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Samsung Likes BBC Proposal for Broadcast HDR

by Bob Raikes

John Adam of Samsung was the next speaker and he gave the “set makers’” point of view. He said that consumers are buying UHD sets and that is also driving the growth of sets …

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 20

by Tom Allen

Acer has added Intel’s fifth-generation Broadwell processors to its Travelmate P645-S ultrabooks. The new units can have Core i5 or i7 processors and are available in the USA now, starting at $950. Asus will …

Samsung Display to Boost Production with $3.6 Billion Investment

by Helen Vince

Samsung Display says it will invest around KRW4 trillion ($3.6 billion) to increase production of flexible OLED displays, with the bulk of the investment expected to be spent expanding production at the company’s Asan …

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

SES, Samsung and BBC Send UltraHD HDR Over DVB

by Tom Allen

SES, Samsung and the BBC’s R&D team have demonstrated the world’s first DVB broadcast of UltraHD HDR content to a TV. The transmission was sent from an SES satellite, using DVB UltraHD Phase 1 …

Leak Shows Samsung’s Z2 Tizen Phone

by Tom Allen

Leaked photos of an unnamed Samsung phone are said to be of the Z2, a Tizen model (New Tizen Phones Under Development at Samsung). The device looks more like Samsung Galaxy phones than the …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Tizen| Vol 22 - Issue 19

IHS image of Mobile Phone Touch Module Shipments by Technology

Mobile Touch Shifts to Embedded With Apple and Samsung

by Tom Allen

Almost 40% of touch module shipments for mobile phones will use in- and on-cell touch this year, says IHS. The prediction comes following 47% YoY growth for the technologies last year, when they had …

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 19

by Tom Allen

The 78XT920 is a new TV for the Chinese market, from Hisense. The LCD set is 78″, with UltraHD resolution, local dimming (between 240 and 288 zones) and an ‘expanded’ colour gamut’. It is …

Samsung’s Hero Phone Becomes A Little More Heroic

by Tom Allen

Samsung, continuing its partnership with Marvel Entertainment (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 25) will release an ‘Iron Man edition’ of its Galaxy S6 Edge smartphone within a month. The phone’s cover will feature an …

Tags:Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 19

Apple and Samsung Driving Evolution in Embedded Touch Mobile Phone Displays, IHS Says

by Helen Vince

According to a new report from IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of critical information and insight, embedded touch displays, including in-cell and on-cell touch displays, are forecast to have a nearly …

Tags:Apple| Market Data| Samsung| Touch Displays

Worldwide Tablet Market Contracts for Second Straight Quarter

by Helen Vince

Worldwide tablet shipments recorded a year-over-year decline for the second consecutive quarter in the first quarter of 2015 (1Q15). Overall shipments for tablets and 2-in-1 devices fell to 47.1 million in 1Q15, a -5.9% …

2015 Fails to Check Tablet Fall

by Tom Allen

Q1’15 was the second consecutive quarter in which the worldwide tablet market declined says IDC. Competition from alternative devices, such as phablets, drove shipments of tablets and hybrids to 47.1 million units, down 5.9% …