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uBeam Secures $10 Million Funding

by Raverstead

Los Angeles-based start-up uBeam, has secured $10 million in Series A funding to take its wireless charging system to market. The technology has been in development for three years by company founder, Meredith Perry, …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Vol 21 - Issue 44| Wireless Charging

Alienware Alpha Heralds ‘New Era of Gaming’

by Raverstead

The Alienware Alpha PC gaming console (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 32) is now available in the USA, starting at $550. Although technically a Steam Machine, the device runs Windows 8.1 natively and boots …

Tags:Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Steam Consoles| USA| Vol 21 - Issue 47| Windows

AAA Studies Driver Distraction in the US

by Helen Vince

sAutomotive – When navigation systems entered the automotive market, the rave for larger screens and head up displays in automobiles started.  Smartphones and now augmented reality headsets could be used in cars while driving.  Some …

Tags:Automotive| Health and Safety| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| USA| Vol 21 - Issue 40

TV Landscape is Getting More Mobile

by Helen Vince

TV – With TV sales somewhat recovering from a recent downturn, many hope that the TV market is returning to normal.  There are also many analysts that have a different view based on changes in …

Tags:Cable| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| TV Reception| USA| Vol 21 - Issue 39| Volume 21

Epson Leads US Projector Sales in July

by Super User

PMA Research has announced the top-selling projectors in the USA in July. The company divides the results into three categories: ‘pico and personal’; ‘mainstream’; and ‘high end’. Aaxa manufactured three of the pico and …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| PMA Research| Projectors| USA| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21

USA Drive-Ins Hopes to Revitalise American Tradition With NEC

by Super User

USA Drive-Ins has chosen to exclusively use NEC projectors at its new drive-in cinema locations. NEC’s NC3200S and NC3240S projectors will be used in both the ‘traditional’ locations, set for completion next year, and …

Tags:Back Panel| Cinema Projection| Large Display Monitor| NEC| USA| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

Christie Names New Home Entertainment Director

by Super User

Christie has announced that George Walter has joined the company in the role of director, home entertainment, reporting to Tony Barton, senior director, Americas Sales. Walter most recently served as VP of home cinema …

Tags:Christie| Large Display Monitor| People| USA| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21

FCC Halts US ‘Super-Mergers’

by Super User

Significant acquisition deals in the USA have been put on hold by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The organisation has stopped its 180-day review schedules for the mergers of AT&T and DirecTV, and Comcast …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| USA| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

NPD Predicts 39% Streaming Media Penetration

by Super User

6 million US homes purchased streaming media players between Q2’13 and Q2’14, according to The NPD Group. The figure means that 17% of US internet households now have such a device. The NPD Group …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Media Players| NPD DisplaySearch| USA| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Comcast Video Losses Slow

by Super User

Comcast lost 81,000 video customers QoQ in Q3’14. The company ended the quarter with 22.3 million video customers, which represented a fall of 155,000 YoY – although this was a 36% improvement on losses …

Tags:Cable| Comcast| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

Pay-TV Has Declined Since USA’s Digital Switch

by Super User

About 84% of US households take some form of pay-TV service, according to the Leichtman Research Group (LRG). While the number of subscribers has remained fairly flat since 2010, the number of households has …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Pay TV| USA| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21