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Academy Upgrades With Digital Displays

A new 5m² projection room has been installed in the Hastings Academy in the UK. The 270° space uses three projectors, with content driven by a Onelan Net-Top-Box 6000 media player and Datapath multi-screen controllers. A video wall has also been installed in the school, and a further 12 screens around the campus – all … Read more

MIC: Smart TVs Will Exceed 40% of LCD TVs in 2015

88 million smart TVs will be shipped worldwide this year, representing around 41.2% of the worldwide LCD TV market, according to Taiwan’s MIC. Smart TV penetration has exceeded 50% in Japan, thanks to consumers’ adoption of high-end products, says MIC analyst Cindy Gu. Meanwhile, penetration is just below 40% in Western Europe, where broadcasters have … Read more

Asustek’s April Sales at Two Year Low

Asustek’s April sales were at the lowest monthly level that the company has experienced since May 2013. Last month’s result was down 21.6% sequentially and 4% year on year at NT$33 billion ($1.1 billion), taking the total for the year to date to NT$144.9 billion ($4.7 billion), broadly unchanged from a year earlier. The company … Read more

Innolux April Sales Down 15% YoY

Innolux saw sales in April fall 12.2% sequentially and 15.2% year on year to NT$32.4 billion ($1 billion), bringing sales so far this year to NT$132.5 billion ($4.3 billion), 3.7% higher than the same period of 2014. The company shipped 10 million large panels in April, a decrease of 11.3% MoM, taking the number of … Read more

TSMC, UMC See April Sales Rise

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) and United Microelectronics (UMC) both reported sequential and year on year increases in sales last month, though Mediatek fared less well as sales fell month on month and YoY. TSMC achieved a 4.2% MoM and 21.7% YoY increase in sales last month to NT$75.3 billion ($2.4 billion), bringing sales so far … Read more

Majority of OTA Cord-Cutters Are From Satellite

A survey released by TiVo has shown that the largest group of new ‘cord cutting’ customers are former satellite subscribers. The survey, from late 2015, polled more than 500 purchasers of TiVo’s Roamio OTA DVR. 32% were former satellite DVR users, who cited cost and dissatisfaction with overall features as their primary reasons for leaving … Read more

Dynamic Focus on 22″ Wide LCD Monitors V22 Issue 20

This week we are highlighting LCD monitors in the 22″ wide category covering 16:10 models with resolution of 1680 x 1050. There are 12 brands featured in the advertising with Philips, Iiyama and NEC Displays the top three advertised brands across all three countries. The ranking is the same in the UK. In France, Philips … Read more

OLEDs, Wearables, Quantum Dots and Other Hot Display Technologies Key Focus at Display Week’s Annual Investors Conference

The Society for Information Display (SID) is partnering with Cowen and Company and IHS for the 11th Annual Investors Conference at Display Week, which runs from May 31-June 5, 2015, at the San Jose Convention Center. Part of the four-day SID Business Track, this day-long event will be held immediately following the Display Week keynote … Read more