Vol 23 – Issue 29 – Page 2

Eurostar Shoppers Travel ‘Virtually’

by Isaac Oburu

Eurostar, an international rail service, has installed a pop-up promoting its new trains and destinations at the Bluewater shopping centre in Kent, UK. Installed by Hyperactive, the pop-up uses virtual reality that lets shoppers …

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Nanolenses Boost Reflectance for Crystal Screens

by Tom Allen

Crystal Screens will show off its newest and brightest projection screen at CEDIA 2016 (15th – 17th September). The screen uses nanolens technology; much like RealD’s Ultimate Screen, this create a random pattern on …

Lower Pitches Drive Rising Revenues in LED Displays

by Tom Allen

LED video display shipments are expected to grow 27.5% this year, with 4.9% revenue growth. IHS, which made the forecast, says that the higher shipments are due to a ‘dramatic’ 26% YoY fall in …

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Actions Semiconductor Develops 360° Chips

by Tom Allen

Chinese fabless semiconductor company Actions Semiconductor has released two new 28nm chipsets for VR, through its subsidiary Actions Technology. The S900VR is designed as an all-in-one solution for 360° panoramic VR devices. It has …

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LG Display Result 27/07/2016

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

LG Display reported Q2 2016 net loss of 84 billion won ($74.7 million), compared to a net profit of 363 billion won ($322.9 million) in the same quarter in the previous year. Turnover was …

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LG Display To Invest $1.8 Billion in Flexible OLEDs

by Tom Allen

LG Display is investing KRW1.99 trillion ($1.8 billion) in a new flexible OLED production line. The E6 line will be located in Paju, South Korea and will manufacture sixth-generation (1,500mm x 1,850mm) substrates. Han …

NEC Leads LFD Sales in the US

by Tom Allen

PMA has published its data for large (50″+) displays sold in the USA, for June. Sharp led the 70″-79″ professional display category with its LC-70LE661U, followed by NEC’s E705. Samsung’s DM75E and ED75E took …

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Nintendo Result 22/07/2016

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Nintendo reported net profit of 24.5 billion yen ($233.9 million), compared to a net profit of 8.2 billion yen ($78.2 million) in the same quarter previous year. Turnover for the period was 61 billion …

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Vizio Sells Out to LeEco

by Tom Allen

LeEco (formerly LeTV) of China has announced a definitive agreement to acquire US TV brand Vizio, for $2 billion. LeEco will operate the Vizio hardware and software business as a wholly-owned subsidiary. Vizio’s data …

Celestica Result 21/07/2016

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Celestica reported Q2 2016 net profit of $36.2 million, up nearly 50% YoY from $24.2 million. Turnover was $1.49 billion, up 5% YoY from $1.41 billion. For the six month period, net profit was …

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Intel Result 20/07/2016

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Intel reported Q2 2016 net profit of $1.3 billion, down 51% YoY from $2.7 billion. Turnover was $13.5 billion, up 3% YoY from $13.2 billion. Nearly all segments were down with the exception of …

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BenQ is Ready for Summer

by Milos Pavlovic

With the arrival of summer, BenQ has released a DLP projector designed to be taken on camping trips. The GS1 can be linked to a smartphone via Bluetooth to play streamed content (video or …

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