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Chips Boost Samsung Profit Forecast

by Tom Allen

Samsung’s earnings guidance for Q3 has exceeded analyst forecasts, with the performance of its semiconductor division offsetting a weaker showing in smartphones. At an event in Seoul on the 7th October, Samsung said that …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 40

Samsung vs.Vizio

Vizio Shows Side-by-Side demos with Samsung HDR/WCG UHD TVs

by Chris Chinnock

At the New York kick off of Vizio’s new Reference series UHD TVs, there were a number of demo stations set up to showcase the image quality of the TVs. Some of these demos …

Tags:Dolby Vision| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Samsung| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vizio| Vol 22 - Issue 40| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 40

by Tom Allen

AMD has said that it will work with Oculus VR and Dell to drive PCs with the Oculus Ready certification (Oculus Lists VR Challenges). AMD will fit these PCs with its own Radeon GPUs. …

Tags:AMD| Dell| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Oculus VR| PCs| Samsung| Smartphones| Smartwatches| Taiwan| toshiba| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 40

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 40

by Tom Allen

AMD has said that it will work with Oculus VR and Dell to drive PCs with the Oculus Ready certification (Oculus Lists VR Challenges). AMD will fit these PCs with its own Radeon GPUs. …

Tags:AMD| Austria| Dell| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Notebooks| Oculus VR| PCs| Samsung| Switzerland| Taiwan| toshiba| Video Walls| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 40

VW Scandal Revived in Samsung Sets

by Tom Allen

In a timely call-back to the Volkswagen emissions scandal, independent lab testers have accused Samsung of implementing a similar system on its TVs in Europe. The unpublished tests were performed by an EU-funded group …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| Power Consumption| Samsung| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 22 - Issue 39

Samsung Pulls Plug on Milk

by Tom Allen

Samsung will close its ‘Milk Video’ service in November – one year after launching it. The company has had little luck with VoD platforms, closing Samsung Video Hub in mid-2014, after a failed attempt …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| VOD| Vol 22 - Issue 39

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 39

by Tom Allen

Combining its Pro Tablet 608 (USB-C Makes HP Appearance) and Payment Jacket with Verifone’s e355 mobile point of sale (mPOS) terminal, HP has created the HP Pro Tablet Mobile Payment Solution. The addition of …

Tags:Apple| HP Inc| HTC| iPhone| Japan| Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus VR| POS| Samsung| sharp| Smartphones| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 39| Worldwide

Competition Rises in 43″ Panel Supply

by Milos Pavlovic

Sources in the panel maker supply chain have said that Chinese makers are to raise their 43″ TV panel production. This size is currently dominated by AUO and LG Display; however, it is reported …

Tags:AUO| BOE| China| CSOT| Large Display Monitor| LCD Panels| LG Displays (LGD)| Samsung| Supply Chain| Vol 22 - Issue 39

STARZ PLAY Now Available on Samsung Smart TVs

by Bob Raikes

Starz announced today that STARZ PLAY, the authenticated online TV Everywhere service for STARZ premium subscribers, has launched on Samsung Smart TVs. STARZ subscribers may now watch exclusive STARZ Original series including “Blunt Talk,” …

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Oculus Lists VR Challenges

by Tom Allen

Oculus Connect is a relatively new conference (only in its second year!) for the virtual reality industry and took place recently in Hollywood. VR is still very new – although it’s a long way …

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus Rift| Oculus VR| Samsung| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 39

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IHS Analyses Samsung & LG OLED Developments

by Bob Raikes

The Galaxy series rolled out by Samsung Electronics Co. has turned AMOLED into a household name. From the Galaxy S to the Galaxy S6, which were released in 2010 and 2015, respectively, many improvements …

Tags:AMOLED| IHS Markit| LG Electronics (LGE)| Market Data| OLEDs| Samsung