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TVLogic Shows Professional Monitors at SMPTE

by Super User

TVLogic was at the SMPTE Fall Conference showing off some of its professional monitors. While the monitors are not necessarily brand new, the company did show a demo with Fujifilm that will allow live …

Tags:Broadcast Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Post Production| SMPTE 2014| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

Pay-TV Approaches 1 Billion Subscribers

by Super User

ABI Research says that the worldwide market for pay-TV will pass 920 million subscribers by the end of the year. Average ARPU is expected to fall slightly on increased competition (especially from IPTV, which …

Tags:IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

HP’s PC Unit Sprouts Anew

by Super User

HP has unveiled its Sprout computing platform (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 42) – and it’s a big change, if niche in its audience. The AIO PC is certainly like no other before it, …

Tags:DLP Projectors| HP Inc| Large Display Monitor| Smart Desks| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

Samsung Profit Lowest in Three Years

by Super User

As forecast, Samsung reported its weakest quarterly operating profit for three years, following a steep decline in earnings from its IT and mobile divisions. Operating profit of KRW4.1 trillion ($3.8 billion) was 60% lower …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

Acer Achieves 2015 Carbon Goal Early

by Super User

Acer America will manage to offset 100% of its carbon emissions this year, the company has announced – a goal it had set for next year. The purchase of more than 27 million kWh …

Tags:Acer| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Power Consumption| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

HTC Returns to Tech Data

by Super User

Following an alleged fall-out earlier this year, Tech Data Mobile is once again distributing HTC handsets and tablets in the UK.

Tags:Distributors| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| TechData| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

iPad Display Shoot-out: Apple Air 2 and Mini 3

by Super User

One of Apple’s latest tablets is pushing the display boundaries once again, this time with display screen reflection in the Apple iPad Air 2 which cuts the record holder (Samsung’s) number by half with …

Tags:Apple| DisplayMate| Mobile Display Monitor| Testing| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

Panasonic Completes 7″ Toughpad Range With Android

by Super User

Panasonic’s 7″ Toughpad range has been completed, with a new Android 4.4.4 model – the Toughpad FZ-B2 – joining existing Windows units. A fanless tablet, the Fz-B2 is IP65-compliant, meets the MIL-STD-810G standard and …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Panasonic| Rugged Displays| tablets| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

Qualcomm Facing EC Antitrust Probe

by Super User

A Reuters report suggests that Qualcomm could be facing an investigation by the European Commission into an allegation of anti-competitive behaviour made by a subsidiary of Nvidia four years ago. British firm Icera was …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Monopolies (Anti Trust)| Qualcomm| Vol 21 - Issue 34| Volume 21

Rumour: Tariff Rise to Hit LEDs in China

by Super User

China may raise import tariffs on LEDs from 4% to 10%, local media claims. The move would be taken to advance the country’s own LED chip industry, as well as to protect against competition …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| LED| Vol 21 - Issue 34| Volume 21

Nigeria Sets ASO Deadline

by Super User

Analogue switch-off will take place in Nigeria by June next year. The head of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Emeka Mba, said that broadcasters who continue to transmit in analogue after that date will …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Terrestrial (DTT)| Vol 21 - Issue 34| Volume 21

Germany: Falling TV Prices Outpace Rising Sales

by Super User

Compared to the first half of 2013, consumer electronics sales in Germany rose 1.9% in Q1 and Q2 of 2014. The Consumer Electronics Market Index (Cemix), published by the GFU, has shown that total …

Tags:Germany| GFU| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 34| Volume 21