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Sony Swaps LCD for OLED for Morpheus’ 2016 Release

by Tom Allen

One year ago (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 12), Sony took the stage at the annual Game Developers’ Conference and introduced Project Morpheus: a head-mounted display, intended to be used as a companion device …

Sony Records and Distributes UltraHD Across the UK

by Tom Allen

Sony is extending last year’s partnership with the National Theatre Live movement in the UK, and will help to distribute four productions, filmed in UltraHD, to Vue cinemas around the country. Over the next …

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Sony Enjoys Huge Console Success

by Tom Allen

More than 20.2 million Playstation 4 consoles have been sold to date, Sony announced at the recent Game Developers’ Conference – that’s an increase of 1.7 million since January. According to a Nielsen poll, …

Apple Passes Samsung to Take Smartphone Market Lead

by Tom Allen

Worldwide smartphone sales reached 367.5 million units in Q4’14, rising almost 30% YoY. Gartner’s data shows that Apple displaced Samsung as the market leader – a spot that the Korean company has held since …

Virgin Trials Sony Smartwear

by Tom Allen

Virgin Atlantic has taken on Sony’s Smartwear wearable range, and is trialling its use for real-time communications. The company will use Sony’s Smart Eyeglass SED-E1 (developer edition) and the Smartwatch 3, as part of …

Three Companies Take Almost 50% of TV Panels in 2015

by Tom Allen

Almost half of all TV panels shipped in 2015 will be purchased by Sony, Samsung Electronics or LG Electronics, according to IHS. In 2014, these brands increased their LCD TV shipment market shares by …

Sony TV Prices Shared

by Tom Allen

Having leaked pricing for Samsung and Vizio TVs recently, HD Guru now has a list for Sony’s upcoming products. There will be 10 models across six ranges, in sizes from 43″ to 75″. All …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| Pricing| sony| Vol 22 - Issue 10

Large-Screen Trend Continues, as Vendors Struggle to Differentiate

by Tom Allen

Smartphones with screens up to 5.6″ will become mainstream this year, says GfK. The prediction follows a spike in sales of larger handsets in 2014, as consumers replaced their older 4″ and 4.5″ smartphones. …

No One Company Rules PMA’s January Projector Data

by Tom Allen

PMA Research has announced the top-selling projectors in the USA in January. The company divides the results into three categories: ‘pico and personal’, ‘mainstream’ and ‘large venue’. Optoma took the top spot in the …

LG Will Supply OLEDs to China and Japan

by Tom Allen

According to Reuters, LG has grown tired of waiting for its OLED TVs to be adopted, and will work with Chinese and Japanese companies to make OLED TVs more mainstream. The news is not …

Smartphone Exit Predicted for Sony

by Tom Allen

According to sources close to Sony, the company may announce an exit from the smartphone market at MWC this year. Australia’s Smarthouse has been told that ‘a number of parties’, including TCL, have expressed …

MWC 2015 is Upon Us

by Tom Allen

MWC is about to get underway in Barcelona, running from 2nd to 5th March. Here, we present a round-up of various companies and products that will be at what is being called the world’s …