Vol 22 - Issue 19

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Innolux Result 07/05/2015

by Helen Vince

Innolux Corporation recorded a first quarter net profit of NT$8.6 billion ($279.3 million) on turnover of NT$100.2 billion ($3.2 billion), which compares with a net profit of NT$153 million ($4.9 million) on turnover of …

Tags:Financial Data| Innolux| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 19

Vestel Elektronik Result 07/05/2015

by Helen Vince

Vestel Elektronik has released its first quarter results, posting a net loss in Q1 of 74.1 million Turkish lira (TRY) ($27.5 million) on turnover of TRY1.8 billion ($669.3 million), which compares with a net …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vestel| Vol 22 - Issue 19

Shapiro Named As Tech Titan

by Tom Allen

The president and CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association, Gary Shapiro, has been named as a 2015 Tech Titan by Washingtonian magazine. Tech Titans are ‘the most influential and exciting people in the local …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| CTA (was CEA)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 19

Chuck Robbins Cisco

Cisco Names New CEO

by Helen Vince

Cisco has named Chuck Robbins as the company’s next CEO, with effect from 26th July. Robbins has been with Cisco since 1997, most recently serving as senior VP of worldwide operations. The company also …

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Dell Adds Tech Data in UK

by Helen Vince

Dell has signed an agreement with Tech Data in the UK as part of its “omni-channel” strategy to provide resellers with a choice of buying options. The two companies have already signed distribution agreements …

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Britain’s First Cinema Screen is Reopened

by Tom Allen

The Regent Street Cinema in London – the location of the first public cinema screening in the UK – has re-opened its doors. It is almost 120 years since the inaugural showing, which featured …

Tags:Back Panel| Cinema| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 19

PS4 Reaches UK Milestone

by Tom Allen

GfK Chart-Track data shows that 2 million units of Sony’s Playstation console have been sold in the UK to-date. The console has been on sale for 18 months – reaching the 2-million-unit mark faster …

Tags:Back Panel| Consoles| Large Display Monitor| PlayStation| sony| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 19

Barco Chosen for Danish Multiplex

by Tom Allen

Nordisk Film Biografer, a Nordic film developer, has chosen Barco’s DP4K-60L projector to be used in the main screen of its multiplex in the Field’s shopping centre in Copenhagen. The new 1,500-seat cinema complex …

Tags:Back Panel| Barco| Cinema| Large Display Monitor| Nordics| Vol 22 - Issue 19

Innolux Criticises QDs, Looks to Own Tech

by Tom Allen

At its recent investor conference, Innolux announced that it will not use quantum dots and will instead focus on its own wide colour gamut technology. Chairman of the board and CEO Hsing-Chien Tsuan said …

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Leak Shows Samsung’s Z2 Tizen Phone

by Tom Allen

Leaked photos of an unnamed Samsung phone are said to be of the Z2, a Tizen model (New Tizen Phones Under Development at Samsung). The device looks more like Samsung Galaxy phones than the …

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Quantum Dots Push LCDs to 90% Rec.2020

by Tom Allen

SPIE, the International Society of Optics and Photonics, has examined the use of a quantum dot enhancement film (QDEF) to cover more of the Rec.2020 colour gamut with an LCD display. Rec.2020 was originally …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD displays| Quantum Dots| Rec 2020| Vol 22 - Issue 19| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

OLED-Info Updates OLED Reports

by Tom Allen

OLED-Info has published a new version of its market reports on microdisplays and flexible OLEDs. Find them (paid) at http://tinyurl.com/k8hsu25 (microdisplays) and http://tinyurl.com/m3r8ksa (flexible OLEDs).

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