareholders of a six-month operating loss, due to poor sales of smartphone displays (rumoured earlier this month: Sharp Cuts Smartphone Display Production), specifically in China. For the six months ending on the 30th September, Sharp expects net sales of ¥1.3 trillion ($10.8 billion) and an operating loss of ¥26 billion ($216 million). … Read more
Japan’s Nippon Keizai newspaper predicts that China will lead the world in LCD panel production by 2018, beating Korea. It is said that China’s big four display makers will build seven new factories in the country over the next three years, with an investment value of about $25 billion. BOE will build three factories in … Read more
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