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Global Display Market to Reach $155 Billion by 2020

by Tom Allen

Marketsandmarkets has published a new report on the global display market: including LCD, LED, OLED and electrophoretic types. The report (paid: http://tinyurl.com/ptorcva) analyses the display market to 2020. CAGR is expected to be 6% …

Samsung AMOLEDs Approach LCD Efficiency

by Tom Allen

Anandtech has posted an article analysing the varying power consumption levels of Samsung’s AMOLED displays, in the Galaxy S4, S5, S5 LTE-A and S6. A white image (forcing the OLED display to draw the …

Prestigio Signs Deal with Game

by Helen Vince

In the UK, Prestigio has signed a partnership with Game to launch various products across the retailer’s 320 stores. Devices which will be available include the Prestigio Grace X3 Multiphone and Prestigio Multipad 3017. …

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OnePlus Shares More Info in Dribs and Drabs

by Tom Allen

China’s OnePlus has teased more information about its upcoming smartphone (OnePlus Plans Second Exclusive Handset), the OnePlus Two. On Twitter, the company announced that the phone would use a USB-C connector, incorporating special features …

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US DoJ Approves Nokia/Alcatel-Lucent Merger

by Helen Vince

The US Department of Justice has given its approval to Nokia Networks’ proposed merger with Alcatel-Lucent. Nokia has already gained approval for the deal in Serbia and Brazil, while the EU’s antitrust regulators are …

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Blackberry Result 23/06/2015

by Helen Vince

Blackberry recorded a net loss in the first quarter of $28 million on turnover of $658 million, which compares with a net profit a year earlier of $23 million on turnover of $966 million. …

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Samsung Prepares for S7 in 2015

by Milos Pavlovic

Sources in Asia say that Samsung is preparing to compete with Apple’s next iPhone – expected in the second second half of 2015 – by pushing R&D on its next Galaxy flagship. The so-called …

Broadcasters Cautious About New Technologies

by Tom Allen

31% of broadcasters see no potential gain from HDR or HFR A survey by Quantel and Snell predicts that 60% of broadcasters only consider UltraHD as relevant to the future (on a two-to-five-year timescale). …

Freeview Play Partners Expand

by Tom Allen

Manhattan TV is to launch a range of Freeview Play set-top boxes in the UK early next year. There will be a standalone receiver (T3) and two digital recorders (T3-R), with 500GB and 1TB …

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Projection Screens at Infocomm

by Matthew Brennesholtz

In addition to Da-Lite, several other screen companies were demonstrating their products at Infocomm as well, although none of the others had product introductions comparable to the Parallax screen. Several of them already have …

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Da-Lite Introduces High-Contrast Screen

by Matthew Brennesholtz

At Infocomm Da-Lite was demonstrating their Parallax high contrast front projection screens. There are two members of the Parallax family, the Parallax 0.8 and the Parallax UST 0.45. These are structured screens designed for …

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Screen Innovations Shows Ambient Light Rejecting and Short Throw Projection Screen

by Norbert Hildebrand

Screen Innovations, the Texas-based developer and manufacturer of projection screens showed its new Slate 0.8 screen at Infocomm 2015. The screen has a dark gray color and increases contrast by 300% versus a matt …

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