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Black Friday marks the traditional beginning of the end-of-year shopping season in the USA. In recent years, European retailers have also begun to offer promotions in mid-late November. Amazon began its sales earlier in the month, discounting a 28″ UltraHD ViewSonic monitor to $545, down from $830. It is also set to run flash sales … Read more
OVAB Europe has been expanding its Digital Signage Business Climate index lately, and has just released its latest for Spain and Portugal. The index rose 14.77 points, to 54.74. After more than two years of recession, the region’s economy has been rising since Q3’13. Confidence in domestic investments has risen with the improving job market. … Read more
Stephan Peters, General Manager of the DACH region at NEC Display Solutions Europe, has spoken to Invidis about the company’s plans for the coming year. Signage, in both small and large sizes, will be a key focus. Products for use in 12-, 16- and 24-hour periods are already available. Large-format UltraHD displays are expected to … Read more
OVAB Europe’s Digital Signage Business Climate Index (DBCI) shows an increase in Benelux since the last poll in September. The Index has risen from 52.38 base points to 61.36, ending a shallow slump that began in the early summer. The economy in the Benelux region has stabilised, although it remains at a low growth level. … Read more
Silicon Image Inc. posted a net profit in Q3 of $10.3 million on turnover of $70.3 million, which compares with a net profit of $8.9 million on turnover of $79.3 million in the third quarter of last year. In the first nine months of the year the company’s net profit declined to $11.3 million from … Read more
Seasonal weakness was blamed for disappointing results amongst Taiwan’s chip manufacturers. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) said that a slowdown in orders for the latest iPhone device was the main reason why sales in November declined sequentially. The total of NT$72.3 billion ($2.3 billion) was 10.5% lower than October, though this was 63% higher than November … Read more
Trusted Reviews has named Sony TVs as winners in the website’s annual awards. Sony was named as 2014 TV Brand of the Year, and the KD-65X9005B as TV of the Year. Samsung came between Sony and a clean sweep, though, taking Best Value TV with the UE40H5500.
Sony’s C-Series has been expanded with three new projectors, scheduled to be launched in January. The VPL-CW276, VPL-CW256 and VPL-CX236 are 3LCD units for education and business use. Each of the new models has low fan noise and supports horizontal (+/-3 deg (CW models) or +/-4 deg (CX model)) and vertical (+/-5 deg ) lens … Read more
Sources speaking to Mobile Geeks have said that mass production of Sony’s Android TV products (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 29) will begin in January, with release dates beginning in February. As well as Google services, the TVs will apparently provide users with access to Sony’s PS4 Remote Play and Playstation Now (which will be … Read more
Sony has appointed Hiroki Totoki as the new president and CEO of Sony Mobile Communications, replacing Kunimasa Suzuki who has been made executive VP of Sony Entertainment. The announcement came as Sony released its second quarter results and lowered its smartphone outlook for the year (see Finance Results in this issue).
Sony Corporation’s net loss in the second quarter widened to ¥136 billion ($1.2 billion) from ¥19.6 billion ($172.6 million) in Q2 of last year, though turnover increased to ¥1.9 trillion ($16.7 billion) from ¥1.7 trillion ($14.9 billion). The increase in sales was attributed primarily to a significant increase in Sony’s game and network services business, … Read more
Sony will be at ISE 2015 (stand 1.H120), expanding upon its theme of ‘Beyond Definition’. The focus will be on the company’s laser and UltraHD technologies, but other items will be featured. The Vision Presenter solution is a way to send multiple types of content to a screen at once. A new upgrade adds previewing … Read more
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