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E Ink Extends Prism

by Bob Raikes

E Ink has released the latest version of its Prism film which is available in seven different colours (Voyage (dark blue), Daydream (cyan), Blush (red), Sprout (green), Zest (yellow), Harvest (brown) and Waltz (black)). …

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Large Panel Shipments Up on Month

by Yvette Raikes

Shipments from Taiwan of large LCD panels of more than 10″, which are designed for TVs, monitors, digital signage and notebooks, grew by over 4% MoM. Hannstar had the biggest improvement with an 193% …

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Latin American Pay-TV Sees Growth

by Yvette Raikes

There has been strong growth in pay-TV in Latin America, according to research shown at the April seminar of the Pay-TV Innovation Forum held in Las Vegas. The research was done by MTM, an …

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Construction of CSOT’s 6G AMOLED Fab Starts

by Yvette Raikes

Construction of the 6G flexible LTPS AMOLED factory for China Star Optoelectronics Technology in Wuhan, China, has begun. The TCL-subsidiary reported that it intended to build the new production line in April. Production is …

Challenging Conditions Affect Africa’s Mobile Phone Market

by Yvette Raikes

Q1 mobile phone shipments in Africa were 54.5 million, down 8.2% QoQ, according to figures from IDC. Smartphones in particular saw a drop of 17.6% to 21.2 million units. However, the YOY market rose …

MediaTek Ultra HD TV SoC Now Available

by Bob Raikes

Mediatek has announced the availability of its new MediaTek MT5597 SoC, an Ultra HD TV SoC supporting Dolby Vision and Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG). The company said that “several” top TV manufacturers have selected …

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Almatel Kazakhstan Offers DTH with UHD

by Yvette Raikes

The largest cable company in Kazakhstan, Almatel, is using video delivery firm Harmonic’s Electra solution to launch its DTH satellite platform. Alma TV will now be able to provide high quality SD and HD …

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MultTV launches IPTV in Brazil

by Alan Spencer

Albis-elcon has announced that the Brazilian service provider MultTV, has launched a new IPTV offering powered by its SceneGate 8073 STBs. The STB is sized 85 mm x 85 mm x 35 mm and …

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Apple and the Tech Industry

by Norbert Hildebrand

According to Forbes, Apple is the most valuable brand followed by Google and Microsoft. This helps to understand how a downgrade of Apple’s stock by Mizuho Securities’ Abhey Lamba caused a massive shift in …

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Absen Europe Appoints Xplace as Golden VAP

by Bob Raikes

Absen has chosen Xplace of Gottingen, Germany as a ‘Golden’ value added partner for Europe that it is looking to help boost its sales in the retail segment. Xplace has subsidiaries around Europe. The …

LG 34″ Gamer Display Can be Overclocked

by Bob Raikes

LG Electronics has announced a new 34″ 21:9 monitor for gamers. The 34UC89G has a 2560 x 1080 IPS panel with 300 cd/m² of brightness. Refresh rates are supported up to 144Hz (with ‘overclocking’ …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Vol 24 - Issue 23

LDM V24 #23 Product Roundup

by Bob Raikes

BenQ announced the e-Sports monitors RL2455T and RL2755 which will be sold through ‘Zowie’ retailers. BenQ gave away few details but said that they are upgrades to the existing RL2455 and RL2755 monitors and …