Vol 21 – Issue 42 – Page 7

Multitasking Rising, But Rarely TV-Related

by Super User

There has been a significant increase in multitasking (including, but not limited to, second screen use) while people watch TV, says TiVo. 51% of 856 survey respondents said that they multitask every time or …

Samsung Corrects Weak Colour Vision With OLED

by Super User

At IMID 2014, Samsung Display (SDC) introduced a 14″ OLED panel (rumoured recently, in Display Monitor Vol 21 No 41). Sources list the resolution as ‘WQUXG’, although this resolution does not exist and likely …

Competition to Cause Panel Price Drop

by Super User

According to reports from Asia, handset panel module prices are expected to fall more than 10% in Q4. The slump will be caused by competition for Chinese orders between vendors from Taiwan, China, Japan …

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Changes at Tech Data

by Super User

Tech Data Mobile’s senior VP in the UK, Rod Millar, has resigned from the company and is to be replaced by Stephen Nolan.

Ziggo’s Workforce Cuts Higher Than Expected

by Super User

Dutch media outlet The NL Times reports that Ziggo will cut around 20% of its staff as a result of its merger with Liberty Global’s UPC Netherlands division (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 2). …

Windows 10 Makes Multi-Display Easier

by Super User

A new build of Microsoft’s Windows 10 Technical Preview has added several new features, including a notification-like Action Centre and an animation for toggling virtual desktops. Perhaps the most interesting addition, though, is a …

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HD Continues to Grow in LATAM

by Super User

60% of pay-TV subscribers in Latin America will be taking HD services by 2018, according to Dataxis. HD subscribers in the region stood at 13.9 million in Q1’14. Brazil is currently the largest LATAM …

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Canon’s New Flagship Supports Flexible Installation

by Super User

Canon’s Realis WUX6000, an LCoS projector, is an installation model with a new image processing engine. The component enables multiple video and computer signals to be displayed with deep blacks and ‘virtually blur-free’ movement, …

Intel Result 15/10/2014

by Super User

Intel Corporation’s third quarter turnover improved 8% year on year to $14.6 billion from $13.5 billion a year earlier, as the company reported that it had achieved record quarterly unit shipments of processors for …

Qualcomm Hopes to Grow Content Availability With Dongle

by Super User

Qualcomm is developing an HDMI dongle to wirelessly transfer video from a mobile device to a TV. Patrick Moorhead, an analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy, has seen a prototype of the unit. He …

Samsung’s Wireless Tech is WiGig

by Super User

Recently (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 41), we noted that Samsung’s ‘development’ of a 60GHz wireless technology was surprising, given that the company has been involved with the WiGig standard for several years. Samsung’s …

Lenovo Considers Supply Chain Shift

by Super User

Lenovo has begun to place orders for new tablet products with Chinese vendors, including BOE and O-Film, say supply chain sources in Asia. However, the sources also said that Lenovo is considering increasing orders …