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Sony to Launch TWO Consoles in September

by Tom Allen

Sony will introduce two new Playstation 4 consoles at its event next month, according to the Wall Street Journal. As well as the Playstation Neo, Sony will launch a refreshed model of its standard …

Tags:Events| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| PlayStation| sony| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 33

Xiaomi is Prepared to Enter US Market – Slowly

by Tom Allen

Bloomberg says that Xiaomi is preparing to enter the US smartphone market – a move that it has avoided until now, although it has been selling accessories like earbuds. Company VP Huge Barra, formerly …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 33| Xiaomi

LG Prolongs Battery Life in Mid-Range

by Tom Allen

With the LG X Power, LG aims to solve one of the biggest smartphone complaints: battery life. The phone, as its name suggests, is designed to last more than a single day on one …

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 32

Top U.S. pay TV Operators Lose 665,000 Subscribers

by Isaac Oburu

A report by Leichtman Research Group, Inc. (LRG) has found that pay-TV providers with the largest market share in the U.S. in terms of subscribers, lost about 665,000 net video subscribers in Q2″16. Q2 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 33

Alcatel’s Value Phone Costs $30

by Tom Allen

Alcatel, a division of TCL, has unveiled a new smartphone exclusively for MetroPCS customers in the USA. The Alcatel TRU is a low-cost value smartphone with a large display. The 5″ screen of the …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| TCL| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 32

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 32

by Tom Allen

Doogee of China has launched a new handset called the T5, aka ‘the Businessport Phone’. It is IP67-compliant, with a 5″ display (1280 x 720) and 4,500mAh battery with fast charging. Doogee claims that …

Tags:Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus Rift| Smartphones| UK (United Kingdom)| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 32

Jenoptik Builds Theatre for Laser Projection Lens Testing

by Isaac Oburu

Jenoptik Optical Systems has announced the completion of the new Jenoptik Dome Theater. Located in Jupiter, Florida, the theatre’s screen is 7.3m in diameter, 9.1m wide and 4.8m high. The flat screen is used …

Tags:Back Panel| Dome Projection| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 34

U.S. Cable Industry to Grow in the Next Ten Years

by Isaac Oburu

Click to enlarge SNL Kagan has released a report indicating that the U.S. cable industry is in for a bright next-ten years in terms of revenue. The report focuses on year 2016 up to …

Tags:Cable| Large Display Monitor| TV Viewing| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 33

Charter Lessens Subscriber Loss in Q2

by Isaac Oburu

Charter Communications, Inc. has released its first half results. The company’s residential video customers declined by 152,000 in Q2’16, compared to a 170,000 fall in Q2’15. At the end of the period, Legacy Charter …

Tags:Cable| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 32

Visionect Updates Museum Labels

by Tom Allen

Electronic paper company Visionect has developed an electronic label for museum exhibits, called the Amlabel Digital Gallery Display. The first museum to trial the device is the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston. The …

Tags:Electronic Shelf Labels (ESLs)| ePaper| Mobile Display Monitor| Museums & Exhibitions| USA| Visionect| Vol 23 - Issue 31