Vol 21 – Issue 45 – Page 9

Shopping Season is Almost Upon Us

by Raverstead

Black Friday marks the traditional beginning of the end-of-year shopping season in the USA. In recent years, European retailers have also begun to offer promotions in mid-late November. Amazon began its sales earlier in …

40″ and 50″ Panel Supply Tight Till 2015

by Raverstead

Asian sources expect the supply of 40″ and 50″ TV panels to be short until the end of the year. Suppliers expect to have orders tied up until January 2015. Innolux, for example, is …

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Dynamic Focus on 22″ Wide LCD Monitors

by Raverstead

This week we are highlighting LCD monitors in the 22″ wide category covering 16:10 models with resolution of 1680 x 1050. There are 13 brands featured in the advertising with Philips, NEC Displays and …

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French Watchdog Recommends No 3D For Children

by Raverstead

The French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES) has advised that children under the age of six be denied access to 3D content. Young people under 13 should have ‘moderate’ …

Tianma Takes Aim at Automotive

by Raverstead

Tianma’s stand was divided between new technologies, automotive displays and point-of-sale/medical/industrial units. We began with the automotive models. Several displays are available now. Two of these are passive monochrome LCD screens; they are called …

Sony Brightens Meeting- and Classrooms

by Raverstead

Sony’s C-Series has been expanded with three new projectors, scheduled to be launched in January. The VPL-CW276, VPL-CW256 and VPL-CX236 are 3LCD units for education and business use. Each of the new models has …

Consent Granted for New A40 Towers

by Raverstead

Wildstone, in the UK, has been granted planning consent for two new double-sided towers with LED displays. The towers will be constructed at Greenford Roundabout on the A40 (West London), with a tender in …

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Larger Size Expands MultiQ’s True-Flat Series

by Raverstead

MultiQ’s True-Flat series has, in the past, been limited to models up to 19″ in size. The company has now expanded this offering with a 21.5″ monitor, which can be used in multiple applications. …

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Imagination Scales From 16 to 512 Cores

by Raverstead

New GPU IP has been introduced by Imagination Technologies. PowerVR Series7 range from 16 to 32 (Series7XE) and up to 512 (Series7XT) arithmetic logic unit (ALU) cores. The GPUs feature full hardware virrtualisation and …

BLU Shipments for January-October Rise

by Raverstead

Coretronic shipped 8.2 million backlight units (BLUs) in October, 9% down on September but helping to bring shipments so far this year to 77.7 million units, 25% higher year on year. By application, Coretronic …

End-of-Year Sales Will be “Critical” For UltraHD

by Raverstead

The UltraHD format is driving flat-panel TV sales this year, with revenue in the USA rising 7% YoY, to $668 million, as of the 25th October. Stephen Baker of the NPD Group, which shared …

Mediatek’s October Sales at All Time High

by Raverstead

Mediatek hit a new sales high last month, with sales increasing 16.5% sequentially to NT$21.6 billion ($706.6 million), a monthly record. October’s result helped Mediatek to achieve a 62.7% increase in sales for the …

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