Vol 22 - Issue 09

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Smartphone Exit Predicted for Sony

by Tom Allen

According to sources close to Sony, the company may announce an exit from the smartphone market at MWC this year. Australia’s Smarthouse has been told that ‘a number of parties’, including TCL, have expressed …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2015| Smartphone Market| Smartphones| sony| Vol 22 - Issue 09

Oculus Ignores Rumours, Maintains Release Schedule

by Tom Allen

Palmer Lucky, co-CEO of Oculus VR, has re-stated partner Brendan Iribe’s comments (Consumers Will Get Hands (and Eyes) on Oculus This Year) that the consumer version of the Oculus Rift will be launched this …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus Rift| Oculus VR| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 09

Tech Data Germany Adds Philips Monitors

by Helen Vince

Tech Data in Germany is now distributing Philips’ LCD monitors.

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Germany| Large Display Monitor| MMD (AOC Philips)| Vol 22 - Issue 09

Panasonic Goes All-Out With UltraHD

by Tom Allen

More information has been revealed about Panasonic’s 2015 UltraHD TV lineup for the European market. At CES this year we saw the company’s new flat TV, the CX850 (Panasonic is Big on B2B), which …

Tags:Curved Displays| FullHD (1080P)| Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| Panasonic| UltraHD| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 22 - Issue 09

Panasonic is First Freeview Play Partner

by Tom Allen

The UK’s free digital TV service, Freeview, is being rebranded to Freeview Play, it was announced recently. Now, Digital UK has said that Panasonic will be the first manufacturer producing TVs with the service …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Panasonic| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 09

Displays Center Stage At Academy Sci-Tech Awards

by Steve Sechrist

At last Sunday night’s Academy Awards banquet, worldwide recognition was given to three centerpiece display technologies, LCD, OLED and DLP digital projection, during the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Hollywood gala event. …

Tags:AMOLED| Awards| display technology| MEMS| Pro AV| Vol 22 - Issue 09

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Magic Leap Working on Head Mounted Display Hardware

by Norbert Hildebrand

Last year, Magic Leap, the Florida-based augmented reality company announced a $542 million financing round with Google leading the way. The announcement came just before Google pulled the plug on the Google Glass Explorer …

Tags:AR Glasses| Broadcast| Mobile Display Monitor| Stereo 3D| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 09

Pixelworks Takes Stage at ROTH

by Tom Allen

Pixelworks’s CEO, Bruce Walicek, and CFO, Steven Moore, will take part in the 2015 ROTH Conference this month. The conference takes place on 9th March in Dana Point, CA; Walicek and Moore will take …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Pixelworks| Vol 22 - Issue 09

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Broadsign Names New Europe Sales Manager

by Helen Vince

Broadsign has promoted Maarten Dollevoet to the role of regional manager of sales for Europe. Dollevoet had previously served as business development manager for Broadsign covering the EMEA region. The company also announced that …

Tags:Broadsign| Large Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Vol 22 - Issue 09

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ForthDD Launches QXGA-3DM SLM

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Forth Dimension Displays (ForthDD) , a subsidiary of Kopin Corporation, announced at Photonics West (7 – 12 February 2015) a new QXGA (2048 x 1536) resolution imager and drive board, the QXGA-3DM. The QXGA-3DM …

Tags:Forth Dimension Displays| Kopin| LCOS| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 09

IHS: Automotive Takes Second-Highest Small-Medium Category

by Tom Allen

Smartphones sales continue to intrude on other small-medium display categories, but automotive revenues continue to rise. According to IHS DisplaySearch, revenues in the category were up 26% last year, to become the second-highest growth …

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