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BenQ Comes to Play!

BenQ has come to play with some serious new additions to its projector range, spanning the worlds of gaming, home cinema and anything you can think of in between. Leaders in home cinema projection and renowned for producing high specification office, home and gaming monitors, projectors and business displays, these latest projectors from BenQ set … Read more

Another of Those Damned Inflection Points….

As regular and long term readers will know, I’m keen on trying to spot inflection points in the development of the industry – moments after which the industry will never be quite the same. Occasionally, I spot one that others don’t, but this time, I’m covering one that anyone that watches the industry will have … Read more

Apple Drives Massive Growth in Shipments of $401-to-$600 Smartphones with Wireless Charging-Capability in Q4

Shipments of wireless-charging-enabled smartphones in the $401-to-$600 price range grew by 365 percent in the fourth quarter of 2019 as Apple’s price cut for the iPhone XR dramatically expanded the market, according to the latest findings from the Omdia Smartphone Model Market Tracker. “The increase in wireless charging-enabled shipments in the $401-to-$600 price segment was … Read more

IDC Expects Worldwide IT Spending to Decline by 2.7% in 2020 as COVID-19 Drives Down Forecasts

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Worldwide IT spending is now expected to decline 2.7% in constant currency terms this year as COVID-19 impacts the global economy and forces many organizations around the world to respond with contingency planning and spending cuts in the short term. In line with previous economic recessions, IT spending on hardware, software, and IT services is … Read more

The Perfect Home Office Device to Stop your Kids from Hopping on your Conference Call

Visionect, the leading innovator of ePaper solutions, has announced the release of its newest innovation for your workspace at home – Joan Home. Built on the legacy of the popular room booking management solution, Joan, which is being used by many leading companies across the globe such as Microsoft, NASA, Samsung and Amazon, Joan Home … Read more

Rugged, High-performance Large Area Display Provides Increased Situational Awareness

Mercury Systems, Inc., a leader in trusted, secure mission-critical technologies for aerospace and defense, announced the LAD 2150 large area display (LAD), a rugged, fully redundant 10-bit 8″x20″ active-matrix liquid crystal display (AMLCD), ideal for commercial and military applications where high resolution, wide viewing angle and compact packaging are critical performance factors. The innovative display … Read more

Unit Growth in Key Segments Fueled by Price Declines

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. Two key projector segments saw unit sales increase by more than … Read more

MSI’s 10th Gen Intel Core Powered Gaming and Content Creator Laptops Now Available

MSI, a world leader in gaming hardware and computing solutions, announces the availability of its 10th Generation Intel® CoreTM i9 processor (Comet Lake H-series)-equipped content creator and gaming laptops with the latest NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX SUPER™ Series graphics, including the GS66 Stealth, GE66 Raider, and Creator 17. Gaming series features up to an i9-10980HK processor, … Read more

P2i Signs Deal With Samsung to Protect Selected Galaxy Smartphones With Its Liquid Protection Barrier Coating

P2i announced partnership agreement with Samsung that will see its Barrier nanocoating technology deployed across several smartphone designs from 2019, extending water and liquid protection to the internal components of selected Samsung Galaxy smartphones. P2i’s Barrier will be deployed across other smartphone models in due course. The new agreement builds on an existing relationship between … Read more

New Sony XH81, XH80 and X70 4K HDR LCD Televisions Now Available to Order

Sony UK and Ireland has announced the pricing and availability of its first 2020 televisions to ship – offering a high-quality audio-visual experience in a wide selection of screen sizes from 43” to 85”. Both XH81 and XH80 series boast the 4K HDR Processor X1™, which uses advanced algorithms to cut noise and boost detail. … Read more

[Display Dynamics] Large-Area Panel Shipments Decreased by 14% MoM in February

According to the latest Omdia Monthly Large Area Display Market Tracker, combined shipments of large-area and small/medium TFT LCD panels were down by 5% MoM and 1% YoY to 174 million in February 2020. Shipments of large-area panels were down by 14% MoM and 10% YoY to 48 million, while shipments of small/medium panels were … Read more

Omdia Cuts 2020 TV Shipment Forecast by 10 Percentage Points as Coronavirus Crisis Goes Global

Omdia has slashed its 2020 global television shipment outlook by nearly 10 percentage points, with the market now expected to undergo a sharp downturn due to coronavirus mitigation measures initiated by governments worldwide. Global television shipments will fall by 8.7 percent in 2020, declining to 203.5 million units, down from 222.9 million in 2019, as … Read more