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NEC Rewards its Partners

by Raverstead

NEC has announced the winners of the 2014/15 Display Trends Forum partner awards in Cannes. The company awarded Best Volume Distributor to Ingram Micro (Germany); Best Projector Sales to Midwich (UK); Strongest AV partner …

Panasonic Chooses ViXS

by Raverstead

ViXS has announced that its XCode 6400 decoder is being used in Panasonic’s new AX800 UltraHD TVs.

Samsung Brings Policing to the 21st Century

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Samsung is supplying 4,000 Galaxy Note 3 devices to the UK’s West Yorkshire police force, replacing traditional notebooks. The phablets can be used to record crimes without requiring an officer to return to a …

Sensors Essential to Input

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User Interface – Jay Esfandyari of STMicroelectronics (STM) presented the Sensor Tutorial at the event. Esfandyari began his tutorial by charting the evolution of human interface technology from the 1940’s through to the present …

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Sony Brightens Meeting- and Classrooms

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Sony’s C-Series has been expanded with three new projectors, scheduled to be launched in January. The VPL-CW276, VPL-CW256 and VPL-CX236 are 3LCD units for education and business use. Each of the new models has …

TCL’s LCD TV Sales Up 11%

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TCL Multimedia saw LCD TV sales rise 10.7% in October from the same period last year. Sales of smart TVs increased 30.2%. In TCL’s home market of China, the company’s sales volume fell 9.8% …

TPK Sales Half YoY

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TPK said sales in October fell 50% from October 2013 to NT$11.2 billion ($372.2 million), though this was 4.9% higher than September. Sales to date increased almost 4% to NT$128.3 billion ($4.2 billion).

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VESA Seeks Input on DSC Revision

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The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) is examining a refinement to its Display Stream Compression (DSC) standard (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 5). DSC reduces bitrates to enable higher resolution content to be played …

Tags:Display Stream (DSC)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| VESA| Vol 21 - Issue 44

ZVEI Recognises Work of GFU Chairman

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The ZVEI trade associated in Germany has honoured GFU chairman Hans-Joachim Kamp with the Golden Plaque of Honour, in recognition of his three decades of work in and commitment to the electrical industry.

Asbis Opens UK Office

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Asbis has opened a London base to focus on the Prestigio brand and will be shipping Prestigio products, including tablets, smartphones and large touch screen PCs, from its European warehouse in Prague.

Tags:Asbis (Prestigio)| Distributors| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 21 - Issue 45

High-End STB Shipments to Rise Quickly to 2020

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Worldwide UltraHD-capable set-top box shipments will reach 48 million by 2020, says ABI Research. HEVC STB shipments will climb even higher, to 88 million units. Only about 60,000 STBs with both features will be …

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40″ and 50″ Panel Supply Tight Till 2015

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Asian sources expect the supply of 40″ and 50″ TV panels to be short until the end of the year. Suppliers expect to have orders tied up until January 2015. Innolux, for example, is …

Tags:Display Supply & Demand| Innolux| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 21 - Issue 45