BenQ Chooses Colour Confidence in Europe
BenQ has chosen Colour Confidence to distribute its PG2401PT high-end 24″ monitor in Denmark, Finland, France, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden and the UK.
Visionox Follows Samsung in OLED Capacity
China’s Visionox began building a G5.5 AMOLED plant in August 2013 (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 30). Now, it has told journalists that it will be ready to start mass production in Q2 this year. The new line will produce 4,000 substrates per month, scaling to 15,000 at full capacity; once this is achieved, Visionox … Read more
BigLED Brings Large Display to Large Retail Park
A 20m² videowall has been installed in Kiel, Germany, by BigLED. Situated in the largest retail park in the Schleswig-Holstein region (Ostseepark Schwentinental), the display is built on top of the ‘Die Küchenshow’ store. It has a 5.3mm pixel pitch.
Digital Projection Signs New Distribution Partner
Digital Projection has signed Custom AV Distribution as its exclusive UK distributor for the residential and custom install sector. CAVD will now offer the full range of precision projectors directly to its network.
Apple Prepares to Spring Into Action
Invitations have been sent out to an Apple event on 9th March – widely thought to be the launch platform for the Apple Watch, which is set to be shipped in April. Unlike other Apple invites, this one doesn’t give much away
Large-Screen Trend Continues, as Vendors Struggle to Differentiate
Smartphones with screens up to 5.6″ will become mainstream this year, says GfK. The prediction follows a spike in sales of larger handsets in 2014, as consumers replaced their older 4″ and 4.5″ smartphones. 5″ – 5.6″ unit shipments rose 150% YoY last year, and robust shipments are expected to continue. GfK predicts that worldwide … Read more
ZTE Hard Codes to Lower CPU Load
A new quad-core set-top box, running Android 4.4, has been launched by ZTE worldwide. The B760H plays both IPTV and OTT content using dedicated hardware. 2.4GHz and 5GHz wireless communication is also supported.
LG Leads UltraHD Panel Share
LG Display was the largest supplier of UltraHD panels in the world in Q4’14, shipping 1.86 million units and taking a 27.9% market share. According to IHS DisplaySearch, LGD beat second-place Innolux, which shipped 1.76 million panels, by 1.6 percentage points. Samsung Display took third place, with a 19.9% share.
KAIST Keeps Power Draw Low in Eye-Tracking HMD
Image credit: NikkeiThe Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has developed a head-mounted display, which combines object recognition, eye-tracking and augmented reality (activated by blinking!). The ‘Smart Glass’ uses a different chip for each function, realising ‘high performance and low power consumption’. Total power consumption is 75mW on average (maximum 131mW) – much … Read more
ClassFlow is a Stout Player
Imagine the mix of projectors, displays, and BYOD (laptops, Chromebooks, tablets, and smartphones) at play in today’s classrooms. Simply stated, it ain’t your grandfather’s classroom any longer. Now add to this confusing mashup the plethora of apps, operating systems, and platforms schools must grapple with. One recognizes very quickly that the result can become a … Read more
MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 11
Asus‘ Zenfone 2 smartphone, which we saw at CES (Asus Swims Against Current With Mobile Announcements), is now on sale in Taiwan. It will also roll out to China, Hong Kong, Singapore and France this month. India, Italy and other markets in south-east Asia will follow in April, and Brazil in June. Shipments will reach … Read more
Barnes & Noble to Split Businesses
Barnes & Noble is to separate its education business from its retail and Nook digital units, creating two independent, publicly-traded companies. At the end of last year, Barnes & Noble bought Microsoft’s stake in the Nook business in preparation for a Nook spin-off later this year (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 49). However, as the … Read more
