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Hisense’s Major Expansion: Acquiring Sharp America

by Bob Raikes

On July 31, Hisense Group and Sharp announced that Hisense will be purchasing all equity and assets of Sharp’s TV factory in Mexico for $23.7 million with rights to use the “Sharp” brand name …

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Business is Mixed – Can Windows 10 Help?

by Bob Raikes

We have a big issue for you this week. Our publishing break coincided with the peak of the financial results reporting season, so we have a lot this week. By my estimation, in terms …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| sharp| Vol 22 - Issue 31| Windows

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 31

by Tom Allen

AOC has updated the release schedule of its U3277PQU LCD monitor (AOC Looks After Professionals). The display will now be released in August, for £585 ($915). A similar unit, with an AMVA panel and …

Sharp 80″ TV Starts Shipping

by Bob Raikes

Sharp US has now started shipping the 80″ LC-80LE661U Smart TV that was announced at the beginning of June (Sharp Introduces New Line Of Commercial AQUOS™ LED Smart TVs). The product uses an edge-lit …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| sharp| Smart TV| Vol 22 - Issue 30

Sharp Forecast to Post $282 Million Q2 Operating Loss

by Helen Vince

A new Nikkei report has forecast that Sharp will report an operating loss in the second quarter of the year of ¥35 billion ($282 million), compared with a profit in Q2 a year earlier …

Sharp Expands European Visual Solutions Team

by Helen Vince

Sharp Europe has hired Christopher Parker as senior product manager for visual solutions. He will be responsible for the development and marketing of Sharp’s portfolio of visual solutions products, supporting sales teams and channels …

Korea Aims at 11k Mobile Display

by Tom Allen

The Korean government has initiated a project called EnDK, which aims to develop a mobile display with 11k resolution and 2,550 ppi. That would be, roughly, a 5.9″ screen with 11520 x 6480 resolution. …

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 29

by Tom Allen

Arçelik, Turkish owner of the Grundig German TV brand, has announced that all future Grundig smart TVs will use the Android TV operating system. The new TVs will be unveiled at IFA 2015, in …

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 29

by Tom Allen

HP‘s Elitebook Folio 1020 (Core-M Drives HP’s Macbook Challenger) has been revamped by Bang & Olufsen. The ‘Elitebook Folio 1020 limited edition laptop’ features a B&O audio system. Although HP hasn’t revealed specifications, they …

How Sharp Makes Its “Free-form” Displays

by Ken Werner

For some time, Sharp has been showing examples of its “free-form” displays, which do both the “row” and “column” driving through one edge of the display, leaving the rest of the display to be …

Tags:Free Form Displays| sharp| Vol 22 - Issue 28

Sharp’s CEO Survives Resignation Call

by Helen Vince

At the company’s AGM this week, Sharp’s CEO Kozo Takahashi survived a vote for his re-election, despite some shareholders calling for his resignation. An emotional Takahashi was quoted as saying that he wanted Sharp …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| sharp| Vol 22 - Issue 26

Sharp Begins In-Cell Mass Production

by Tom Allen

Sharp has begun to mass-produce in-cell touch displays for smartphones. They are being produced at Sharp’s Mie Plant No. 3, using LTPS technology. The company is considering expanding production to its Kameyama Plant No. …