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Scala has added NEC’s OPS digital player system (OPS-DRD) to its certified Android player family. The OPS-DRD is an all-in-one solution for managing dynamic displays in cost-sensitive, heavy-volume segments. Video resolutions up to 1920 x 1080 are supported, with 24/7 use due to a fanless design and solid state components.
The recent launch of Windows 10 in 2H 2015 has many PC OEMs holding their breath that the revamped operating system software will trigger a replacement opportunity for aging laptops. According to the latest market data findings from ABI Research, total system shipments for portable computing are predicted to reach 165 million units for full-year … Read more
Analogix Semiconductor, Inc. and Granite River Labs (GRL) today announced the expansion of the SlimPort® Adopters Program (SAP?) to include the USB Type-C™ connector. Available to any USB Type-C device manufacturer, the program offers SlimPort® certification including signal quality pre-test for DisplayPort, HDMI and VGA, interoperability testing to confirm the maximum display resolution with devices … Read more
“When will elasticity kick-in”? That question posed by an investment banker before taking LG Display public in 2004 seems pertinent today, a dozen years later. My answer then was that elasticity will kick-out, not in, because the tide of replacement demand in the PC market was ebbing away. Perhaps that deserves more explanation because people … Read more
AMOLED material consumption will ‘surge’ in the second half of 2015, says IHS, as LG Display increases production of its WOLED TV panels. The WOLED material market was worth $58 million in the first half of this year. However, IHS predicts almost threefold growth, to $165 million, in the second half. A CAGR of 79% … Read more
Winners of the 2015-2016 EISA awards, from the European Imaging and Sound Association (EISA), have been announced. The group named Philips’ 55PUS7600 as the ‘Best Buy TV’ winner; LG’s 65EG960V for ‘European Home Theatre TV’; LG 65UF950V for ‘European Smart TV’; Samsung’s UE65JS9500 for ‘European High End TV’; and Sony’s KD-65X9005C for ‘European Design TV’.
On Saturday the Philips 55PUS7600 received a renowned EISA award for EUROPEAN BEST BUY TV 2015-2016. EISA is the European Imaging and Sound Association (EISA), Europe’s leading association for consumer electronics. The EISA Jury appointed the Philips 55PUS7600 as EUROPEAN BEST BUY TV 2015-2016. The 139cm (55’’) Philips UHD Razor Slim LED TV powered by … Read more
Winners of the 2015-2016 EISA awards, from the European Imaging and Sound Association, have been announced. In the mobile category, results were mixed, with no one company dominating. Huawei’s P8 took ‘European Consumer Smartphone’, while Yoga Tablet Pro 2, from Lenovo, won ‘European Tablet’. ‘European Advanced Smartphone’ and ‘European Media Smartphone’ were taken by Samsung’s … Read more
In a post on Chinese social network Weibo, IHS’ Kevin Wang has said that Apple has the opportunity to adopt AMOLED displays in its products next year. Wang did not specify which products could use the panels. Wang also asserted that Samsung would not use Samsung panels. The company uses panels from LG Display in … Read more
A fashion designer, Diana Broussard, has talked with Forbes about how technology and fashion can work together. During the interview, Broussard revealed a new accessory that she had been working on: a plexiglass handbag with an integrated LCD display on the front. The screen supports full motion video and audio – the idea being to … Read more
We heard about Google’s plans to enter the digital signage space at DSE 2015 (Google Makes Waves With Market Entrance). Now, the company has said that it will launch the DOOH version of its Chrome OS at the OVAB Digital Signage Conference in Munich this year. The solution includes three components: Chrome Device Management; Chrome … Read more
The tablet market in Western Europe stabilised in Q2, says IDC, with shipments falling 1.2% YoY to 7.5 million units. This was a significantly better result than the 10.5% shipment fall in Q1. The result was the smallest decline since the downturn – caused by weak consumer demand and increasing interest in hybrid devices for … Read more
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