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Leak Shows Parallels Between Huawei Phablets

by Tom Allen

A leaked roadmap from Huawei shows that its next phablet could be launched in June. The Mate 8, which appeared on Mobile-dad, is described as having a 6″ display with 2560 x 1440 resolution. …

Tags:Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| phablets| Vol 22 - Issue 20

Not All S6 Phones Are Created Equal

by Tom Allen

Samsung has said that the camera sensor on its Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge can vary from model-to-model. Some S6 handsets use a Sony IMX240 sensor, while others feature Samsung’s own ISOCELL sensor. Both …

Tags:Cameras| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 20

Microsoft Will Lower Smartphone Orders

by Tom Allen

Smartphone makers say that Microsoft has lowered its orders for low-cost models, as demand in emerging markets has been lower than expected. The makers estimate that orders will fall as much as 20% MoM …

Tags:Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Supply Chain| Vol 22 - Issue 20

TV Panels Rise While Tablets Fall at Innolux

by Tom Allen

Innolux president JC Wang has said that the company expects to reach 40-45 million UltraHD TV panel shipments this year. While 30% of Innolux’s panels were 50″+ in Q1, that number is forecast to …

Tags:Innolux| Large Display Monitor| LCD Panels| Mobile Display Monitor| Supply Chain| Vol 22 - Issue 20

TPK’s April Sales Dip 43% YoY

by Helen Vince

TPK Holding achieved a 12.7% month on month increase in sales in April, though this was down 43.4% from April 2014 at NT$9 billion ($293.8 million). The company’s sales for January to April were …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TPK| Vol 22 - Issue 20

Hannstar’s April Result Disappoints

by Helen Vince

Hannstar Display recorded a disappointing performance in April, with the only increase being in shipments of small and medium panels. The company’s sales for last month fell 20.5% from March and 26.6% from April …

Tags:Financial Data| Hannstar (Hannspree)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 20

Comcast Announces UHD Set Top Box for 2015

by Norbert Hildebrand

When we talk about UHD, often also misquoted as 4k, we start thinking of more pixels in our next TV set. From a business perspective we talk about what will accelerate or hinder the …

Tags:Comcast| Mobile Display Monitor| STBs| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 20

Google Glass patent

Google Patent May Hint at Next Google Glass

by Norbert Hildebrand

Patents are tricky as they give us a glimpse of a potential development of new products, though it may also lead us in a direction that may never be realized. Google has been awarded …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Google| Google Glass| Mobile Display Monitor| SmartGlasses| Vol 22 - Issue 20

UltraHD Topic is Hot

by Bob Raikes

The next speaker was our own Bob Raikes, who outlined that the panel and TV set industry is already geared up for UltraHD and quoted the recent comment from DisplaySearch’s Paul Gray that by …

Tags:Dolby Vision| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SES Industry Days 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 19| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

New Developments in Modulation and Demod Allow Higher Bandwidths

by Bob Raikes

Peter Nayler is from STMicroelectronics There will be more than 3 billion connected people by the end of this year around the world. In rural areas other, wired technolgies, are not able to deliver …

Tags:DVB-S & S2| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Satellite| SES Industry Days 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 19

SES Sees Continued Growth

by Bob Raikes

Daniel Biedermann is SVP of corporate development at SES and he started by saying that there are a lot of national satellite initiatives for making satellites, partly attracted by Chinese money and interest, so …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Satellite| SES| SES Industry Days 2015| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 19

Nvidia to Wind Down Icera Modem Operations

by Helen Vince

Nvidia says it will wind down its Icera modem operations in the second quarter of fiscal 2016 and that the company is open to a sale of the technology or operations. Nvidia acquired Icera …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Nvidia| Vol 22 - Issue 19