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Xbox One Receiving 120Hz Refresh Support in May Update

by Andrew Fenn

Hot on the heels of 1440p resolution, variable refresh rate, auto low latency mode and HDMI 2.1 features, Microsoft has announced that the Xbox One will receive support for monitors with a 120Hz refresh …

Tags:Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)| Vol 25 - Issue 16| xBox

JPR Releases White Paper on Gaming Hardware Market

by Andrew Fenn

Jon Peddie Research has released a new white paper report on the x86 gaming hardware market, exploring the definition of gaming computers and the most popular types of games, as well as examining market …

Tags:Back Panel| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 16

AOC and BenQ Monitors Have FreeSync 2 and HDR400

by Bob Raikes

AOC and BenQ have new gaming monitors that are very similar in specification and have support for both the VESA HDR400 specification and also FreeSync 2 for tear-free display. Peak brightness is 400 cd/m², …

Tags:BenQ| Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| MMD (AOC Philips)| Vol 25 - Issue 15

New Contenders Heading Into the Gaming Monitor Market This Year

by Andrew Fenn

LG, Innolux and BOE are among the flat panel-makers preparing to capitalise on the upward momentum of the gaming industry this year by expanding their operations within the gaming monitor market—currently dominated by AU …

Tags:AUO| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| Samsung| Vol 25 - Issue 15

Gaming Notebook Vendors Focus on Southeast Asian Market

by Andrew Fenn

Asus, Dell and Lenovo are among the gaming notebook manufacturers shifting their attentions to the Southeast Asian market this year, as the US market has become saturated, according to Digitimes. Asus and its Republic …

Tags:Asus| Dell| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Lenovo| Market Data| Notebooks| Vol 25 - Issue 15

LDM & MDM Round Up Vol 25 #15

by Bob Raikes

Dell has introduced new Alienware and G series notebooks for the Chinese market only according to local sources. There are Alienware 15 and 17 notebooks that will use 8th gen Intel core processors and …

Tags:Android| Dell| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Notebooks| STBs| Vol 25 - Issue 15

Asus Launching New Gaming Sub-Brand This Month?

by Andrew Fenn

Asus is planning to launch a new gaming sub-brand called Ares to rival Nvidia’s GeForce Partner Program, translated from a Chinese-language report from Apple Daily by sources in Taiwan. Ares will be used to …

Tags:AMD| Asus| Back Panel| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Nvidia| Vol 25 - Issue 14

Asus RoG Notebooks Use 144Hz IPS Panels

by Bob Raikes

The Intel 8th Gen consumer launch saw Asus busy with new RoG and TUF notebooks and desktops. The Republic of Gamers notebook is the RoG Zephyrus M (G501) which uses Nvidia GeForece GTX1070 graphics …

Tags:Game Playing| IPS| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)| Vol 25 - Issue 13

Samsung Working on VRR & FreeSync TVs

by Bob Raikes

Samsung has confirmed that some of its 2018 TVs will support FreeSync up to 120Hz (Big Screen TVs for Gaming to be Stutter Proofed) for gaming. Samsung in Europe has said that its NU8000 …

Tags:Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Samsung| TVs (TV Sets)| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)| Vol 25 - Issue 13

Xiaomi

LDM&MDM Vol 25 #13 Round-Up

by Bob Raikes

Xiaomi has introduced the Mi Gaming Laptop, a 15.6″ notebook with Nvidia GTX1050Ti or GTX1060 graphics, USB Type C and four USB 3.0 ports. The machine has 16GB of RAM, 256GB of SSD and …

Tags:China| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 25 - Issue 13| Xiaomi

Samsung Odyssey Z is for Gamers – Notebook 3 & 5 for Some Countries

by Bob Raikes

Samsung Electronics today announced the Samsung Notebook Odyssey Z, a thin and light laptop, that has been designed to optimise the gaming experience. It has a 15.6″ FullHD display. It was launched in Beijing, …

Tags:Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Samsung| Vol 25 - Issue 13

Esports Market Projected to Grow at a CAGR of 21.7% from 2016 to 2021

by Andrew Fenn

The global eSports industry is projected to grow at a CAGR of 21.7% between 2016 and 2021, which will see it transformed from a $327 million industry into a billion-dollar one, according to PwC. …

Tags:eSports| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 11