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More than 20.2 million Playstation 4 consoles have been sold to date, Sony announced at the recent Game Developers’ Conference – that’s an increase of 1.7 million since January. According to a Nielsen poll, the Playstation 4’s higher native resolution was the top reason that people have been choosing Sony’s console over Microsoft’s Xbox One.
Increasing consumer demand for large TVs, UltraHD TVs and high-end monitors drove a double-digit increase in large-area TFT-LCD panel area shipments last year, according to IHS DisplaySearch. There was moderate growth in shipments, revenue and area in 2014. 9″+ shipments were up 4% to 721 million units, while overall shipment area grew 13%. Revenues climbed … Read more
Worldwide smartphone sales reached 367.5 million units in Q4’14, rising almost 30% YoY. Gartner’s data shows that Apple displaced Samsung as the market leader – a spot that the Korean company has held since 2011! In 2014 overall, smartphone sales exceeded 1.2 billion units, up 28.4% YoY and representing 66% of global mobile phone sales. … Read more
Sharp says it is considering various possibilities based on drastic reform of its business but has not yet made any specific decisions. The announcement came after various sources reported that the company planned to close three of its LED factories in order to cut costs. The company was due to hold talks with its main … Read more
The markets for augmented and virtual reality are poised for growth, with new devices and content being introduced regularly. According to ABI Research, head-mounted displays will be the most common AR/VR devices, although AR will still see many varied form factors as the technology is used in more applications. Three product categories are defined by … Read more
The EBU has released a factsheet about the effect that 700MHz mobile services could have on the DTT platform. The sheet also contains information on the protection of DTT services in the sub-694MHz range. Access it at http://tinyurl.com/p3lj98y.
Connected TVs are now the third-most-common device that delivers apps to a TV in the USA, according to The NPD Group. Connected TVs overtook connected Blu-ray players to achieve this spot. As of Q4’14, there were 22 million connected TVs accessing the internet in the USA – a significant rise from 13 million in Q4’13. … Read more
AOC is the official sponsor of Ireland’s G-Series 2015 gaming tournament. The tournament consists of three major events (G-Series 4, 5 and 6), plus sub-tournaments and side events. AOC is providing 14 of its E2752VQ monitor, 12 of the G2460PQU/BR and four of the G2770PQU. G-Series 2015 will begin on 21st March.
In this market data, smartphones and tablets help boost Android’s reign over all smart device OSs for the year 2014. This report analyzes notebook PCs, smart cars, smartglasses, smartwatches, smartphones, tablets, and Ultrabooks from an OS perspective. Although Android’s reign is strong, that dominance may have reached its peak as OS competition increases. Market intelligence … Read more
SensoMotoric Instruments (SMI), a leader in Eye Tracking Technology for more than two decades, announced today a prototype of SMI Gaze Interaction for Google Glass. It is based on a new eye tracking technology platform powered by Omnivision’s high quality sensor technology and SMI’s iViewNG eye tracking software platform. The result: SMI Eye Tracking for … Read more
This week we are highlighting LCD monitors in the 29″ Ultra Wide Full HD category, covering models with resolution of 2560 x 1080 and sizes from 24.5″ wide to 29.9″ wide. There are eight brands featured in the advertising with LG, Asus and Philips the top three advertised brands across all three countries. In France, … Read more
Results of the European HbbTV project, TV-Ring, will be presented at the IRT Colloquium on 16th March. TV-Ring investigates what the platform could be used for in the future, such as UltraHD streaming, or the distribution of multiple parallel streams. There are said to be 11 million HbbTV-enabled sets in Germany.
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