Vol 23 - Issue 48

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Samsung Wins Apple Patent Fight

by Bob Raikes

Samsung has won its long running patent battle with Apple over the design of its smartphones. The US Supreme Court said that Samsung did not have to pay its “total profits” as the patent …

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Barco Has Seven New Cinema Projectors

by Bob Raikes

Barco announced two flagship 6P laser projectors for premium cinema and five new laser phosphor projectors for small to large screens at the CineAsia Show. The new high end units, the DP4K-20LHC (18K lumens) …

Tags:Barco| CineAsia 2016| Cinema Projection| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 48

EIZO Receives ECDIS Approval for Maritime Monitors

by Bob Raikes

Eizo said that its 19″ and 25.5″ Duravision ( FDS1904, FDS1904T, FDU2603W, and FDU2603WT) maritime monitors have been approved by DNV GL for chart display. DNV GL (Norway) is the world’s largest international classification …

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Virtuix Cancels International Pre-Orders for Treadmill

by Bob Raikes

One of the accessories desired by very serious VR users is equipment that allows safe movement. The Omni VR Treadmill is a crowd-funded device that raised $1.1m on Kickstarter. However, the company has now …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 48

NEC & T1V Bundle in the US

by Bob Raikes

NEC Display Solutions in the US has collaborated with T1V, a software company, to enable the software to work with NEC’s UltraHD monitors and the products will be offered as a bundle. There are …

Tags:Interactive Displays| Large Display Monitor| NEC| Software| Vol 23 - Issue 48

Google Play Movies Launched on Samsung Smart TV

by Yvette Raikes

Google’s film streaming service, Google Play Movie, is now available as an app on the most recent 2016 models of Samsung’s Smart TV. Currently this does not include 4K films, but it supports up …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Samsung| Smart TV| Vol 23 - Issue 48

Lang AG To Stock LG’s 55″ Flat OLED

by Isaac Oburu

Lang AG will be selling LG’s 55EH5C double sided OLED screen in Germany. The company is also putting the product into its rental fleet.

Tags:Large Display Monitor| OLEDs| Rental and Staging| Vol 23 - Issue 48

Gartner Survey Shows Wearable Devices Need to Be More Useful

by Bob Raikes

Gartner said that it has surveyed 9,592 online respondents from Australia, the U.S. and the U.K. between June and August 2016, to gain a better understanding of consumers’ attitudes toward wearables, particularly their buying …

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China LED material, chip makers hike prices

by Bob Raikes

Reports from Asia have highlighted that raw material price rises of up to 30% to 40% are causing LED chip makers to raise prices by about 10%. This is expected to lead to subsequent …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 48

HTC’s Losses Continue

by Yvette Raikes

HTC’s turnover for November fell 25% YoY to NTD7.67 billion ($241.2 million), resulting in year-to-date revenue of NTD71.76 billion ($2.26 billion), down 38%. December is also expected to be poor and HTC says that …

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Amtran Reports Good November

by Yvette Raikes

Amtran Technology posted its November figures, showing shipments of 340,000 LCD TVs and monitors. This brought year-to-date numbers to 2.92 million, up 60% YoY. The company saw turnover of NTD3.49 billion ($109.7 million) in …

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