Vol 21 – Issue 43 – Page 9

Vivo Has Ambitious Smartphone Plan

by Super User

A posting on the ‘Chinese Twitter’, Weibo, has revealed that smartphone maker Vivo is planning to create a 3.8mm-thick smartphone. Yes, that’s 1.3mm thinner than the current record-holder, the ELife S5.1 from Gionee (Display …

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Highlights from the SMPTE Fall Conference and HPA Symposium

by Super User

Display Daily was at the recent SMPTE Fall Conference and the pre-show Symposium put on by HPA (Hollywood Post Alliance). The event was held in the Loews Hollywood Hotel and in the famous El …

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Spire and Asus Extend Partnership

by Super User

Spire’s partnership with Asus has expanded to include the company’s gaming and networking products, in the UK.

LG to End PDP Production This Month

by Super User

We heard earlier this year that LG Electronics was committed to ending plasma TV production this year (Display Monitor Vol 21 Nos 35 & 39). Now, the company has provided a time-frame. In a …

Ludwig Pohl Inducted into German Research Hall of Fame

by Super User

Merck KGaA is a leading developer and supplier of LCD materials, without whom, the development of the LCD industry would have been very different. One of the drivers behind the LC development was Ludwig …

STMicroelectronics Result 30/10/2014

by Super User

STMicroelectronics swung to a net profit in the third quarter of the year of $72 million from a net loss a year earlier of $142 million. Turnover for Q3 of this year was $1.8 …

Shelf Share: A Revealing Research Tool

by Super User

Deirdre Kennedy, an analyst for Gap Intelligence, has written extensively about shelf share in the retail space. Her explanation of the term is comprehensive and her examples are particularly relevant to the display trade. …

Moto360 Sees Limited UK Release

by Super User

Motorola’s Moto360 smartwatch (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 12) is now available in the UK for

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Will Wearables Sales Explode This Christmas?

by Super User

More than 1 million wearable devices will be sold in the UK this Christmas, Samsung has predicted – reaching a value of

Is AVB Coming to Broadcast?

by Super User

Replacing SDI and distributing audio, video and data within a video production facility can be done using standard Ethernet protocols (IP) or using a modified version called Audio Video Bridging (AVB). At the SMPTE …

ARM’s Mali Media IP Brings Single-Core HEVC Support

by Super User

ARM has announced a suite of new media IP, which can be used to develop media SoCs for smartphone and tablet products. The suite is comprised of the Mali-V550 video accelerator (supporting HEVC), the …

New Cinema Network Debuts at ShowEast 2014

by Super User

ShowEast took place in Florida at the end of last month, with several companies showing new digital cinema developments. Barco demonstrated its CinemaBarco concept (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 12), Auro sound system and …