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Sony to Boost OGS Touch Panel Orders

by Helen Vince

Reports suggest that Sony is planning to increase orders of one glass solution touch panels with Truly Optoelectronics, which make the firm one of Sony’s main handset touch panel suppliers. At the same time, …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| sony| Supply Chain| Touch Displays| Vol 22 - Issue 07

TV Brands Sign Up to Digitaleurope Logo

by Tom Allen

Five companies have signed up to use Digitaleurope’s UltraHD TV logo, unveiled at IFA 2014 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 35). LG, Panasonic, Sony, Philips and Samsung will begin to use the logo, which …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Panasonic| Philips| Samsung| sony| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 22 - Issue 06

Sony Cuts Loss Forecast but Also Cuts More Jobs

by Vanessa Browning

Sony says it expects to record an annual net loss this year of ¥170 billion ($1.4 billion), a considerable improvement on the company’s previous forecast of a net loss of ¥230 billion ($1.9 billion). Sony cited …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| sony| Vol 22 - Issue 06

Sony Preparing UltraHD Playstation

by Tom Allen

The Playstation 4 and Xbox One disappointed when they were launched, with no mention of UltraHD gaming. We’re still not there, but a bright spot has appeared for fans of the format. According to …

Tags:4k| Consoles| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| PlayStation| sony| VOD in UltraHD & 4K| Vol 22 - Issue 06| xBox

Epson Performs Well in December Projectors

by Tom Allen

PMA Research has announced the top-selling projectors in the USA in December. The company divides the results into three categories: ‘pico and personal’, ‘mainstream’ and ‘high-end’. Optoma book-ended the pico and personal category with …

Tags:Asus| Epson| InFocus| Large Display Monitor| Optoma| PMA Research| Projectors| sony| Vol 22 - Issue 06

Sony to Cut More Smartphone Unit Jobs

by Helen Vince

Sony is planning a further 1,000 job cuts in its loss-making smartphone business in Europe and China, in addition to the 1,000 job losses announced last October. Reports suggest that the main regions to …

Tags:China| Employment and Redundancies| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Smartphones| sony| Sweden| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Bett 2015 Roundup

by Tom Allen

BenQ had some new products, but they were in a private area off-booth. They will be launched at ISE (this was a recurring theme at BETT). CTouch had a prototype 65″ display (the Leddura …

Tags:BenQ| BETT 2015| CTouch| Epson| Hitachi| Huawei| Ingram Micro| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Printable Display| sony| toshiba| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Sony Given Extra Time to File Q3 Results

by Helen Vince

Sony has been granted an extension to the deadline for submitting its third quarter results, which the company said was necessary following a serious disruption of its network systems, caused by a cyber-attack against …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| sony| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Sony Wants to Address the Wearable Market with Partnerships

by Norbert Hildebrand

PC World published an article on Sony’s appearance at the Wearable Device Technology Expo in Tokyo.  Kaz Tajima, senior vice president at Sony Mobile Communications, said that Sony is looking for collaboration partners for new …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| sony| Vol 22 - Issue 04| Wearables

Rumours Fly Before MWC

by Tom Allen

MWC is widely expected to serve as the launch platform for a number of tier one manufacturers’ flagship products this year, given their absence from the CES tradeshow.  Rumours about Sony‘s Xperia Z4 have …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2015| Samsung| Smartphones| sony| Vol 22 - Issue 04

Other HDR Updates

by Chris Chinnock

Netflix reaffirmed an earlier announcement that it would be adding support for High Dynamic Range (HDR) to its 4K content later this year. It is apparently partnered with LG and Sony to deliver this option. …

Tags:CES 2015| Dolby Vision| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Hisense| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Netflix| Panasonic| Philips| Samsung| sharp| sony| TCL| toshiba| Vizio| Vol 22 - Issue 03