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There were two launches of previously-announced products for LG this week. The first is the company’s curved UltraHD OLED TV – the 65″ EC9700 (known as the EC970V in Europe, seen in Display Monitor Vol 21 No 27) – which has reached the USA. It costs $10,000 (original estimates were closer to $8,000). Next is … Read more
The 42″ Wildfire3D display (M3D-ALL42WF), new from Magnetic3D, features an integrated circuit board that converts glasses-based 3D to glasses-free (autostereoscopic). Additionally, the technology (WildFire3D Conversion Card) is said to simplify the process of autostereoscopic content creation. Designed for professional use, Magnetic’s display can be used in various scenarios. For example, with software that outputs in … Read more
A new range of multi-zone UltraHD media players has been added to Onelan’s portfolio. These units (NTB-4K-2100-S; NTB-4K-1100-S; NTB-4K-2000-S; and NTB-4K-1000-S) feature H.264 playback, IP streaming of 1920 x 1080 content, WiFi, touch options and zone transparency. Each player is powered by Haswell-generation Intel Core i5 (i3 on the 1000-S) processors and HD 5000 graphics. … Read more
A curved 27″ monitor has been introduced by Samsung. The company says that this makes the S27D590C perfectly suited to entertainment uses such as gaming. Viewing distances to all parts of the screen are ‘nearly uniform’, from the centre to the edges. Up to three units can be used together, for a more immersive viewing … Read more
Designed for minimally invasive surgery and surgical microscopy, Sony’s 27″ LMD-2765MD and LMD-2760MD monitors are said to be thinner (57mm) and brighter (1,000 cd/m
The Global Technology Distribution Council has presented Samsung with its Gold ‘Rising Star’ award. Samsung is now recognised as the fastest-growing hardware company in the USA, in the $500 million (and higher) revenue category. 2014 is Samsung’s second year topping the category.
Acer’s EMEA president, Luca Rossi, says that the company is determined to improve its position in the European market and to maintain healthy profitability but will not pursue “desperate market share acquisition strategy” to achieve its objectives. Rossi, who took over from Oliver Ahrens as president of Acer EMEA in June (Display Monitor Vol 21 … Read more
The Dow Chemical Company is to start construction of what it claims is the world’s first large-scale, cadmium-free quantum dot manufacturing operation at the company
The European Commission has concluded a preliminary investigation into Apple’s tax affairs in Ireland and concluded that the company benefited from unlawful state aid, following allegations of ‘special deals’ agreed with Irish authorities. The Commission has decided to launch an in-depth investigation into the arrangements between Apple and the Irish authorities, as part of a … Read more
Unusually, we lead this week with a technical story. However, the breakthrough in blue lifetime could be significant indeed. It was 2003 when we reported two talks by David Fyfe of CDT, one of the pioneering companies in OLED (and later acquired by Sumitomo). One was at the DisplaySearch event in the March and the … Read more
Jabil Circuit Inc. has announced its preliminary fourth quarter and full year results. The company recorded a net loss in the final quarter of $26.2 million on turnover of $4 billion, which compares with a net profit in Q4 of the previous year of $127 million on turnover of $4.5 billion. For the year, Jabil’s … Read more
Microsoft eschewed the conventional wisdom of linear numbers with its announcement of Windows 10 recently, completely bypassing Windows 9. The name signals that the OS is not an incremental update. As predicted, the Start Menu makes its long-awaited return, with a blend between the old list of apps and a selection of resizable live tiles. … Read more
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