Vol 25 – Issue 08 – Page 5

Samsung’s Fall in TV May Continue

by Bob Raikes

The OLED Association has published data, attributed to IHS showing the extent to which Samsung’s TV sales fell away and are expected to continue to do so in 2018. The chart highlights that while …

Tags:IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Samsung| TV Set Market| Vol 25 - Issue 08

TV Manufacturers to Raise TV Prices in India after Customs Duty Increase

by Andrew Fenn

TV manufacturers including Samsung, LG, Sony and Panasonic will increase the prices of their LED and OLED TVs by up to 7% to offset the recent doubling of customs duty on importing panels into …

LG Display Working on Micro-LED TV Bigger Than “The Wall”?

by Andrew Fenn

LG will reveal its own super-sized Micro-LED TV by September 2018, according to Business Korea. The publication cited unnamed industry sources close to the company’s TV business unit, who apparently revealed that LG Electronics …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| MicroLED| Vol 25 - Issue 08

Apple TV Gets Plex DVR, iTunes Store Phased Out on 1st-Gen Box

by Andrew Fenn

Plex has added DVR support to its Apple TV app. The new feature allows users to record live TV, schedule recordings and play them back, all via the Apple TV. Plex version 1.24 for …

Tags:Apple| Cloud TV| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 25 - Issue 08

Gerrard Schmid Named as New President and CEO of Diebold Nixdorf

by Andrew Fenn

Diebold Nixdorf has announced that Gerrard Schmid will join the company as its President and CEO, effective immediately. He also will join the company’s board of directors. As CEO, Schmid led the transformation of …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Vol 25 - Issue 08

Samsung Germany Names Olaf May as New Head of B2B

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung Electronics has appointed Olaf May, VP of IT and Mobile Communication since 2014, as head of its B2B business in Germany, with immediate effect. Martin Böker, Samsung Electronics’ current B2B director, has chosen …

GfU Updates on German CE Market

by Bob Raikes

The GfU has released its latest data for the German consumer electronics market which includes data for the whole of 2017. Overall, the total market for electrical and electronic devices was up in value …

Apple TV or Roku TV?

by Kenneth Li

When the iPad 1 came out in 2010, I purchased a unit for work so that during my travels, I could store my PowerPoint presentations in PDF files for immediate access when I wanted …

Tags:Apple| Roku| STBs| Vol 25 - Issue 08

Microsoft’s Alex Kipman Confirms a New HoloLens Device

by Andrew Fenn

Microsoft’s HoloLens pioneer, Alex Kipman, recently went on record to assure consumers that a follow-up to the AR headset is still on the way, following the news that some of the HoloLens’ components are …

Tags:AR/VR| Microsoft| Mixed Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 08

How QD Makers See the Future of Displays

by Bob Raikes

We spotted an interesting article that summarises the likely future development of display technologies, from the point of view of a quantum dot technologists. It looks like a reasonable view, and predictably negative on …

Major League Baseball Releases Home Run Derby VR Game

by Andrew Fenn

Major League Baseball recently launched Home Run Derby VR, which has been rolled out to a few ballparks already—including locations in Mexico City and Puerto Rico—with several more to come over the course of …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Sports and Stadiums| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 08

Oculus Starts Shipping Santa Cruz Headsets

by Andrew Fenn

Developers are reporting that they have recently received Oculus’ new Santa Cruz device, the standalone 6DoF headset originally announced at last year’s Oculus Connect 4 conference. Detailed specs for the device have proven elusive …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus VR| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 08