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Toshiba Linked to Factory Sale

by Tom Allen

Sources in Asia say that Toshiba is to sell its notebook factory in Hangzhou (eastern China). The company has apparently inquired about interest from several Taiwanese ODMs. These firms are unlikely to be interested …

Intel Result 20/04/2016

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Intel reported Q1 2016 net profit of $2.0 billion, up 3% YoY. Turnover was $13.7 billion, up 7% YoY from $12.8 billion. Each business segment with the exception of non-volatile memory was up YoY, …

Tags:Financial Data| Intel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 16

Intel Cuts 11% of Staff in Continued PC Exit

by Tom Allen

Intel is continuing its move away from a focus on the struggling PC market to concentrate on the internet of things and wearables – but, in the process, has announced that it is cutting …

Tags:Intel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Vol 23 - Issue 15

Lytro Wows with Cinema Light field Camera

by Chris Chinnock

Perhaps the hottest topic and biggest buzz at the Future of Cinema Conference and then at NAB was the debut of the Lytro Cinema Camera. Although we reported on this last week with some …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Light Field Cameras| Mobile Display Monitor| NAB 2016| Vol 23 - Issue 16

BenQ Shrinks Projector and Eases Set-up

by Tom Allen

The CH100 is a portable 1DLP LED projector, designed for business presentations – emphasising reliability and colour fidelity. sRGB replication is absolutely accurate, says BenQ – good enough that the projector features sRGB certification. …

Tags:BenQ| DLP Projectors| Large Display Monitor| LED Projectors| Vol 23 - Issue 15

Barco Enjoys Rising Bookings

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Barco has released a trading update for Q1’16. Incoming orders booked totalled €208.8 million: a 10.3% YoY rise. The order book stood at €350.5 million, up from €339.7 million in Q1’15. Total sales for …

Tags:Barco| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 17

Fraunhofer Shows Ultra-Thin Glass Results

by Tom Allen

Fraunhofer FEP will show off its newest developments in ultra-thin glass at SVC TechCon 2016, held from the 9th – 13th May in Indianapolis, USA. The organisation’s most recent focus is sheet-to-sheet coatings of …

Sony Accommodates UltraHD Demand

by Tom Allen

Responding to the growth of UltraHD video, Sony has introduced six new professional Bravia displays with tuners, known as the XD8000 series, at NAB in Las Vegas. Each of the sets (43″, 49″, 55″, …

Vizio Prepares More SmartCast

by Tom Allen

Vizio has continued to expand the built-in Chromecast functionality (‘Google Cast’) of its TV sets. The P-Series was introduced in early April (Vizio Integrates Google Cast, Scraps Tuner), and now the company has described …

Netflix Goes on HDR Binge

by Tom Allen

Marco Polo, a Netflix original series, is the only HDR content available todayNetflix has said that is will add more than 150 hours of HDR content this year, in both the HDR10 and Dolby …

EMEA Decline Reflects World Market

by Tom Allen

The EMEA PC market declined in-line with worldwide totals in Q1’16, with clear splits between the consumer/commercial and regional markets. Shipments were down 10% YoY to 19.5 million units, compared to a 9.6% fall …

Hands-on With Optoma’s GT1080

by Tom Allen

I was able to test Optoma’s GT1080 gaming projector recently, which we saw at last year’s Technology Exposed show (Technology Exposed Roundup). Being a gamer, it sounded like a good opportunity to put the …