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HTC says that thanks to strong demand for the new HTC One M9 smartphone, sales in March climbed 117% sequentially and 23.4% year on year to NT$20 billion ($642.8 million). In Q1 HTC posted a net profit of NT$360 million ($11.6 million) on turnover of NT$41.5 billion ($1.3 billion), 23.4% higher than Q1 2014 and … Read more
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has shared the specifications of Huawei’s upcoming Ascend P8 smartphone. The handset will have a 5.2″ display (1920 x 1080) and run on an octa-core Kirin 930 CPU from Hisilicon, with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage. It is expected to be unveiled in London on 15th … Read more
Inventec chairman Richard Lee has said that the company is considering establishing factories in Japan and Singapore this year. The depreciation of the yen against the dollar has led to requests for local assembly from Japanese customers. Through a re-entry into Singapore, Inventec would have an easier time accessing markets such as Malaysia, Indonesia and … Read more
Kenya has had its share of debates on the ASO issue, with consumer associations arguing against the move, and even postponements from a High Court (Display Monitor Vol 19 No 50 & Vol 20 No 48). However, the switch-off has now taken place and the nation is now fully digital.
JPEG 2000 compression is used in the Digital Cinema world to encode movies for distribution to the theater. It is also used in broadcast for contribution signals. It is an image based compression scheme that offers relatively low levels of compression with a visually lossless result. At NAB 2015, we learned of two new implementations … Read more
Q4 is traditionally a strong period for notebook sales, and shipments of notebook touch panels in Q4’14 rose 9.4% YoY, to 5.6 million units. In area terms, shipments rose 7% QoQ and 15.6% YoY. However, value was a different story, with shipments down 3.7% QoQ, to $171.7 million. This was the third consecutive quarter of … Read more
Fujitsu has received an award for a 360 degree wrap around video imaging technology aimed at the automotive market. With 360 degree cameras becoming more popular as a way to acquire content for virtual reality glasses, we have heard about 360 degree cameras for the automotive market from other players as well. While Jaguar, for … Read more
Epson’s new 3LCD projectors, part of the EB series, are small, portable models with a range of resolutions. Consisting of seven models (EB-S27, EB-X27, EB-W29, EB-98H, EB-945H, EB-955WH and EB-965H), each projector is able to accept and display content from up to four devices at once. They also have a moderator function, so that a … Read more
New 2015 OLED and LED 4K Ultra HD (UHD) TVs from LG Electronics are among the industry’s first to be designated “Netflix Recommended TVs” – a program that helps consumers identify televisions that offer the best Netflix experience and superior smart TV performance overall.* LG Electronics USA revealed today that the LG EG9600 4K UHD … Read more
NEC Display Solutions of America, a leading provider of commercial LCD display and projector solutions, announced today five new MultiSync® E Series displays – LED-backlit, commercial-grade models that help businesses and other organizations deploy entry-level digital signage. The 32-inch E325, 42-inch E425, 50-inch E505, 58-inch E585 and 65-inch E655 displays each include a built-in USB … Read more
TriLite Technologies (Vienna, Austria) is a 2011 start-up that proposes, among other things, large scale glasses-free 3D digital signage. And I mean large scale: one of their promotional pictures shows a 3D digital signage installation in Times Square, New York. Photoshopped image from TriLite of a 3D display in Time Square The image is Photoshopped, … Read more
This week we are highlighting LCD Public Displays in the 55″ Full HD category covering sizes 53.5″ to 59.49″ with 1920 x 1080 resolution. There are 10 brands featured in the advertising. Samsung is at the top of the PageShare for the combined three major countries, NEC Displays is second and LG is third. The … Read more
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