Vol 22 – Issue 15 – Display Daily

Cancelled Flights & Depth Cameras

by Bob Raikes

After the Easter break, there seems to have been something of a slow down in “big news” so Front Page stories were not so obvious as last week as we went to press. (The …

Gartner image of Worldwide PC Shipments Q115

PC Shipments Fell in Q1 but Mobile PCs were Higher

by Helen Vince

PC shipments fell to 71.7 million units in Q1’15, representing a 5.2% YoY decline, according to numbers from Gartner. The replacement cycle, which was boosted by XP renewals last year, is now returning to …

PC Shipments Fall As XP Renewals Slow

by Vanessa Browning

Ultrahaptics Develops Free-Space Haptics Technology

by Phillip Wright

Bristol UK-based Ultrahaptics is developing a free-space haptics technology that employs ultrasound to create haptic sensations without requiring the user to touch a surface. The firm’s Evaluation Program aims to provide developers with an …

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Innolux Sales Rise 35.6% MoM

by Helen Vince

Innolux saw sales increase 35.6% month on month in March, reaching NT$36.9 billion ($1.2 billion) and taking sales for the first quarter to NT$100 billion ($3.2 billion), an increase of 11.6% year on year …

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Hannstar Reports Strong Monthly Sales

by Helen Vince

Hannstar Display saw sales in March increase 38.9% from February to NT$1.8 billion ($57.7 million), though this represented a year on year decrease of 5.8%. Revenue in the first three months of the year …

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Convergent Chooses Semtech

by Tom Allen

Convergent Design has used Semtech’s GS6140 6G UHD-SDI cable equaliser and GS6080 6G UHD-SDI cable driver for its new Odyssey 7Q+ monitor/recorder.

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Hollywood Director Gives Barco Seal of Approval

by Tom Allen

Film director Michael Bay has chosen a Barco projector for his personal home theatre in his new home in California. “When I present my large-scale films to audiences for screening, I bring in Barco …

Intel Shrinks Realsense for Handsets

by Tom Allen

Intel’s Realsense 3D camera has already been installed on monitors and tablets – Dell’s Venue 8 7000, for instance – and the company is now planning to bring the technology to smartphones. Intel CEO …

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Dell Lowers High Resolution Premium

by Tom Allen

As part of a move towards making high-resolution monitors “available to everyone”, Dell has announced the P2416D – a 23.8″ model with 2560 x 1440 resolution, which will start at $370. Although it doesn’t …

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HDR Formats Come to HDMI

by Tom Allen

The HDMI Forum has released v2.0a of the HDMI specification, which is available to HDMI 2.0 Adopters through the HDMI Adopter Extranet. Analyst Comments There are a number of different HDR technologies available and …

OLED Tablet Availability Expands With Dell

by Tom Allen

The Venue 10 7000 has been added to Dell’s OLED tablet line up, which already includes an 8.4″ model (Dell Goes OLED on World’s Thinnest Tablet). At 10.5″, the new tablet is the same …