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PMA Research All-Displays Tracking Shows Improving Sales Through the Distribution Channel in 2020Q2

July 31, 2020 by Artem Alekseenko

PMA Research (PMA), the worldwide market information experts on large displays, has published their latest All-Displays sell-through tracking report on professional large-format flat panel displays (32″ and larger) and professional projectors (above 500 lumens) being sold by leading U.S. Distributors who serve commercial markets. While April and May AV industry sales were hit particularly hard … Read more

Worldwide Tablet Shipments Recorded Solid Growth in Q2 2020, According to IDC

July 31, 2020 by Artem Alekseenko

After two sequential quarters of decline, the worldwide tablet market recorded 18.6% year-over-year growth in the second quarter of 2020 (2Q20) with shipments totaling 38.6 million units, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. With COVID-related lockdowns continuing to restrict many activities, consumers turned to tablets … Read more

Huawei Lands Top Spot in Second Quarter Smartphone Market Despite Largest Ever Market Decline, According to IDC

July 31, 2020 by Artem Alekseenko

Worldwide smartphone shipments decreased 16.0% year over year in the second quarter of 2020 (2Q20), according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. In total, companies shipped 278.4 million smartphones during 2Q20. Although this a larger decline than in the first quarter, it was expected as major economies … Read more

Coe-Sullivan Start-up to Demonstrate Highly Efficient Green nanoLED at Display Week

July 30, 2020 by Ken Werner

NS Nanotech (Ann Arbor, Michigan), a company that claims to be developing a highly efficient green LED technology, closed its first round of seed funding in 2019. Co-founder Seth Coe-Sullivan — who previously co-founded the seminal quantum-dot company QD Vision — said the company’s green LED technology is expected to deliver an order-of-magnitude improvement in … Read more

Flexible AMOLED Shipments Set to Increase 51 Percent in 2020—Despite a 10 Percent Decline in Smartphone Display Demand

July 30, 2020 by Artem Alekseenko

Defying the COVID-19-driven decline in overall smartphone display shipments in 2020, the global market for flexible active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) is set to rise by 51 percent this year. The COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted the smartphone and display market in 2020, by shutting down many cities, damaging the supply chain for phone and … Read more

Sony Unveils First ‘Ready for PlayStation 5’ 4K & 8K TVs

July 30, 2020 by Artem Alekseenko

Sony Electronics Inc. announces its TVs are officially ‘Ready for PlayStation 5’. The new ‘Ready for PlayStation 5’ tagline has been created in partnership with Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) to make it easier for consumers to select the optimum TV in preparation for the highly anticipated launch of the PlayStation 5 (PS5™), the next-generation game … Read more

Global TV Panel Shipments Decline 8.4% YoY in 1H20

July 30, 2020 by Artem Alekseenko

TV panel prices started to decline in early- to mid-2Q20, according to TrendForce’s latest investigations. In an effort to clear inventory and alleviate pressure from falling TV panel prices, some panel manufacturers decided to either lower their capacity utilization or shift their production capacities to IT panels, which saw greater demand at the time. When … Read more

Introducing Tesseract Imaging and the JioGlass Headset

July 29, 2020 by Arthur Berman

In 2019, Tesseract Imaging Limited developed a mixed reality glasses type headset called the Jio HoloBoard. The company’s latest offering is called JioGlass and can be seen as a follow up to that product. On the chance that the company Tesseract Imaging may not be familiar to readers of Display Daily, here are a few … Read more

Barcelona Hospital Surgeons Now Using Vuzix M400 Smart Glasses to Perform Assisted Gastrointestinal Surgeries on Patients

July 29, 2020 by Artem Alekseenko

Vuzix® Corporation, a leading supplier of Smart Glasses and Augmented Reality (AR) technology and products, announced that a team of doctors is successfully using the Vuzix M400 Smart Glasses to perform gastrointestinal surgeries on patients at a leading hospital based in Barcelona, Spain. Dr. Rafael Díaz Del Gobbo, an Upper GI & Bariatric Surgeon based … Read more

Sony Unveils Flagship 4K Professional SXRD Laser Projector for Large Display Applications

July 29, 2020 by Artem Alekseenko

Sony Electronics’ newest professional projector, the VPL-GTZ380, enhances the company’s lineup of powerful native 4K (4096×2160) SXRD models to include its highest brightness, 10,000 lumen model. The new projector combines outstanding contrast, brightness, high dynamic range and resolution with a wide color gamut to offer an unmatched visual experience in any distance and lighting condition, … Read more

Philips Professional Display Solutions Helping Hotels Reduce COVID-19 Spread Fears with New Virtual TV Remote-Control Mobile App

July 29, 2020 by Artem Alekseenko

To help support the reopening of hotels around the globe, Philips Professional Display Solutions is excited to announce the launch of GuestConnect – a brand-new health and hygiene inspired cloud-based remote control that allows guests to control their in-room MediaSuite TV with their own mobile device. As part of strict new government rules around health … Read more

David vs Goliath or ……?

July 29, 2020 by Bob Raikes

Often, patent disputes take place quietly in the background, no longer in ‘smoke-filled rooms’ but in meetings between experts and attorneys. And more attorneys. Eventually, they may get to court and get debated, but they rarely make it to video! So I was grateful when a reader sent me a link to a video article … Read more