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Client Devices Will Return to Growth in 2016

by Tom Allen

The global market for thin clients and terminal clients slipped 6.7% YoY in Q3’15 according to IDC. Shipments compared poorly to the strong results of 2014, and were also hampered by economic and currency …

Tags:IDC| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Thin Clients| Vol 22 - Issue 51

Ultra HD Forum to Publish HDR Guide Pre-NAB

by Tom Allen

The UltraHD Forum has signed 15 new members since IBC in September, bringing its total to more than 45 companies. New sign-ups include Broadcom, Sky, Fox, DirecTV, Sigma Designs and Marvell. The first version …

Tags:4k| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| NAB 2016| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 51

Panasonic Develops UHD Surgical Monitor

by Tom Allen

To meet growing demand from the medical community, Panasonic has introduced a 31.5″ UltraHD display called the EJ-ML432Z. These products are particularly needed in areas such as laparoscopic, arthroscopic and microscopic surgery, where Full …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Medical| Panasonic| Vol 22 - Issue 51

IHS: 2016 Will be Flexible Displays and Cheap VR

by Tom Allen

IHS has asked its analysts for their top predictions for the coming year, amassing them all in a new white paper (http://tinyurl.com/z2czht5). Many of the predictions revolve around China and the country’s future. Displays …

Tags:Flexible Displays| IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Pay TV| Semiconductor Market| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 51

Paper Planes Become Cheap Drones

by Tom Allen

PowerUp FPV is a project that recently – and quickly – beat its funding goal on Kickstarter, by almost 300%. The toy, built in collaboration with drone maker Parrot, is a propeller and camera …

Tags:Back Panel| Cameras| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 52| Wearables

Canon Builds on Past Flagship

by Tom Allen

Canon is ending the year with a bang, announcing four new projectors with two different technologies. The DLP models are the LX-MU500 (1920 x 1200) and LX-MW500 (1280 x 800), both with 5,000 lumens …

Tags:Canon| DLP Projectors| Large Display Monitor| LCOS| Vol 22 - Issue 51

Large-Size Rollables Coming to CES?

by Tom Allen

A new gaming brand will be revealed by BenQ, called Zowie. Zowie products will cover monitors and peripherals, such as mice and keypads, with a focus on the competitive gaming (eSports) market. In monitors, …

Tags:BenQ| CES 2016| Desktop Monitors| Flexible Displays| Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Projectors| Vol 22 - Issue 51

Apple

Apple Agrees 7-Year Deal with Ericsson

by Tom Allen

Apple and Ericsson have been in legal battles over Apple’s use of Ericsson’s technologies in its iPhone and iPad devices for around three years now – and have finally reached an agreement. A seven-year …

Tags:Apple| Ericsson| Large Display Monitor| Licensing| Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| Vol 22 - Issue 51

Toshiba Forecasts Record Loss

by Tom Allen

In a gloomy end to the year, Toshiba has announced that it will cut 6,800 jobs from its PC, video and consumer electronics divisions – representing 3% of the firm’s total employees. The cuts …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| toshiba| Vol 22 - Issue 51

BOE Signs G10.5 Supply Agreement with Corning

by Tom Allen

Corning is to establish a production base adjacent to BOE’s under-construction G10.5 fab in Hefei, China, from where it will supply glass substrates to the new plant. Glass production is expected to support BOE’s …

Tags:BOE| China| Corning| Glass| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Production| Vol 22 - Issue 51

HEVC Advance Lowers Royalty Rates

by Milos Pavlovic

HEVC Advance CEO, Peter Moller, said, “We are…confident that the revised pricing structure and rates balance the needs of both HEVC users and patent owners”.HEVC Advance – one of the licensing bodies for the …

Tags:Codecs| HEVC (H.265)| Large Display Monitor| Licensing| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 51

BT Partners with Netflix

by Tom Allen

UltraHD Netflix content can now be streamed to BT’s new UHD STB.

Tags:4k| BT| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Streaming Video| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 51