Lenovo Adds Greek Distributor
Lenovo has added a third distributor for its consumer and professional products in Greece. Oktabit joins Westnet and Infoquest as agents for Lenovo.
LDM Product Roundup: Volume 22 No 4
Amazon is offering a discount on LG‘s 55″ EC9300 OLED TV (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 30). As part of a promotion around the NFL Superbowl (2nd February), the TV has been lowered from $3,500 to $3,000. Starting this month, all new CM- and BM-series monitors from Flanders Scientific will be shipping with new features. These include a … Read more
CES Reaches Record Numbers
CES 2015 ended with record numbers in all areas, according to organiser the Consumer Electronics Association. President Gary Shapiro said that this year’s show “exceeded all [of] our expectations”. The number of visitors was up 170,000, more than 45,000 of whom came from abroad. The show’s net exhibition space covered almost 19,000m², filled by more … Read more
New Price Point Achieved for Lumia Series
Microsoft showed off a low-cost feature phone at CES (since 2013, the company has made its biggest announcements at its own events), and has now revealed two affordable Windows Phone 8.1 smartphones: the Lumia 435 and Lumia 532. They cost just €70 and €80, ex VAT, and will be launched in February. Both phones are … Read more
MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 3
Consumers in India, who might struggle to afford Samsung’s AMOLED smartphones, are now being offered a lower-cost option in the form of Micromax‘s Canvas Hue. The 5″ device has an AMOLED display (1280 x 720), 1.3GHz quad-core CPU and 1GB of RAM. The 3,000mAh battery should also prove robust. The phone will be available in India … Read more
Samsung Made Offer for Blackberry, Says Reuters
According to Reuters, Samsung is seeking to buy Blackberry to acquire the company’s patent portfolio. Blackberry was looking to sell in 2013 (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 31). Several rumours of interested parties – including Samsung – appeared at the time, but these died away once Blackberry decided to remain as-was (Display Monitor Vol 20 … Read more
Sony Mulling Sale of Loss-Making Businesses
Sony is reported to be considering a restructuring of its business which could see the loss-making smartphone and TV businesses being sold off. According to a Reuters report, CEO Kazuo Hirai and his senior management are preparing a new business revival plan and sources close to Sony say that the management recognises that “no business … Read more
Gartner Lowers 2015 Semiconductor Growth Forecast
Worldwide semiconductor revenue will reach $358 billion this year: a 5.4% YoY increase, says Gartner, which is lower than the forecast made in Q4’14 of 5.8% growth. Application-specific standard products (ASSPs) in smartphones, as well as DRAM and NAND flash in ultramobiles and solid-state drives (SSDs), are driving the semiconductor market. As DRAM returns to more traditional … Read more
Efun Expects Rising Shipments on TV Replacements
Optical film maker Efun expects its shipments to South Korea and Japanese LCD TV makers to rise ‘significantly’ this year. Demand will be driven by rising sales of UltraHD TVs and replacements of older sets.
Intel Updates Convertible Reference Design
Intel has expanded the scope of its $350 – $400 convertible reference designs to cover a new size segment: 12.5″. Additionally, the reference design has been updated to adopt the new 14nm fifth-generation Broadwell-based Core processors (which were being used by many vendors at CES and will start shipping in Q1).
Following the 4K Television Ecosystem
After the 2015 edition of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week, it is clear that market movement toward 4k (UHD) television is continuing to advance. The 4k sets on view at CES offered outstanding display performance as do the 4k sets already on display at retail points of sale (for example, Best … Read more
DisplayPort and DisplayStream Compression are Bullish
The display shows the pixels that have been changed by 3X DSC compression, magnified by 16. At 1X the display was almost blank!We spent some time with the VESA DisplayPort group and there were a couple of interesting demonstrations. First, we looked at a prototype DisplayPort 1.3 cable running a single cable to support the … Read more
