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Thanks to an eagle-eyed reader who spotted an error in our coverage last week (yes, even the Display Monitor team makes mistakes – albeit rarely!). We had said that NEC’s E905 used a VA panel and cost $4,000. The panel is in fact UV2A (a sub-set of VA, produced by Sharp), and the price is … Read more
UK-based John Lewis’ electricals and home technology (EHT) business grew 7.9% year on year in 2014, despite what the firm described as a “challenging”market. The company said sales of large electricals and audio products rose throughout the year, and every channel and category grew.
Sony Computer Entertainment president, Andrew House, said recently (Playstation Vue Coming to East Coast) that Sony’s Playstation Vue TV service would be rolled out to the East Coast of the USA soon. The service is now live for consumers in New York, Chicago and Philadelphia. Prices range from $50 to $70. Sony is talking to … Read more
The ‘Stokes-shift’ is the difference between a quantum dot’s (QD) peak excitation and peak emission wavelengths. Minimising the overlap between these bands enhances the clarity and brightness of a fluorescing QD, by avoiding re-absorption of emitted light into nearby QDs. Until now, says Quantum Materials Corp, it has not been possible to produce a Stokes-shift … Read more
SMART accredited reseller and installer, Smart Presentations Ltd, is a certified installer of SMART Room Systems incorporating Microsoft’s enterprise communications tool, Lync, which is today being officially re-branded as Skype for Business. The SMART Room System for Microsoft Skype for Business is an integrated solution that ensures all business meeting components – video, audio and … Read more
Paul Butler, sales director at AOC/MMD UK and Ireland, has been recognised as one of the region’s top technology executives by PCR. Butler has worked in the IT channel for more than 20 years (and, of course, worked for Display Monitor’s publisher, Meko Ltd. – Congratulations, Paul!)
Nanosys has doubled its quantum dot production capacity, to 25 tons per year. The new capacity enables Nanosys to provide optical components to more than 6 million 60″ UltraHD TVs a year and the company now claims to be the biggest provider of QDs in the world.
Nanosys, enabling a new generation of vibrant, energy-efficient displays with its Quantum Dot technology, today announced it has doubled its Quantum Dot materials manufacturing capacity to 25 tons per year in response to rapidly increasing demand from leading UHD television makers. Nanosys’ new mass production process enables the company to produce enough Quantum Dot materials … Read more
Hannspree’s Android Box, which turns a normal PC into an Android device, is now available in the UK through Entatech. The Android Box was built to partner with HannsG touch screen monitors.
Worldwide small, medium and large touch panel demand has increased by double- or triple-digits in recent years. It is forecast to have risen 19.1% YoY in 2014 and will grow 15.1%, to 2.1 billion units, this year – according to IHS. Single-digit growth will begin in 2017, as the smartphone and tablet markets become saturated. … Read more
Tag Heuer, the Swiss watch manufacturer, has announced a partnership with Intel and Google to launch a smartwatch based on Android Wear. The watch will be launched this year. Jean-Claude Biver, president of Tag Heuer owner LVMH’s watch division, said that they could have worked with Google or Apple, but asked “[W]hy should we do … Read more
Barco is now offering its Present-P and Present-C Series business projectors, along with ClickShare, through a US distribution agreement with Ingram Micro.
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