Vol 22 – Issue 09 – Page 3

LG Will Supply OLEDs to China and Japan

by Tom Allen

According to Reuters, LG has grown tired of waiting for its OLED TVs to be adopted, and will work with Chinese and Japanese companies to make OLED TVs more mainstream. The news is not …

Hannspree’s 10″ Tablet Challenges Small Model Prices

by Tom Allen

The SN1AT75B is a new 10.1″ tablet from Hannspree, aimed at new and casual tablet users. A stand-out feature of the new tablet is its low cost combined with its reasonable specifications. The unit …

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Panasonic MD: Watch Out For Large Screens

by Tom Allen

Panasonic’s UK MD, Andrew Denham, has urged channel partners to think “very carefully” about how quickly the large-screen market for UltraHD TVs is growing. Speaking to ERT Online at the Panasonic Convention 2015 in …

HTC Kick-Starts New Promotion

by Tom Allen

A new version of the HTC One (M8) has been announced: a special edition model that will only be available to win, not buy. Created with the UEFA Champion’s League, the phone has the …

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bTV Replaces Mercury Lamp Cubes With Mitsubishi’s LED Models

by Tom Allen

Mitsubishi’s LED projection cubes have replaced six mercury lamp-based cubes in Bulgarian Television’s (bTV) news studio. Rear-lit DLP cubes have been used on the This Morning set since 2006; the new LED models will …

Acer Takes Design Award

by Tom Allen

Acer has won an iF design award in Germany. The C205 LED projector was recognised in the audio and video category, for its design, innovation and functionality.

Inventec Forecasts 50% Shipment Rise

by Tom Allen

Taiwan’s Inventec expects to raise its smart handheld device shipments from 51 million in 2014 to 75 million this year. These will include 50 million smartphones, produced for Xiaomi, and 5 million tablets for …

Low-Cost Competition Causes Amazon Order Cuts

by Tom Allen

Tablet shipment orders to Compal and Quanta have been cut by Amazon, says China’s Economic Daily News. The EDN report cites Taiwanese supply chain makers. It claims that the cut in orders is due …

Croatia Agrees DVB-T2 Switch

by Tom Allen

Pay-TV viewers in Croatia should be prepared to upgrade their equipment again, in order to continue receiving terrestrial TV. The country is planning to move to the DVB-T2 platform by 2020, to re-distribute part …

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Large Format Displays Take Aim at New Application

by Phillip Wright

The US National Basketball Association’s All-Star Game at New York’s Madison Square Garden and associated events held Feb. 13-15, 2015 provided a venue for a notable large format display application. In conjunction with Nike’s …

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Epson Partners with Mercedes AMG Patronas Formula One Team

by Norbert Hildebrand

Epson and the Mercedes AMG Patronas Formula One team have announced a new partnership that will give Epson a marketing option on the Mercedes formula one cars for the 2015 season. In return, Mercedes …

3D @ TCEA

by Len Scrogan

The US EdTech conference season kicks off each year with strong events in Florida and Texas. So I found myself at the TCEA 2015 conference in Austin (early February), once again trend hunting from …