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Online Subscription Video Services Driving Connected TV Activities: Futuresource Consulting

January 30, 2015 by Vanessa Browning

Futuresource Consulting’s latest wave of Living with Digital consumer research highlights the continued shift in entertainment behaviour amongst respondents. One key trend is the emergence of TV as an increasingly connected device, either directly on the connected TV or through ancillary devices such as digital media adaptors (DMA) or connected set-top-boxes, both of which have emerged as … Read more

LG Develops Flexible OLED Panels – Display or Not

January 29, 2015 by Norbert Hildebrand

LG Display has made headlines in many technology blogs in recent days. At CES the company announced plans for its OLED TVs, now the buzz is about a shatterproof flexible OLED panel that LG will be producing from July 2015. While this was very exciting news, the issue with it was that there were two … Read more

Orad Upgrades PowerWall Solution

January 29, 2015 by Matthew Brennesholtz

Orad Hi-Tec Systems Ltd. (Kfar Saba, Israel) introduced its HDVG4 videowall controller at NAB 2013. This controller is targeted at high-end studio videowall applications, especially on-set studio applications. A single HDVG4 platform can distribute video to up to 16 displays. In an 8 x 2 configuration it can provide a total pixel count of 15,360 … Read more

Virtual Reality – The New Medium for the Next Generation

January 29, 2015 by Norbert Hildebrand

When virtual reality appeared in the display world, there was a clear application for the Sony 3D Viewer, the Zeiss Cinemizer and other devices as a personal viewer of movies. This means we were watching a standard video on a headset rather than a display in front of us. When we discuss display technologies for … Read more

Phablets to Flood Smartphone Market, Claiming Over 20% of devices shipped by 2019

January 29, 2015 by Helen Vince

A new report from Juniper Research has found that over 400 million phablets will ship in 2019, a five-fold increase over the 138 million devices estimated to be shipped in 2015. While the iPhone 6 Plus has brought the category further into the limelight, it is budget devices that will drive phablets (smartphones with 5.5-6.9” screens) into … Read more

Apple Becomes World’s Second Largest Mobile Phone Vendor in Q4 2014

January 29, 2015 by Helen Vince

According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global mobile phone shipments grew 7 percent annually to reach 515 million units in the fourth quarter of 2014. It was the first time worldwide mobile phone shipments have passed the half-billion-unit threshold. Apple was the star performer, capturing a record 14 percent marketshare, due to strength … Read more

Apple Enjoys Best Quarter of Best Smartphone Year in Q4

January 29, 2015 by Tom Allen

Apple closed the gap with Samsung in the worldwide smartphone market in Q4’14, while the products themselves set a new record for both the quarter and the year, according to IDC’s preliminary data. Vendors shipped 375.2 million smartphones in Q4’14, representing 28.2% growth from the 292.7 million units shipped in Q4’13. For 2014 as a whole, … Read more

TV, Mobile and Automotive Drive Area Demand Growth

January 29, 2015 by Tom Allen

Significant increases in flat-panel display (FPD) area demand are being driven by steadily rising TV, smartphone, mobile and PC and automotive displays, according to IHS. The global FPD industry was focused on unit growth in the past, but this trend is now shifting to area demand. Display panel shipments for all FPD applications rose 9% … Read more

Qantas & Samsung Unveil Industry-First Virtual Reality Experience for Travellers

January 29, 2015 by Tom Allen

Qantas together with Samsung Electronics Australia has launched a new trial entertainment service that uses Samsung virtual reality (VR) technology to give customers a spectacular three dimensional experience in a 360 degree style interactive format. Qantas’ VR headsets will transport customers to an immersive virtual world at the click of a button and showcase the … Read more

Football’s Biggest Game To Feature New Daktronics Equipment In Arizona

January 29, 2015 by Tom Allen

This Sunday, fans will flock to Arizona to experience the full entertainment destination brought on by the biggest football game of the year as the Seattle Seahawks face the New England Patriots. In preparation for this season and ultimately this game, University of Phoenix Stadium and the Arizona Cardinals have improved their venue’s game-day experience … Read more

AUO Result 29/01/2015

January 29, 2015 by Helen Vince

AU Optronics Corp. (AUO) reported a six year high net profit of NT$18 billion ($570.1 million) in 2014, on turnover of NT$408.2 billion ($12.9 billion), down just 2% year on year. In the final quarter of the year AUO posted a net profit of NT$6.6 billion ($209 million), which was a more than sixfold improvement … Read more

ViewSonic Introduces Projectors with Improved Color

January 29, 2015 by Matthew Brennesholtz

At the recent Florida Educational Technology Conference (FETC), January 20 – 23, ViewSonic North America (Brea, CA) introduced a new group of projectors in its PJD6 series of professional projectors targeting the education and other professional markets. These new PJD6 projectors complement the new (and similar) PJD5 projectors introduced at CES 2015 targeting the home market. Collectively, these new additions to … Read more