Volume 21 – Page 48 – Display Daily

IDC: Rising EMEA PCs Mark Return to Growth

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PC shipments in EMEA increased 10.4% YoY in Q3, to 23.7 million units. As the second consecutive quarter of rising shipments, the result marks a ‘clear’ return to growth, says IDC. Western Europe’s mature …

Acer Leads Rapid Chromebook Growth

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Chromebook shipments were up 67% QoQ globally in Q3’14, with Acer in the lead, according to ABI Research. The market’s top three vendors (Acer, Samsung and HP) accounted for 74% of shipments in the …

Nvidia Expands European Team

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Nvidia has hired two new vice presidents for the Europe, Middle East and India (EMEAI) region, Jaap Zuiderveld who will be responsible for sales and marketing, and Xochilt Balzola-Widmann who takes responsibility for Nvidia’s …

Onyx’s Smartwatch Features E Ink

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A prototype of a smartwatch with an E Ink display has been shown at the HKTDC show in Hong Kong. Onyx International, an eReader maker, is building the device. The smartwatch features a 1.56″ …

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Magnachip Wins With LG

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Magnachip Semiconductor has announced that it is supplying LG Display with display panel driver integrated circuits for UltraHD TVs.

TVLogic Shows Professional Monitors at SMPTE

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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 …

Pay-TV Approaches 1 Billion Subscribers

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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 …

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HP’s PC Unit Sprouts Anew

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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, …

Samsung Profit Lowest in Three Years

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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 …

Acer Achieves 2015 Carbon Goal Early

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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 …

HTC Returns to Tech Data

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

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

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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 …