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Quantum Materials says it has raised $490,000 of a planned $2 million round of financing, from five investors. The company said earlier this year that it wanted to increase its quantum dots production capacity eight-fold this year and last week, to achieve this, Quantum Materials took delivery of a larger quantum dot production system (Quantum … Read more
Microvision Inc. posted a first quarter net loss of $3.9 million on turnover of $901,000, compared with a net loss in the first three months of last year of $8 million on turnover of $1.2 million.
PMA Research has announced the top-selling projectors in the USA in March. The company divides the results into three categories: ‘pico and personal’, ‘mainstream’ and ‘4,000+ lumen’ In the 4,000+ Lumen category, Sony had the best-selling model with the VPL-FH55/W. Epson took second and fifth place with the Powerlite 1940W and Powerlite 1985W. Panasonic’s PT-EZ580 … Read more
The computer add-in board (AIB) (carrying discrete graphics chips, representing the higher end of the graphics industry) market followed seasonal trends in Q4’14, says Jon Peddie Research, falling 0.68% QoQ and 17.52% YoY. These numbers compare unfavourably to the desktop PC market, which fell 3.53% QoQ and 0.72% YoY. In spite of the overall decline … Read more
Vizio has achieved a new UltraHD TV price point with its 2015 M-Series LCD sets – as low as $600. Each of the nine TVs (43″ M43-C1; 49″ M49-C1; 50″ M50-C1; 55″ M55-C2; 60″ M60-C3; 65″ M65-C1; 70″ M70-C3; 75″ M75-C1; and 80″ M80-C3) is UltraHD, with an upscaler. They all feature direct-LED backlighting with … Read more
TCL Corporation achieved turnover in the first quarter of the year of $3.8 billion, up 10.2% year on year, while net profit reached $123 million. Excluding non-recurring gains and losses, net profit was $86 million, almost 300% higher YoY. TCL attributed its strong first quarter performance to the continuous improvement in profitability of TCL’s subsidiary, … Read more
Aixtron SE has acquired Silicon Valley-based PlasmaSi, a company which specialises in OLED encapsulation, for approximately $16 million in cash. PlasmaSi’s technology is designed and targeted at display products including mobile phones, hand-held devices, tablets, wearables and large screen HDTVs, though the company says it can also be used to manufacture large areas OLED lighting … Read more
To bring racing gamers into the action, BenQ has entered the world of curved monitors. The XR3501 is a 35″ LCD monitor with a 2,000R curvature and wide 21:9 aspect ratio (2560 x 1080 resolution). As well as being both wide and curved, the display has a 144Hz refresh rate to reduce motion blur. AMD’s … Read more
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc. narrowed its net loss in the first quarter of the year to $33.5 million from $96.8 million a year earlier, while turnover dropped 3% to $615 million from $635.2 million. Americas outdoor revenues increased 3%, primarily driven by digital billboards and higher revenues from the company’s special Time Square installations. … Read more
TV set sales in Western Europe were up 3.2% YoY last year, writes Germany’s GFU, based on data from GfK. More than 34 million units were sold, taking €16.3 billion in revenues (up 0.2%). The lower revenue rise reflects the falling ASP of TVs across the region (down 3% YoY, to €477). Prices fell sharply … Read more
Peerless-AV has appointed Systeam in Germany to distribute its range of display and projector mounts.
Mediatek Inc. reported a slight year on year increase in first quarter turnover to NT$47.5 billion ($1.5 billion) from NT$46 billion ($1.5 billion) a year earlier, though net profit declined 28.5% to NT$7.2 billion ($235 million) from NT$10.4 billion ($339.5 million), Mediatek’s first drop in profit for 12 quarters.
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