Vol 22 – Issue 06 – Page 8

BenQ Helps Out Small-Screen Gamers

by Tom Allen

BenQ is launching a desktop monitor specifically designed for console gamers who prefer a smaller screen. The 27″ RL2755HM has a 1ms response time, colour settings calibrated for console use (with 20 levels of …

Epson Performs Well in December Projectors

by Tom Allen

PMA Research has announced the top-selling projectors in the USA in December. The company divides the results into three categories: ‘pico and personal’, ‘mainstream’ and ‘high-end’. Optoma book-ended the pico and personal category with …

Fujitsu Result 06/02/2015

by Helen Vince

Fujitsu Limited reported a Q3 net profit of ¥27.6 billion ($235.2 million), down 37% year on year from the previous year’s third quarter net profit of ¥43.8 billion ($373.2 million), on turnover which fell …

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Microsoft Will Charge for Corporate Windows 10

by Tom Allen

While Microsoft has committed to providing Windows 10 for free to users of Windows 7 and 8 (both Home and Pro versions) (Microsoft unveils Windows 10), corporate users running the Enterprise version of the …

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LG Leak Suggests 3k Resolution

by Tom Allen

A leaked user agent profile, sent to LG community website Mylgphones.com, shows a high resolution for the device: 2880 x 1620. The phone in the profile used the code LG-VS999, which has been taken …

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Tango Leaves Google Labs

by Tom Allen

Google’s Project Tango, the 3D-sensing smartphone (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 9), has been moved from the conceptual ATAP labs and into the main body of Google. What the move means isn’t clear, but …

Google Result 04/02/2015

by Helen Vince

Google Inc. has announced its fourth quarter and full year results, posting a net profit in Q4 of $4.7 billion on turnover of $18.1 billion, which compares with a net profit in the final …

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Panasonic Stops Making TVs in China, Mexico

by Helen Vince

Panasonic is reported to have stopped manufacturing TVs at its plant in Mexico and is also about to liquidate its joint venture TV plant in Shandong, China. The company is expected to scale back …

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Media Broadcast Applies for -T2 Platform

by Tom Allen

Media Broadcast was the sole applicant to operate a future DVB-T2 platform in Germany. ZAK, the media authorities’ licensing commission, will now examine whether the framework conditions set in the tender have been met and the capacities …

BSkyB Accelerates UltraHD Plans

by Tom Allen

According to the UK’s Sunday Telegraph, BSkyB plans to launch an UltraHD service this spring – well ahead of the previous late 2015/early 2016 timeframe (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 18). A new STB …

UltraHD Panels Exceed $30 Billion by 2020

by Tom Allen

A new report by Transparency Market Research (http://tinyurl.com/pm6b9mn) forecasts that the UltraHD panel market will be worth $30.4 billion by 2020. By this time, the panel market will exceed 5.7 million units, with a …

Sharp Shares CES TV Prices

by Tom Allen

Sharp has shared more details about the UltraHD TV lineup that we saw at CES (Sharp Bridges High-Res Gap). As we heard at the event, Sharp will introduce five new screen sizes as its …

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