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According to Bloomberg, Amazon is looking to create an online pay-TV service. The company is said to have contacted broadcasters such as CBS and NBC Universal about channel carriage. Discussions are still in an early stage, but have been ongoing for ‘months’, said sources. Dan Rayburn of Frost & Sullivan noted that Amazon’s acquisition of … Read more
IHS has published a report on the wide colour gamut display market. This market is expected to grow from 2.8% of total display demand in 2015, to 25% in 2020 (WCG Displays Represent Quarter of Display Market by 2020). Wide colour gamut is mostly used in the smartphone market, where OLED screens are heavily used. … Read more
Panasonic‘s curved UltraHD TVs (Panasonic Goes All-Out With UltraHD) are now being shipped in Europe. The CR850 starts at £1,480 ($2,290); the CR730 starts at £1,080 ($1,670); and the CR430 starts at £960 ($1,485). Sony has cut the price of the PS4 console in North America, to $350. All prices are ex VAT, where applicable.
Four new high-brightness dual-lamp projectors have been added to BenQ America’s ‘Integrator’s Choice’ lineup. The new Colorific models are designed for large venues; they feature multiple installation options, such as HDBaseT compatibility. The projectors are the PX9510 (1024 x 768) and SU964 (1920 x 1200) (both 6,500 lumens) and PW9520 (1280 x 800) and PU9530 … Read more
A new AOC monitor has been announced in Australia and will be released to the rest of the world some time this year. However, product data has not been made available yet. The C2783FQ is a 27″ LCD display, which is part of new range called the 83 Series; however, it is currently the only … Read more
OLED-Info has launched a new OLED information repository called the OLED Auditorium. The space hosts an online library of OLED presentations; lectures by “leading experts”; a virtual online conference; and networking opportunities. An annual subscription costs $200 (special launch price), and contributors receive free access. Find the Auditorium at http://tinyurl.com/oat7bdb.
As well as random turn-offs (iPhone Owners Complain of Random Shutdowns), the iPhone 6S is said to be suffering from battery life problems – which can be traced back to the chip. There are two versions of the phone. Although both use Apple’s A9 SoC, these are made by two different companies: one is a … Read more
Worldwide PC shipments fell 7.7% YoY in Q3’15, Gartner’s preliminary PC results show. Desktop PCs continued to exhibit weakness, with declines in the high single digits, while mobile PCs (notebooks and premium ultramobiles) fell by low single digits. 73.7 million units were shipped through the quarter. Due to the sharp appreciation of the US dollar, … Read more
Jim L. Bauman is 3M’s new EVP in the electronics and energy business group, replacing the retiring Michael A. Kelly. Bauman is currently SVP of business transformation (Americas). He joined the company as a division engineer in 1982 and has worked in the APAC and Americas markets.
Taiwanese panel makers have released their monthly results for September. AUO‘s revenues reached NT$31.4 billion ($965.5 million), up 3% MoM but down 11.8% YoY. The company shipped around 9.5 million large-sized (TV, monitor, notebook and ‘other’) LCD panels, up 4.8% MoM. However, small-size panel shipments declined 14.3%, to 14.4 million units. Revenues at CPT dropped … Read more
Benedict Cumberbatch stars as HamletThe 12-week run of Hamlet, now ongoing at London’s Barbican Theatre, is being broadcast live, in DCI-4k resolution, to cinemas across the UK. Much as it did with War Horse (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 9) – although on a larger scale – Sony Digital Cinema is undertaking the capture and … Read more
Pay-TV subscribers across 89 countries will increase by 200 million between 2014 and 2020, says Digital TV Research. There were 704 million subscribers in 2014, and are forecast to be 904 million by 2020. The world’s largest pay-TV operator is China Radio & TV, with 198 million subscribers at the end of 2014. The company … Read more
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