Vol 21 – Issue 39 – Page 10

New BOE Fab to be Supplied by Air Liquide

by Super User

French industrial gases producer Air Liquide has won a ‘major’ contract with BOE. Under the terms, Air Liquide will provide gas to BOE’s new G8.5 FPD fab in Chonqing, China. The factory will be …

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Rugged Mobiles Expand at Tech Data

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The rugged line-up of phones offered by Tech Data has been expanded with products from RugGear Europe. Feature phones, smartphones and tablets for the B2B and B2C channels are now being offered in Germany …

Intel Peaks Interest With Smartwatch

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After purchasing fitness tracker firm Basis in March (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 10), Intel is preparing to deliver its first smartwatch: the Basis Peak. The name was announced at the Intel Developer Forum …

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Dynamic Focus on 19″ LCD Monitors

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This week we are highlighting LCD monitors in the 19″ standard aspect ratio (5:4) category. There are 16 brands featured in the advertising with Philips, Acer and Iiyama the top three advertised brands. In …

PC-to-TV Connections Higher in Europe

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A study by Parks Associates has found that Smart TV ownership in broadband households is around 40% in Germany and Spain, but only 33% in the UK. It has also found that PC-to-TV connections …

Barco’s Present-C is Unobtrusive

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Barco’s Present-C 1DLP projectors feature wide aspect ratios (up to 21:9) to support the corporate shift towards local and remote collaboration. With a compact form factor – they are said to be smaller and …

Matchstick Sparks Kickstarter Rush

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Mozilla’s Chromecast rival, Matchstick (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 26), has been revealed, with a competitive price of $25. The device, which was quickly funded on Kickstarter (http://tinyurl.com/karoadz), uses open-source software. Developers are being …

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DisplaySearch: iPhone Panel Demand to Exceed 100 Million

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According to a blog post by NPD DisplaySearch’s David Hsieh (http://tinyurl.com/lgjjegh), panel makers need to ramp up production of iPhone 6 and 6 Plus panels quickly. DisplaySearch estimates that Apple has ordered more than …

Nanomarkets: LCoS May Overtake LCD as Common Mobile Display

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Nanomarkets has published a new report on the components and subsystems markets for smartglasses (http://tinyurl.com/p9gy3kg). The firm estimates that there is an opportunity in the market worth $3.2 billion, for makers of sensors, lightguides, …

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Invidis Digital Signage Conference

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Florian Rotberg started the event by talking about his company, Invidis, which organises the conference. One of the key things that Invidis does is to track the “mood” in the digital signage industry and …

Russian Pay-TV Approaches 41 Million by 2018

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Dell Drops Legacy Connections on Ultrasharp

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In the process of updating its Ultrasharp line, Dell has dropped the legacy connections on its 2012 model (U2713HM, Display Monitor Vol 19 No 33) in favour of increased digital terminals. Similar to the …