Vol 22 – Issue 43 – Display Daily

Apple & Money

by Bob Raikes

I was struck this week by a statistic highlighted by Statistica, that Apple has generated $53.4 billion in profits in the last year, making it the most profitable company of all time, with the …

Panasonic Emphasises Laser Cost-Savings

by Tom Allen

Where is 4k demand coming from in the rental market, asked Panasonic’s Hartmut Kulessa? From new applications and opportunities, he answered. Panasonic ran into the same problem as Barco (Barco is Ready for Lamp-Free …

Lightware Discusses 4k Distribution Challenges

by Tom Allen

Lightware is a relatively new company, established in 2002, focused on visual engineering. It manufactures matrix switches, extenders and other accessories for the pro AV market. Gergely Vida is the company’s MD, and presented …

Lang Fosters Collaborative Working

by Tom Allen

In the middle of the (very European) long lunch break, Lang offered tours of its new buildings. The company has been on the Lindlar industrial estate since 1998, and in the beginning the founder’s …

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Barco is Ready for Lamp-Free Projection

by Tom Allen

Barco is one of Lang’s partners, supplying projectors, LFDs and infrastructure products. Alexis Skatchkoff and Abbe Westerlundh are engineers at the firm and were talking about the company’s new developments. Barco was not the …

Samsung Reveals First Profit Growth in Two Years

by Tom Allen

Samsung Electronics reported a significant increase of 29% in Q3 2015 profits, to KR₩ 5.5 trillion ($4.7 billion), up from KR₩ 4.22 trillion YoY, although down from KR₩ 7.5 trillion QoQ. Turnover saw a …

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Lang in the Mist

by Tom Allen

Lang AG is a distributor, rental & staging partner and educator in the areas of large-format displays and projectors. Operating across Europe, the company celebrated the opening of a new building – the Lang …

Ambilight No Longer Limited to Display Surfaces

by Tom Allen

MMD’s newest Philips monitor, the 275C5QHGSW, features the thin-bezel Moda design and Ambiglow Plus Base. Like Ambilight, the Plus Base version creates a halo of light synchronised with displayed content – but it is …

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TCL Result 27/10/2015

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

TCL Corporation reported financial results for the first nine months at CN¥2.6 billion ($411 million). Turnover was up 7% YoY at CN¥ 74.1 billion ($11.6 billion). Chinese sales of Smart TVs and 4K TVs …

Mitsubishi Electric Result 29/10/2015

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Mitsubishi Electric reported Q2 2016 net profit decreased by 15% YoY to JP¥ 46.6 billion ($385 million). Turnover remained almost flat at JP¥ 1 trillion ($8 billion). For the first six months of fiscal …

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Kyocera Result 30/09/15

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Kyocera Corporation reported net profit for the first 6 months of fiscal 2016 of JP¥ 50.8 billion ($423 million), signalling an increase of 16.4% YoY. Turnover increased 1.2% YoY to JP¥ 722 billion ($6 …

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How to Make a TV Look Better

by Ken Werner

It is a retailing insight that dates back to an ancient time, the time of CRT TV sets: “The way to make a TV look better is to connect it to a really good …

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