Vol 21 - Issue 48

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Thanksgiving and Black Friday Break Online Sales Records

by Helen Vince

Market – The Adobe 2014 Digital Index saw a record breaking kick-off to the holiday shopping season in the US that started on Thanksgiving Day, with Adobe reporting $1.33B in online sales as shoppers combined online buying with the …

Tags:Black Friday| Retail Data| Vol 21 - Issue 48

Juniper Research Publishes Market Forecast for Wearables

by Helen Vince

Market Forecast – Wearable devices are the darling of the season with many looking forward to the reception of the Apple Watch.  Juniper Research has meanwhile released its new “Smart Health & Fitness Wearables: Device …

Tags:Fitness Trackers| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 48| Wearable Market

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TV Anywhere, or TV Nowhere?

by Helen Vince

TV – A fascinating article appeared in early November in the New York Times titled For Millennials, the End of the TV Viewing Party. The author talks about the early days of television, when family and neighbors would gather …

Tags:Cable| Pay TV| TV (Television)| Vol 21 - Issue 48

Google Glass at the Crossroads

by Helen Vince

Augmented Reality – Google Glass has been a topic for very many articles in the past but with an email from Google headquarters, this all could go away in a heartbeat. Several recent publications suggest that …

Tags:Google Glass| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 48

Whoosh! There it is!

by Helen Vince

3D in Education – I enjoy reporting on new products that have their eye on reaching the education market. One such product is the new Whoosh 3D. Whoosh3D is a three-pronged solution: a 3D app; a 3D-enabled …

Tags:Autostereo 3D| Education| Vol 21 - Issue 48

CRA Hails -T2 Test A Success

by Raverstead

Ceske Radiokomunikace (CRA), in the Czech Republic, says that it is the first Central European company to successfully test DVB-T2 with HEVC. The trials began in July (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 28) and …

Tags:Czech Republic| DVB-T & T2| HEVC (H.265)| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 48

Asus’ PB279Q Adjusts DC to Reduce Flicker

by Raverstead

Asus’ new 27″ monitor, the PB279Q, is an UltraHD model for prosumers and gamers. It covers 100% sRGB and 75% NTSC, shows 10-bit colour and has a 5ms response time (reasonably low for an …

Tags:Asus| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 48

Bureau Veritas Laboratory Offers Testing for Wearable Devices

by Raverstead

Bureau Veritas Laboratory, which claims to be the global leader in testing, inspection and certification (TIC), has announced a new service centered around wearable devices. Veritas Labs already offers many testing and certification services …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Testing| Vol 21 - Issue 48| Wearables

Yota Upgrades From LCD to AMOLED

by Raverstead

The YotaPhone 2, from Russia’s Yota Devices, has received an upgrade from the original handset (Display Monitor Vol 19 No 50) – notably in screen technology. Like the original, the second-generation smartphone features both …

Tags:AMOLED| EPD (Electrophoretic)| Mobile Display Monitor| Russia| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 48| Yota Devices

Brightsign To Update and Expand Players at ISE

by Raverstead

A massive update to Brightsign’s media player portfolio will be shown for the first time at ISE 2015 (10th – 12th February, Amsterdam). New players will be added to the HD and XD lines. …

Tags:Brightsign| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Media Players| Mobile Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 21 - Issue 48

LG’s £3 Million Campaign for an OLED Christmas

by Raverstead

LG’s Discover OLED promotion is a £3 million ($4.7 million) campaign, running until the end of the year, to support the company’s OLED TV range. The campaign consists of TV, online and experiential outdoor …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED TVs| Vol 21 - Issue 48

Zero Creative Localises 3D Conversion

by Raverstead

Netherlands-based Zero Creative has developed a glasses-free 3D notebook called the Futurebook, under the XYZ brand. The product is designed for both casual and professional use, such as gaming, film watching, CAD design and …

Tags:Autostereo 3D| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 21 - Issue 48