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Innolux April Sales Down 15% YoY

by Helen Vince

Innolux saw sales in April fall 12.2% sequentially and 15.2% year on year to NT$32.4 billion ($1 billion), bringing sales so far this year to NT$132.5 billion ($4.3 billion), 3.7% higher than the same …

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TSMC, UMC See April Sales Rise

by Helen Vince

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) and United Microelectronics (UMC) both reported sequential and year on year increases in sales last month, though Mediatek fared less well as sales fell month on month and YoY. TSMC …

Nvidia Result 13/05/2015

by Helen Vince

Nvidia recorded a net profit in the first quarter of the year of $134 million on turnover of $1.15 billion, which was little changed from the previous year’s Q1 result of a net profit …

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High-Res Remake Celebrates Welles’ 100th Birthday

by Tom Allen

The Third Man, Orson Welles’ 1949 film, is to get an UltraHD restoration to celebrate the actor’s 100th birthday. It will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival this month, followed by a limited release …

UltraHD Market Will Rise With Consumer Awareness

by Tom Allen

Technavio has said that it expects the UltraHD TV market to grow at a 45% CAGR between 2015 and 2019. Find the company’s report (paid) at http://tinyurl.com/ksfwud4.

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Majority of OTA Cord-Cutters Are From Satellite

by Tom Allen

A survey released by TiVo has shown that the largest group of new ‘cord cutting’ customers are former satellite subscribers. The survey, from late 2015, polled more than 500 purchasers of TiVo’s Roamio OTA …

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Dynamic Focus on 22″ Wide LCD Monitors V22 Issue 20

by Vanessa Browning

This week we are highlighting LCD monitors in the 22″ wide category covering 16:10 models with resolution of 1680 x 1050. There are 12 brands featured in the advertising with Philips, Iiyama and NEC …

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Fitbit Files For IPO

by Helen Vince

Fitbit has announced plans to raise around $100 million from an initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange, though it has not indicated how many shares it plans to sell, nor …

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Oculus Concerned About Poor VR Experiences

by Tom Allen

Sharing a little more information about its upcoming (Oculus Rift Set to Arrive in 2016) Oculus Rift headset, Oculus VR has said that it is developing its own virtual reality games. The fear is …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus Rift| Oculus VR| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 20

N1 (Finally) Leaves Chinese Borders

by Tom Allen

Nokia’s N1 tablet was launched in 2014 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 46), but has been confined to China – until now. The tablet has now been rolled out to Taiwan, for NT$7,800 ($255) …

SunBrite Continues Relationship With BJ’s

by Tom Allen

BJ’s Restaurants and Javi A/V, both in the USA, have worked together on digital signage since the late ’90s. Javi has installed screens from SunBriteDS in around 50 BJ’s locations, and recently completed another …

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 20

by Tom Allen

Acer has added Intel’s fifth-generation Broadwell processors to its Travelmate P645-S ultrabooks. The new units can have Core i5 or i7 processors and are available in the USA now, starting at $950. Asus has …