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The Top 3 LFD Brands in EMEA

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Invidis releases a ‘yearbook’ every year with details of the digital signage market in Europe. It’s available for free download here in English and German versions. Topics covered included: Green issues …

Tags:Digital Signage| Europe| LFD - Large Format Display| Market Data

Samsung fined €40m for Price Fixing

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Samsung has been fined €40m for price-fixing TVs in the Netherlands. The company coordinated the prices being offered by different retailers according to the Dutch Consumer organisation, Autoriteit Consument & Markt. …

Tags:Europe| Pricing| Samsung

TCL Updates on 8K miniLED Plans in Europe

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The 8K Association (8KA) has published an interview with Marek Maciejewski of TCL Europe that includes details of the firm’s latest 8K TVs that were originally announced at CES (TCL: Details …

Tags:Europe| Power Consumption| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| TVs (TV Sets)

EU Wants to Standardise PSUs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Last week, there were lots of reports of the EU’s plans to adopt USB Type-C as a uniform charging standard for consumer devices to reduce the waste and duplication of power …

Tags:Environment| Europe| Power Supplies| Smartphones

Panasonic JZ1500 Series Ships

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Panasonic added the JZ1500, an OLED TV with the top modified panel used in the flagship JZ2000 model, but with less sophisticated audio (no Atmos speakers) at a lower cost. The …

Tags:Europe| OLED TVs| Panasonic

Links Week Ending 24th September 2021

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the second part of this week. ‘An Invitation – A Colour the Trails …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Batteries| Europe| Germany| Interactive Displays| Investment| LG Electronics (LGE)| Smartphones| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| SVOD| TVs (TV Sets)| USB

EMEA Gaming PC Market Set to Stay Strong in 2021, Despite Component Shortage, Says IDC

by Artem Alekseenko

The Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) market for gaming PCs posted another quarter of solid growth in 2021Q2, growing 10.8% YoY and recording 2.5 million units shipped, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). …

Tags:Analytics & Tools| Europe| IDC| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)

Tablet Market Will Accelerate in the Commercial Space

by Bob Raikes

What They Say IDC released its data for the European tablet market in Q2, which, at 11.8 million units, was 1.7% down, the first drop sine the start of the pandemic. Consumers bought fewer …

Tags:Europe| Forecasts| Market Data| tablets

Western Europe’s PC Market Grows 3% in Q2 2021 Despite Phenomenal Q2 2020

by Artem Alekseenko

In Q2 2021, Western European PC shipments (desktops, notebooks and workstations) reached 15.0 million units, up 3% year on year. Post-COVID demand in 2021 has been stable thanks to lockdown-enforced lifestyle changes becoming permanent. …

Tags:Analytics & Tools| Europe| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)

TCL Electronics Bullish on First Half of 2021

by Bob Raikes

What They Say TCL reported profits up 122.9% for the first half of the year at $133 million. Revenues were up 103.7% for the year to $4.49 billion. TCL smartTV sales rose to 11.27 …

Tags:Europe| Roku| TCL