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3M Finds 90% of Consumers Desire Better Visual Quality

by Tom Allen

A survey by 3M has found that 90% of Americans still expect ‘significant technology upgrades’ when purchasing new LCD electronic devices. Many consumers are looking for better visual quality. 62% of device owners said …

Tags:3M (MMM)| Colour Quality| display quality| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Quantum Dots| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 23

CRT Firms Agree Antitrust Settlement

by Helen Vince

Several Asian CRT manufacturers have reached a settlement with a US court to pay approximately $528 million to resolve a class action lawsuit alleging that they conspired to fix prices. The companies named in …

Tags:CRT| Hitachi| Large Display Monitor| Panasonic| Philips| Price Fixing| Samsung| toshiba| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 23

Nanosys Achieves EPA Approval

by Tom Allen

Nanosys says that it is the first quantum dot manufacturer to complete the USA’s Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) New Chemicals Programme review process. Approval of this process enables Nanosys to continue its production scale-up …

Tags:Environment| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Nanosys| Quantum Dots| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 23

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 23

by Tom Allen

The Geforce GTX 980 GPU, Nvidia‘s newest flagship, is now even more powerful. The company has updated the card in the form of the new GTX 980Ti, with support for UltraHD gaming at an …

Tags:Android| Consoles| Game Playing| GPUs| Large Display Monitor| MMD (AOC Philips)| Nvidia| sharp| Sunlight Readable Displays| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 23

US Navy Places New Production Order With Kopin

by Tom Allen

Kopin has received a production order for its high-brightness colour microdisplays, for use in helmet-mounted displays in the US Navy’s MH-60 helicopters. The number of displays that have been ordered was not disclosed.

Tags:Back Panel| Kopin| Microdisplays| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 23

Even a Binned Apple-1 Fetches Thousands

by Tom Allen

This is a tale of highs and lows. A woman in the USA recently took several boxes of her departed husband’s possessions along to a recycling centre in California. Unknown to her, one of …

Tags:Apple| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Recycling| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 23

Aaxa Leads April Pico Projectors in USA

by Tom Allen

PMA Research has announced the top-selling projectors in the USA in April. The company divides the results into three categories: ‘pico and personal’, ‘mainstream’ and ‘4,000+ lumen’. Asus’ S1 topped the pico and personal …

Tags:Asus| Epson| Hitachi| InFocus| Large Display Monitor| NEC| Optoma| PMA Research| Projectors| sony| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 23

AMD Takes Responsibility for 1535 Broadway

by Tom Allen

AMD has revealed that the massive digital sign unveiled in Times Square last year (New Times Square LED Sign Could Be Largest in the World) is driven by its own Firepro professional graphics cards. …

Tags:AMD| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 23

And Finally… – Vol 22 No 23

by Tom Allen

Demonstrating the importance of digital signage security, hackers recently took control of a large billboard in Atlanta, replacing the scheduled content with an image that could normally be found in the dark depths of …

Tags:Back Panel| Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Security| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 23

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 22

by Tom Allen

China’s Gionee has said that it will launch a new smartphone, the Elife E8, in June. The phone will be launched worldwide on the 10th. Most specs are simply rumours at this point, including …

Tags:AMOLED| China| Convertible PCs| E Ink| IGZO| Japan| Kyocera| Mobile Display Monitor| Motorola| sharp| Smartphones| Smartwatches| sony| USA| Vaio| Vol 22 - Issue 22| Yota Devices| ZTE

NPD: UltraHD Remains a TV Bright Spot

by Tom Allen

Best Buy says that there is “genuine customer interest” for large TVsThe NPD Group’s Stephen Baker has told Marketwatch that US consumer appetites to trade up in TVs are being fuelled by falling prices. …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| Market Data| NPD| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 22

US Pay-TV Approaches Maturity

by Tom Allen

IHS’ data regarding the US pay-TV market shows that cable operators cut their subscriber losses in Q1’15, while IPTV and satellite growth slowed. Cable companies lost 132,900 subscribers QoQ in Q1. Erik Brannon, TV …

Tags:IHS DisplaySearch| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 22