Vol 22 – Issue 45 – Page 7

UDC Result 09/11/15

by Yvette Raikes

OLED producer Universal Display Corp. (UDC) recorded Q3 net profits of $7 million, up from $4.3 million in the same period last time, on revenue which rose to $39.4 million from $32.9 million. For …

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CPT Requires Unpaid Leave to Avoid Layoffs

by Tom Allen

‘To overcome [the] economic recession and improve financial performance’, Chungwha Picture Tubes has asked its employees to take unpaid leave. From now until the end of 2016, an unspecified number of workers will be …

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Philips Puts SoftBlue in Smartphones

by Tom Allen

Philips has differentiated its newest smartphones – the Sapphire S616 and Sapphire Life V787 – by incorporating its SoftBlue technology in the displays. SoftBlue lowers the blue light output of a screen – by …

Wiko Signs With Ingram

by Tom Allen

French smartphone vendor Wiko has taken on Ingram Micro as a new distribution partner in Italy.

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Planar Shows Off Transparent OLED Variants

by Milos Pavlovic

Earlier this year, Planar showed a 55″ transparent OLED display at ISE (Planar Talks 100% UltraHD), although little information was available (it was also shown by others including NEC and Eyevis as well as …

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TechniSat Brings UltraHD to the Home

by Tom Allen

TechniSat is now selling an UltraHD STB in Germany, which can decode HEVC signals. The Digit Isio STC+ is also able to play UltraHD content at 60fps through HDMI, and supports HDCP 2.2. It …

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Acer Monitor Families go UltraHD

by Tom Allen

Two new monitor families have been developed by Acer, for professional users such as graphic designers and photographers. The BX0 and CB1 monitors have several resolution options, up to UltraHD, and picture-in- and picture-by-picture …

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Tablet Adoption Slowing, but Hybrids are ‘Opportunity’

by Tom Allen

A survey by Gartner has found that 17% of consumers in mature markets intend to buy a tablet in the next 12 months. 19,000 consumers were surveyed in early summer, across the UK, USA, …

Blu-ray Popularity to Rise

by Tom Allen

The Digital Entertainment Group (DEG) says that consumer spending on home entertainment remained stable in Q3 this year. Spending was driven by gains in electronic sell-through and streaming. Although a ‘resurgence of interest’ in …

Q3 Cord-Cutting Forecast by TDG Research

by Tom Allen

US-based TDG Research has found that adult broadband users are now less likely to cancel their pay-TV service. Research conducted in the first half of 2015 found that the percentage of these users ‘moderately …

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Video Clarity Compares 8k Video

by Tom Allen

Video Clarity has announced a video quality analysis system for 8k video, as well as an uncompressed SD-to-8k recorder and player. The ClearView Extreme 8k system can be used to measure and analyse the …

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Display Makers Need a Hand

by David Barnes

So I was wrong… we have not seen the endgame, yet. The AMLCD industry has not been roiled by mergers and acquisitions as I thought possible back in 2001. At the time, I was …

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