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Climate Change and Display Companies

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Last month Best Buy issued a press release titled “Best Buy Accelerates Efforts to Combat Climate Change.” This got me to thinking about the display business and climate change. My colleague, Norbert Hildebrand, has …

Tags:Barco| Best Buy| Energy Star| Samsung| TI (Texas Instruments)| Vol 24 - Issue 45

Best Buy Offers Unlocked Nuu X5 for $160

by Andrew Fenn

Consumers in the US can currently get a great deal on an unlocked Nuu X5 Android smartphone, currently $159.99 at Best Buy. The X5 features a 5.5″ 1080p IPS LCD touchscreen, a 13-megapixel rear …

Tags:Best Buy| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 43

VR @ ISTE 2016

by Len Scrogan

The virtual reality meme evidenced a favored and prominent footprint in both the exhibit hall and conference sessions at the recent ISTE 2016 conference. (The ISTE 2016 educational conference, with over 16,000 in attendance …

Tags:Best Buy| Education| Google| Samsung Display| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 43

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 29

by Tom Allen

Andromium‘s Superbook (LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 19) – the laptop ‘shell’ powered by a smartphone – is now live on Kickstarter. Prices start at $85. It was funded within 10 minutes, …

Tags:AMOLED| Android| Best Buy| Convertible PCs| Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Dell| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Motorola| North America| Notebooks| Smartphones| tablets| Vol 23 - Issue 29

Best Buy Slashes Apple Prices

by Tom Allen

During the Memorial Day weekend, Best Buy is cutting the price of the Apple Watch (standard edition) by $200. That means that consumers can pick up the wearable for $350 or $400, depending on …

Tags:Apple Watch (iWatch)| Best Buy| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 21

LDM Product Roundup Vol 23 No 10

by Tom Allen

Wee have received the prices for AOC‘s 75 Series of desktop monitors (AOC Has a Monitor for Everyone). The monitors will cost £335 ($430) (Q2775PQU); £210 ($270) (I2775PQU); £180 ($230) (E2775SJ); £155 ($200) (I2475PXQU); …

Tags:21:9| Best Buy| Curved Displays| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| LG Electronics (LGE)| MMD (AOC Philips)| North America| OLED TVs| Pricing| Quantum Dots| Roku| Vol 23 - Issue 10

4K Blu-ray Discs Already Available

by Isaac Oburu

Best Buy has already started selling the new Blu-ray UltraHD disc format movies, several weeks before the scheduled date in March. CNET claims to have seen the following titles in Best Buy: Chappie, The …

Tags:4k| Best Buy| Blu-ray| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 07

Black Friday No Longer a One-Day Event

by Tom Allen

37% of Americans – 91 million people – expect to purchase technology items or related accessories during ‘Black Friday Week’ (the Monday before Thanksgiving through the Monday after, aka Cyber Monday), says the CTA …

Tags:Amazon| Best Buy| Black Friday| Costco| CTA (was CEA)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 46| Walmart

Best Buy Reveals All Black Friday Deals

by Tom Allen

Best Buy has revealed its Black Friday deals, which include everything from smartphones to UltraHD TVs. ‘Doorbuster’ deals will begin at 5pm on Thanksgiving Day itself. Several UltraHD TVs will be on sale. Two …

Tags:Best Buy| Black Friday| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 45

Best Buy Consolidates in Canada

by Helen Vince

Best Buy Canada is to consolidate its Future Shop and Best Buy stores and websites under the Best Buy brand, unveiling a plan to build a multi-channel customer experience. As a result, 66 Future …

Tags:Best Buy| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| North America| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Vol 22 - Issue 14