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Comp Mall Fits Industrial Monitor With DisplayPort

by Tom Allen

Comp Mall of Germany has developed a 21.5″ industrial monitor, with scratch-resistant 7H hardness glass and a sturdy metal frame. The display is IP65-compliant on the front and will operate in 10° – 50° …

Tags:Germany| Industrial Monitors| Large Display Monitor| LCD displays| Vol 22 - Issue 14

Terra Pad Pro is for Mid-Sized Companies

by Tom Allen

Wortmann AG has a new 10.1″ tablet, the Terra Pad 1061 Pro, which has been specifically designed for medium-sized companies. ‘A tablet that copes with the daily challenges in commerce, industry and trade as …

Tags:Germany| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 14| Wortmann (Terra)

HTC Leak Shows Fingerprint Scaner

by Tom Allen

Credit: @Upleaks@Upleaks has tweeted images of what is apparently the HTC One M9+. The pictured phone has a fingerprint scanner and HTC’s Duo Camera, as well as front-facing speakers. Rumours put the screen size …

Tags:HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 14

Olio Aims to Halt the Notification Tide

by Tom Allen

Former Apple, HP, NASA and Pixar employees have created the Olio smartwatch. Instead of acting like a wrist-mounted smartphone, the Olio aims to protect wearers from a flood of notifications. The watch aggregates everything …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 14| Wireless Charging

Apple Accepts Android

by Tom Allen

Apple has officially expanded its iPhone trade-in scheme to include Android models, as rumoured last month (Apple to Expand iPhone Trade-Ins…to Android?). Customers are able to trade in handsets from Samsung, Sony and others …

Hon Hai Result 01/04/2015

by Helen Vince

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. reported record results for last year, with net profit up 22.3% to NT$130.5 billion ($4.2 billion) and turnover up 6.6% to NT$4.2 trillion ($134.3 billion). In Q4, the company’s …

Tags:Financial Data| Foxconn (Honhai)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 14

ASO Continues in Mexico

by Tom Allen

A fifth Mexican city has turned off its analogue signals. Signals in Mexicali were turned off on the 26th March, with no reported problems.

Tags:ASO (Analogue Switch Off)| Large Display Monitor| LATAM| Vol 22 - Issue 14

NAB Says Congress Funds Insufficient for Spectrum Switch

by Tom Allen

The National Association of Broadcasters has said that there may be insufficient funds to switch US broadcasters to new frequencies. Congress allocated $1.75 billion for the change, but the NAB estimates that the move …

Tags:Broadcasters| Large Display Monitor| Spectrum Allocation| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 14

Spain Completes ASO

by Tom Allen

98% of households in Spain were prepared for the country’s analogue switch-off, according to the government. Spain turned off its analogue signals at the end of March, although a delay was permitted in some …

Tags:ASO (Analogue Switch Off)| Large Display Monitor| Spain| Vol 22 - Issue 14

HEVC Advance Offering Essential HEVC Patents in Competition to MPEG LA

by Norbert Hildebrand

HEVC Advance announced that it will be offering essential HEVC patents to potential users this year. The company will officially open in the third quarter of 2015, with pricing being announced in the second …

Forget Demand, Supply Drives Price

by David Barnes

The perennial problem with supply-demand forecasts is that demand is a function of price. Watching internal and external analysts forecast supply-demand up close and personal for 20 years leads me to conclude that such …

Tags:Display Supply & Demand| Pricing| SID Display Week 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 14

Dynamic Focus 19″ Wide LCD Monitors V22 Issue 14

by Vanessa Browning

This week we are highlighting LCD monitors in the 19″ wide category, covering both 16:10 and 16:9 models and sizes from 18″ wide to 19.9″ wide. There are 14 brands featured in the advertising. …

Tags:dynamic focus| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 14