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Screen Innovations (SI), purveyors of innovation in the two-piece video projection industry, has been invited by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to create the first projection-screen for use in outer space, aboard the International Space Station (ISS). On April 14, 2015, the rocket SpaceX 6 lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying the … Read more
The Data Display Group now holds samples of AUO‘s P550HVN04.2, which was announced last year. The unit consists of two 55″ displays in a single 19.6mm-thick housing. The displays can show the same or different content. They have 1920 x 1080 resolution, 700 cd/m² of brightness and a 4,000:1 contrast ratio. A price has been … Read more
Samsung Display has published more information about the flexible AMOLED display used on the Galaxy S6 Edge smartphone. The Galaxy S6 Edge uses the third iteration of Samsung’s curved displays; the first was a horizontal curve on the Galaxy Round (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 39) and the second was the single-side curved AMOLED display … Read more
The European Court of Justice has upheld a €210 million fine imposed on LG Display (LGD) for its part in the cartel of LCD panel makers between 2001 and 2006. The company was originally fined €215 million, which the EU’s General Court reduced by €5 million last year. LGD appealed against the fine, seeking to … Read more
While there had been rumours of a consumer launch this year, it appears that the Oculus Rift will not be reaching shelves in 2015. The CFO of Facebook (which bought Oculus last year – see Display Monitor Vol 21 No 13), David Wehner, said in an earnings call, “We have not announced any specific plans … Read more
Microsoft Corporations’s Q3 net profit dropped 11.9% to $4.9 billion from $5.6 billion in the third quarter of last year, as turnover increased 6.5% to $21.7 billion from $20.4 billion in Q3 of the previous year. Microsoft’s net profit for the first nine months of the year was down 11.8% year on year to $15.4 … Read more
Comcast has terminated its $45.2 billion merger agreement with Time Warner Cable, largely because US regulators were against the merger. Go-ahead for the merger had been in doubt since March after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) indicated that it needed more time to conduct a thorough review of the deal. Comcast first announced its intention … Read more
Google Inc’s first quarter turnover was $17.3 billion, up 12% year on year from $15.4 billion in the first quarter of 2014. The company’s net profit for the first three months of the year rose 3.8% to $3.6 billion from $3.4 billion a year earlier.
Sources in Asia say that supply chains are preparing for an increase in component orders for convertible tablets. Sub-$250 Windows convertibles, based on Intel’s Bay Trail-T CR platform, will be a ‘key target’ for vendors in China this year. Asus and Lenovo are among the companies developing such products, which will also be launched in … Read more
Deloitte’s Digital Democracy survey shows that streaming popularity is continuing to climb across the USA. Such services are now used by more than 42% of households in the country, with streaming content having overtaken live TV as the viewing method of choice. 56% of consumers now stream films and 53% stream TV every month. 45% … Read more
In its press conference and product announcement event in New York, Acer laid out its success during last year as well as the company’s strategy going forward. The location was very remarkable as so far very few events take place in the new New York World Trade Center. While the floor was still under construction, … Read more
Sunday afternoon at the NAB Show Broadcast Engineering Conference was dedicated to a report on the ongoing development of the ATSC 3.0 standard. This next-generation broadcast standard is being developed to replace the existing ATSC terrestrial standard currently used in North America and elsewhere. The technology is being based on state-of-the-art advances in video and … Read more
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