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JVC Kenwood Result 05/02/2015

by Helen Vince

JVC Kenwood Corporation narrowed its net loss in the first nine months of the year to ¥652 million ($5.5 million) from ¥5.7 billion ($48.5 million) a year earlier. Turnover for the period was ¥206.9 …

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BenQ Begins Freesync Introduction

by Tom Allen

High resolution, a high refresh rate and low response time are all part of what makes BenQ’s XL2730Z monitor suitable for desktop PC gaming. As well as its own specifications, the 27″ unit boasts …

G-Sync Confirmed for Mobile PCs

by Tom Allen

To date, Nvidia’s G-Sync technology (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 41) has only been used on desktop monitors, enabled through a proprietary module that replaces the scaler. That looks to be set to change, …

NanoTech Finalises High Velocity Acquisition

by Vanessa Browning

NanoTech Entertainment has completed its acquisition of a controlling interest in High Velocity Enterprises (HVEL), as part of an overall corporate reorganisation. NanoTech will place its gaming labs division into HVEL which will include the …

Dell Takes On Avnet for Wyse Thin Clients

by Helen Vince

Avnet Technology Solutions has been appointed by Dell to distribute its Wyse thin computing offer in Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.

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JCDecaux Secures New Airport Advertising Rights

by Tom Allen

JCDecaux has won the tender for a 10-year contract to install and operate advertising screens at the Rio De Janeiro Galeão International Airport – Tom Jobim International Airport, in Rio de Janeiro. The company has not …

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Plastic Logic Divides into Two Companies

by Norbert Hildebrand

Plastic Logic, the UK based developer of organic electronics including organic TFT backplanes for flexible displays, is splitting the existing company into two entities. According to reports, the split will become effective this month. …

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Lenovo’s Next Vibe Set for MWC

by Tom Allen

Leaked photos from Gizmodo China appear to show an upcoming Lenovo smartphone, said to be the Vibe Z3 Pro. Like other Vibe models, it is characterised by straight edges and a metallic bumper. Rumoured …

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Polariser Prices Continue to Fall

by Tom Allen

Polariser prices have dropped by about 3% per quarter for ‘the last few quarters’, sources have said, with the trend expected to continue in Q1’15. The decline will slow by Q2. Orders are expected …

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DirecTV Market Share Shifts Regions

by Tom Allen

The DirecTV group will end 2015 with a higher number of pay-TV subscribers in Latin American than in the USA for the first time, according to research from Dataxis. As of Q3’14, US customers …

Touch Makers Plan Lower In-Cell Pricing

by Tom Allen

Touch panel makers in China plan to lower in-cell pricing by 15% – 20% this year, to increase their competitiveness and retain a leading market share, say supply chain sources. More handset vendors in …

LDM Product Roundup Vol 22 No 6

by Tom Allen

A USB 3.0-to-DisplayPort graphics adapter has been released by Diamond Multimedia, supporting UltraHD resolution. The BVU5500 uses DisplayLink’s DL-5500 chipset (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 3) and is compatible with Windows 7, 8 and 8.1, …