Vol 23 – Issue 01 – Page 4

Samsung Expects Profits Rise, Misses Estimate

by Tom Allen

Samsung has released its earnings guidance for Q4’15, estimating consolidated sales of KRW53 trillion ($43.5 billion), and operating profit of KRW6.1 trillion ($5 billion). The profit represents a 15% YoY rise, from KRW5.4 trillion …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 01

STMicroelectronics Has Sky Design Win

by Tom Allen

STMicroelectronics’ Cannes/Monaco family of SoCs are being used to power the Sky Q set-top boxes. The STBs will be available early this year. (Sky Shares UltraHD Launch Plans)

SiliconCore Enhances Common Cathode

by Tom Allen

SiliconCore has unveiled three new technologies to enhance its common cathode LED architecture. It has been working on them for more than two years. The first is a new LED driver chip called the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED Drivers| SiliconCore| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 23 - Issue 01

New HP Product Offers Medical Visualization in Head Tracked 3D

by Arthur Berman

HP has announced plans to offer a version of the company’s Zvr 3D display system that will be targeted for medical applications. This is accomplished by integrating software developed by EchoPixel, Inc. (Mountain View, …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| HP Inc| Medical| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 01

TV is Exciting Again – and More than Ever, Content is King

by Ken Werner

Television is exciting again. At CES, the UHD Alliance announced its “Ultra HD Premium” specification, which includes high dynamic range (HDR), wide color gamut (WCG), and 10-bit processing, along with 4K x 2K pixels. …

Xiaomi Arrives in UK

by Tom Allen

Xiaomi has decided to bring its smartphones to the UK market, signing a deal with New Way International. New Way was chosen based on its ‘hands-on’ approach with Xiaomi’s domestic rival, Huawei.

Ingram Takes Canon

by Tom Allen

Canon projectors are now being distributed by Ingram Micro, in France.

New Partnerships for Also

by Tom Allen

Also has signed three new deals in Switzerland. The distributor will now handle Pocketbook eReaders; tablets and mini PCs from Trekstor; and home automation products from Fibaro.

OLED-A Predicts More, Cheaper OLEDs in 2016

by Tom Allen

The OLED Association (OLED-A) has released its data for 2015, and some interesting projections for the year ahead. 2015 was a ‘great year’ for OLED displays, with shipments rising 53% YoY, to almost 275 …

Dell Slims Bezels on Redesigned Monitor

by Tom Allen

Dell has revealed the successor to its U2414H desktop monitor, using an ‘InfinityEdge’ design. The U2417H has extremely thin bezels of 5.3mm on each side, and 8.83mm on the top and bottom. This is …

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Volvo/Microsoft Enable Knight Rider!

by Tom Allen

Volvo and Microsoft have expanded their partnership, several months after first announcing it using Hololens (Volvo Works With Microsoft’s Hololens). Owners of certain Volvo cars will be able to talk to their vehicles through …

Europeans Value UltraHD

by Tom Allen

A survey by Parks Associates, revealed at CES 2016, has shown that around 17% of broadband households in the UK, France, Germany and Spain are planning to buy a flat-panel TV in the next …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| TV Set Market| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 01