Vol 22 – Issue 09 – Page 9

MWC 2015 is Upon Us

by Tom Allen

MWC is about to get underway in Barcelona, running from 2nd to 5th March. Here, we present a round-up of various companies and products that will be at what is being called the world’s …

DirecTV Warns Over OTT Margins

by Tom Allen

DirecTV added 149,000 subscribers in Q4’14, the company has said, ending the year with 20.35 million US subscribers. 903,000 subscribers joined the company in Latin America. CEO Mike White cautioned that OTT margins are …

Nvidia Continues AIB Domination, Says Jon Peddie

by Tom Allen

Graphics add-in boards (aka graphics cards), suffered a seasonally-expected fall in Q4’14, says Jon Peddie Research. Shipments were down 0.68% QoQ and 17.52% YoY; much further than desktop PCs, which were down 0.72%. The …

DARPA Working on the Future Display – The One Without Displays

by Norbert Hildebrand

When we talk about wearables, especially about augmented and virtual reality glasses, we always think of discrete imagers that create the best possible result in such applications. Discussions about LCOS, DMD, LCD and OLED …

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HUD Market Expected to Grow Strongly in Coming Years

by Norbert Hildebrand

The head up display (HUD) is making a big impact in new car models as one of the selling features that is pushed as a safety feature. Over the last few years, models including …

Tags:Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 09

More BYOD, Fewer Displays at Toy Fair 2015

by Matthew Brennesholtz

I went to the Toy Fair 2015 in New York on February 15th. One thing I saw very little of was toys with displays in them. Instead, since everyone has an iPhone, or so …

Tags:Android| BYOD| iOS (Apple)| Toys| Vol 22 - Issue 09

Gaming is GPU Bright Spot in Q4

by Tom Allen

Total GPU shipments were down 3.4% QoQ in Q4’14, with the most noticeable fall in notebooks (3.9%), according to Jon Peddie Research. Desktop GPU shipments were down 2.7%. Q4 is typically flat or sees …

Apple Success Sees Claims Fall Below 2%

by Tom Allen

Warranty Week has analysed claims and accruals from six companies in its latest report, of which two – Apple and Cisco – are interesting to readers of Display Monitor. Apple’s warranty claims have fallen …

Wearables Are “Embarrassing”, Say Brits

by Tom Allen

A study by mobile app developer Apadmi has found that more than a third (35%) of British people think that wearable products are too embarrassing to wear. 34% think it makes wearers look like …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 09| Wearable Market

Ukraine Loses Satellite Subs in Annexation

by Tom Allen

Chris Dziadul of Broadband TV News has covered the Ukraine crisis from the point of view of the TV industry. The head of cable operator Volia has said that the Russian annexation of Crimea, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| TV Reception| Ukraine| Vol 22 - Issue 09

Matrox Takes ISE Best-of-Show

by Tom Allen

Matrox’s C-Series multi-display graphics cards won a best-of-show award at ISE last month (Matrox C420 Video Card for Multi-display Digital Signage and Control Rooms Now Shipping). The cards feature 2GB of storage and mini-DisplayPort …

Spain Delays 700MHz Switch

by Tom Allen

Spain has again delayed the switch of its 700MHz frequency band to 4G services, this time until April. According to El Economista, the decision was taken so as not to inconvenience the estimated 2.5 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Spain| Spectrum Allocation| TV Reception| Vol 22 - Issue 09