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Samsung Scores Highly in Germany

by Tom Allen

Samsung’s UE40JU6550 curved UltraHD TV ranked first in Stiftung Warentest’s August TV results, with a rating of ‘good (2.0)’, out of eight different models from four manufacturers. TVs were rated on factors including image, …

Archos’ Tablet is Diamond

by Tom Allen

Although French company Archos specialises in low-cost mobile devices, it still has premium products – most in the Diamond line. Following the announcement of the Diamond S smartphone (Archos ‘Reveals’ Windows 10 Mobile Release), …

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CPT Sees Hope in Automotive Displays

by Helen Vince

Chunghwa Picture Tubes’ (CPT) president, Lin Sheng-chang, has been quoted as saying that the unstable global economy and falling demand for notebook and monitor panels will lead to a weak third quarter for the …

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Connected TV Ownership Rises in USA

by Tom Allen

46 million internet homes in the USA now own a connected TV device, according to the NPD Group, equal to about half of all households. Smart TVs are a driver: 45% of TVs sold …

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LG and the Capital Investment Gamble

by Norbert Hildebrand

In the good old days of LCD manufacturing the optimal size of a display panel and the mother glass size was something that could easily be determined by a simple spreadsheet. Today this relationship …

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Back to the Future…

by Candice H. Brown Elliot

This is the year when we go back to the future, at least according to the movie. But it may be true in another sense. Back in the 1970s, digital calculators and watches used …

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Trends @ ISTE 2015

by Len Scrogan

The ISTE 2015 educational conference, with over 21,000 in attendance, is the largest ed-tech conference held in the U.S. As expected, ISTE experienced solid growth in attendees this year, but the conference also topped …

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