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Sony’s TV is Slimmer Than a Smartphone

by Tom Allen

Unlike previous years, Sony’s whole stand was open before its press conference began – nothing was covered up, including the new products. However, there was little time to walk around and we chose to …

Tags:Android| CES 2015| Large Display Monitor| LCOS| Mobile Display Monitor| PlayStation| sony| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 22 - Issue 03

Playstation Streaming Set for Samsung

by Tom Allen

The Playstation Now game streaming service will be available on select Samsung smart TVs this year. The service will initially be available in North America only.  

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| PlayStation| Samsung| Smart TV| sony| USA

Sony to Join Large Tablet Makers

by Tom Allen

12″+ tablets already exist in the market today, from companies including Samsung and Microsoft; Apple has also repeatedly been linked to such a device. Supply chain sources now say that Sony will also develop …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| sony| tablets

JOLED Begins Operating

by Helen Vince

JOLED, the joint venture company established by Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ), Japan Display (JDI), Sony, and Panasonic last summer, has now been officially established and started operating. The new company was formed last …

Tags:Japan Display Inc (JDI)| JOLED| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| OLEDs| Panasonic| sony| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 03

Xbox (Finally) Overtakes Playstation

by Bob Raikes

After many months at the top, Sony’s Playstation 4 has been dislodged from the top-selling console spot by Microsoft’s Xbox One. Display Daily Comment The full graphic is a little large to include here, …

Tags:Consoles| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| sony| Vol 21 - Issue 50

Sony’s Single-Lens Display Module is Glass Competitor

by Bob Raikes

Sony has announced an augmented reality headset based on a single-lens OLED display module, similar to the Google Glass headset. Sony announced the SmartEyeglass device and the software development kit earlier in September 2014, …

Tags:AMOLED| Augmented Reality| Eyewear| Google Glass| Mobile Display Monitor| sony| Vol 21 - Issue 50

CES Promises Cables, OLEDs and Standards

by Bob Raikes

A keynote dedicated to mobile technology will consist of a panel with executives from Electrolux, General Motors, Philips and Qualcomm. ‘How Mobile is Fundamentally Changing Our World’ will take place at 1pm on 6th …

Tags:CES 2015| Display Stream (DSC)| HDMI| Mobile Display Monitor| sony| Vol 21 - Issue 50

Helsinki University Chooses Sony

by Bob Raikes

17 Sony laser projectors have been purchased by the University of Helsinki, in Finland. Performance, reliability and total lifetime ownership costs were the main reason for choosing the 10 VPL-FHZ55 and seven VPL-FHZ700L projectors.

Tags:Back Panel| Education| Large Display Monitor| Laser Projectors| sony| Vol 21 - Issue 50

Sony’s Brand Image Hits Low Levels

by Bob Raikes

Variety reports that Sony has hit a 6 year low in terms of its brand perception, citing data from the YouGov Brand Index. The result reflects negative feelings because of recent hacks and the furore over the “The Interview”. …

Tags:Market Shares - Brands| sony| Vol 22 - Issue 01

Is Owning Content an Advantage for Hardware Makers?

by Raverstead

I promised, back in August, to come back to a topic that has kept surfacing me over a number of years. When I started the Display Monitor newsletter, back in 1994, the undoubted king …

Tags:Content Protection| sony| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 01

Scalable and MetaVR Describe Design Wins

by Helen Vince

Simulation & Training – The US Army recently purchased 300 new licenses of MetaVR visuals for embedded training in its Universal Ground Control Stations and for Institutional Mission Simulators.  The Army uses MetaVR Virtual Reality …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Laser Projectors| Military & Defence| Simulation| sony| Vol 21 - Issue 49

Sony Shows Simulation Solutions

by Raverstead

Sony showed off its 4K ultra-short throw and 4K projectors in a night vision goggle application at I/ITSEC 2014.

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