Vol 22 - Issue 32

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Better Workplace Ergonomics With Philips

by Tom Allen

MMD is focused on ergonomics with its new Philips-branded LCD monitors. The 22″, 24″ and 27″ displays follow the ergonomic guidelines of Germany’s Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. All three models (220B4LPYCG, …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| MMD (AOC Philips)| Vol 22 - Issue 32

Comp-Mall Provides IP Protection

by Tom Allen

The newest industrial monitor from Germany’s Comp-Mall is a 19″ unit with IP66 protection on the front and IP22 at the back; this provides proof against water jets, making the unit suitable for marine …

Tags:Germany| Industrial Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Maritime| Vol 22 - Issue 32

Turn Your TV Into a Touchscreen

by Tom Allen

A device called the Touchjet Wave has appeared on a crowdfunding site, promising to turn a TV into a ‘touchscreen’. The device is clipped to the top of a TV and uses IR touch …

Tags:Back Panel| Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Touch| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 22 - Issue 32

Lenovo’s Z1 Features Full-Speed USB

by Tom Allen

Lenovo is the newest Chinese manufacturer to include USB-C on its smartphones: this time in the form of the ZUK (unfortunate branding – TA) Z1. Unlike rivals with USB-C, such as the OnePlus 2, …

Tags:Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| USB| Vol 22 - Issue 32

Quanta, MIT End R&D Partnership

by Helen Vince

Quanta Computer says it is to end its research and development partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) this year, after 10 years of co-operation. The Taiwanese firm has already begun to move …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MIT| Mobile Display Monitor| Quanta| Vol 22 - Issue 32

Surface Orders to Increase

by Tom Allen

Sources from the upstream supply chain have said that Microsoft’s orders for new Surface 2-in-1 devices will be 50% higher than last year in Q4’15. Order visibility has already reached the end of 2015, …

Tags:Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Supply Chain| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 32

Foxconn July Sales Rise 20% YoY

by Helen Vince

Strong sales of consumer electronics helped Foxconn Electronics to record a 20% year on year increase in sales in July, reaching NT$312.2 billion ($9.7 billion), 2% down on June. Sales in the first seven …

Tags:Financial Data| Foxconn (Honhai)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 32

South Africa Prepares for Digital Switch

by Tom Allen

The switch to digital broadcasting is on track in South Africa. The Minister of Communications has planned a consultation with the Cabinet, about the planned date to launch the country’s DTT platform. Orders for …

Tags:ASO (Analogue Switch Off)| Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Vol 22 - Issue 32

French Consortium Looks to Africa

by Milos Pavlovic

Thomson Broadcast, Sagemcom and Canal+ are seeking to build and manage DTT platforms in several African countries. These countries include the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Benin and Cameroon. The companies have already received …

Tags:ASO (Analogue Switch Off)| France| Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Vol 22 - Issue 32

UHD Arrives in Canada

by Tom Allen

Source: 4k.comQuebec-based Videotron has announced an UltraHD set-top box – which it says is Canada’s first that is commercially available. The box, made by Samsung, will have eight tuners and storage for 115 hours …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| North America| STBs| VOD in UltraHD & 4K| Vol 22 - Issue 32

1000 fps Projection System

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Researcher Gaku Narita and his colleagues at Ishikawa Watanabe Laboratory at the University of Tokyo and Tokyo Electron Device Ltd. co-developed a high-speed projector capable of projecting images with a frame rate of 1,000 …

Tags:Cameras| DLP| Projectors| Vol 22 - Issue 32

IHS: Key Profit Margins Will Fall

by Tom Allen

The long-standing display industry trend, where commodity displays – led by 32″ HD units – were a key revenue generator is changing, says IHS. While profits generated by 32″ panels rose 24% YoY in …

Tags:IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| LCD Panels| Pricing| Vol 22 - Issue 32