Vol 24 – Issue 16 – Page 6

AOC Uses F. A. Porsche for Design

by Bob Raikes

AOC has added two new monitors, designed with Studio F. A. Porsche. The monitors both use FullHD AH-IPS panels with 250 cd/m² of output, 1,000:1 native contrast and 4ms response times. Colour performance is …

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Building a Powerhouse Ed-Tech Sales Team

by Len Scrogan

Selling in the education market isn’t easy. In the education market, companies have to deal with multiple decision makers and customers that know what they want at the same time they don’t know what …

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Two US Pay-TV Providers Launch Linear Ultra HD Services

by Alan Spencer

Two multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs) have launched the first commercial linear Ultra HD services to cable and IPTV subscriber homes in the US. The services were launched using SES’s satellite-delivered, pre-packaged, Ultra HD …

LDM Vol 24 #16 Product Round-up

by Bob Raikes

Arris announced two new commercial satellite receivers that support the DVB-S2X satellite technology and the HEVC codec with resolutions up to UltraHD. The DSR-7412 Integrated Receiver/Transcoder and DSR-4470 Integrated Receiver/Decoder are both intended for …

ARM-Powered Windows 10 PCs to be Launched by Year End

by Alan Spencer

Following the speculation that Microsoft is to run Windows 10 on Qualcomm, it has now been confirmed by the chip-maker and ARM licensee, Qualcomm, that the first ARM-powered Windows 10 PCs will arrive before …

LG Electronics, Comm-Tec and OneLan to Tour Six German Cities

by Alan Spencer

LG Electronics, Comm-Tec and OneLan have launched a digital signage roadshow which will visit six German cities. The three companies will present their solutions for digital signage in Munich (25th April), Uhingen (26th April), …

EMEA Notebook Market Sees Growth in 2017 Q1

by Alan Spencer

According to IDC, the EMEA region PC market showed growth of 1.6% in the first quarter of 2017, and hit 17.4 million units. There was strong performance from notebooks which grew 8.9% in the …

HP Labs Develops IonTouch Labels with E Ink

by Bob Raikes

HP has developed a re-writable printing technology called IonTouch in collaboration with E Ink Holdings. The system is intended to allow writable 2.5″ displays which could be use for labels or displays for credit …

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Sharp to Enter European Smartphone Market Next Year

by Alan Spencer

According to the Chinese-language, Economic Daily News, Sharp is planning to start selling its smartphones in Europe next year, through one of its subsidiary companies. Sharp has recently revamped its strategy for smartphones and …

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61.1 Million LCDs to Ship in Q2

by Bob Raikes

Sigmaintell has forecast that 61.1 million TV panels will ship globally in Q2 2017, up 2.8% on Q1, but down 4.4% on Q2 2016. Small sets (23.6″ and 32″) and mainstream (55″) sets will …

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PCCW Global Delivers a 360° VR Rugby Experience with Harmonic

by Alan Spencer

Harmonic has announced that its Electra VS video system was used by PCCW Global to deliver immersive 360° VR experiences live during the 2017 Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens rugby tournament earlier this month. …

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Large TV Panel Prices Show Slight Price Increase in April

by Alan Spencer

Sigmaintell has released its second-quarter 2017 estimates for the demand and supply of global TV panels, and expects to see a slight growth of 5.8%. This month, most of the panel prices remain relatively …

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