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Ruige Monitors Chosen for United Nations HQ

The United Nations has taken delivery of 52 Ruige TL-S1850HD 18.5″ professional picture monitors for use at its international headquarters in New York. This latest order follows the UN’s purchase of 73 TL-S1850HD monitors in December 2012. The monitors are primarily being used for videoconferencing which, for an organisation such as the United Nations, is … Read more

Wi-Fi Alliance Celebrates 15 Years of Wi-Fi

This year, the Wi-Fi Alliance is celebrating 15 years of connecting people and improving everyday lives with Wi-Fi. The Alliance was founded by six companies to develop and validate multi-vendor interoperability and over the last 15 years it has grown into an organisation of nearly 650 companies. Greg Ennis, VP of technology for the Wi-Fi … Read more

AUO Sees Dip in Monthly Sales

AU Optronics (AUO) reported sales in August of NT$35.5 billion ($1.2 billion), slightly down month on month and 5.5% lower than August 2014. Sales from January to August reached NT$267.1 billion ($8.9 billion), 3.5% lower than the same period of last year. Shipments of large panels reached 9.98 million units, 3.6% higher than July but … Read more

Canada Hands Out Fines in LCD Price Fixing Suit

Courts in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia in Canada have secured agreement from five of the major consumer electronics companies involved in the alleged LCD price fixing cartel which took place between 1998 and 2006. While acknowledging that the companies have not admitted taking part, the Canadian authorities said that they have agreed to pay … Read more

CPT’s August Result Disappoints

Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) reported a 15.5% drop in sales last month from July, at NT$4.5 billion ($149.8 million), bringing sales from January to August to NT$37.8 billion ($1.2 billion), 1% lower than the corresponding period of 2013. CPT’s large panel shipments of 131,000 units represented a 13.8% sequential decline and was 26.4% lower than … Read more

Hannstar’s Sales & Shipments Down In August

Hannstar Display said that sales and shipments both declined last month, with revenue for the month 1.7% lower than July and 32.8% down year on year at NT$1.8 billion ($60 million). Sales for the eight month period since the beginning of the year were 30.6% lower at NT$15.4 billion ($513 million). The company’s small and … Read more

Innolux Sales 15.5% Higher YoY

Innolux reported a 15.5% year on year and 4.8% month on month increase in sales in August at NT$38.2 billion ($1.3 billion), bringing sales in the first eight months of the year to NT275 billion ($9.2 billion). During August, Innolux shipped approximately 12.8 million large panels, a sequential increase of 11.8%, while shipments for the … Read more

Liberty Global Extends Shareholder Deadline

As expected, Liberty Global has extended the deadline for Ziggo shareholders to accept the company’s offer for the Dutch cable operator, after the European Commission said in August that it needed more time to investigate the deal (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 34). The EC set a new date of 3rd November 2014 by which … Read more

Dynamic Focus on 55″ LCD Public Displays

This week we are highlighting LCD Public Displays in the 55″ Full HD category covering sizes 53.5″ to 59.49″ with 1920 x 1080 resolution. There are nine brands featured in the advertising. NEC Displays is at the top of the PageShare for the combined three major countries, Samsung is second and LG is third. The … Read more

BDA Pushes Adoption of New Display Technologies

We knew it was coming. The Blu-ray Disc Association announced at IFA that it was ‘most of the way done’ with defining a specification enabling the format to handle UltraHD imagery. Chairman Victor Matsuda told CNet that the technology will begin to be licensed in spring or summer next year, with players arriving on the … Read more