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BenQ is launching a desktop monitor specifically designed for console gamers who prefer a smaller screen. The 27″ RL2755HM has a 1ms response time, colour settings calibrated for console use (with 20 levels of variance) and a rubber finish on the stand to hold gamepads. A hook on the rear supports headset storage. BenQ’s Black … Read more
PMA Research has announced the top-selling projectors in the USA in December. The company divides the results into three categories: ‘pico and personal’, ‘mainstream’ and ‘high-end’. Optoma book-ended the pico and personal category with the ML750 (first) and ML550 (fifth). Asus’ S1 took second place and Aaxa’s P4-X and P300 Pico appeared in third and … Read more
Fujitsu Limited reported a Q3 net profit of ¥27.6 billion ($235.2 million), down 37% year on year from the previous year’s third quarter net profit of ¥43.8 billion ($373.2 million), on turnover which fell 2.4% to ¥1.1 trillion ($9.3 billion) from ¥1.2 trillion ($10.2 billion). For the first nine months of the year, Fujitsu’s net … Read more
While Microsoft has committed to providing Windows 10 for free to users of Windows 7 and 8 (both Home and Pro versions) (Microsoft unveils Windows 10), corporate users running the Enterprise version of the operating systems will have to pay, the company has revealed. Two versions of Windows 10 will be available for corporate use: Long … Read more
A leaked user agent profile, sent to LG community website Mylgphones.com, shows a high resolution for the device: 2880 x 1620. The phone in the profile used the code LG-VS999, which has been taken to mean the G4. The G3 was referred to as LG-VS9985 by Verizon. Online sources commonly attribute a 5.5″ display to … Read more
Google’s Project Tango, the 3D-sensing smartphone (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 9), has been moved from the conceptual ATAP labs and into the main body of Google. What the move means isn’t clear, but Google is said to be working with LG on a device using the technology, to be released later this year.
Google Inc. has announced its fourth quarter and full year results, posting a net profit in Q4 of $4.7 billion on turnover of $18.1 billion, which compares with a net profit in the final quarter of last year of $3.4 billion on turnover of $15.7 billion. For the year Google achieved a net profit of … Read more
Panasonic is reported to have stopped manufacturing TVs at its plant in Mexico and is also about to liquidate its joint venture TV plant in Shandong, China. The company is expected to scale back its overseas production by 700,000 units a year, which is approximately 10% of its global output, leaving only three TV factories … Read more
Media Broadcast was the sole applicant to operate a future DVB-T2 platform in Germany. ZAK, the media authorities’ licensing commission, will now examine whether the framework conditions set in the tender have been met and the capacities can be allocated to Media Broadcast, with a decision to be made in mid-March. A transition from the existing DVB-T platform … Read more
According to the UK’s Sunday Telegraph, BSkyB plans to launch an UltraHD service this spring – well ahead of the previous late 2015/early 2016 timeframe (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 18). A new STB will be launched as part of the move; as well as playing UltraHD content, the box will enable users to send … Read more
A new report by Transparency Market Research (http://tinyurl.com/pm6b9mn) forecasts that the UltraHD panel market will be worth $30.4 billion by 2020. By this time, the panel market will exceed 5.7 million units, with a 9.2% CAGR between 2014 and 2020. The display screens segment will grow the fastest (17.5% CAGR), due to rising demand. North … Read more
Sharp has shared more details about the UltraHD TV lineup that we saw at CES (Sharp Bridges High-Res Gap). As we heard at the event, Sharp will introduce five new screen sizes as its quadruples the size of its UltraHD TV range. In total, there will be seven sizes, from 42.5″ to 80″. Three new series … Read more
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