Volume 21 – Page 61 – Display Daily

Samsung Brings B2B to Consumer Show

by Super User

Samsung Mobile’s press event, where the Note 4, Note Edge and Gear VR were announced, took place the day before Samsung Electronics’ event. We couldn’t make it, unfortunately, but look for more information in …

Acer, Asustek See Sales Rise

by Super User

Acer saw sales in August increase 18.9% from July and 5.2% from August 2013 to NT$29.8 billion ($984.4 million), taking sales so far this year to NT$213 billion ($7 billion), though this was 11.4% …

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Wyrestorm Places Bets on UltraHD

by Super User

Several new distribution and control products were shown by Wyrestorm, focusing on the UltraHD format. All units are scheduled to be shipped in Q4. The MX-0808-4K is an 8×8 HDMI-to-HDMI matrix switcher, set to …

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Amscreen Brings Key Messages to Garmin…

by Super User

Amscreen has extended its partnership with Garmin in the UK, installing 50 of its DS40 40″ LCD display at Garmin’s head office in Southampton. Each screen has 1920 x 1080 resolution, 300 cd/m

Delayed Demand Boosts Apple Pre-Orders to New Record

by Super User

There were more than 4 million pre-orders for Apple’s iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus in the first 24 hours after the products were announced. The figure is a new record for Apple, according …

Senseg Approaches Commercialisation

by Super User

We have followed haptic feedback company Senseg since 2011 (Display Monitor Vol 18 No 50), and the company has now released its first developer kit. The Senseg Feelscreen kit is a 7″ Nexus 7 …

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Sony Signs Carriage Deal With Viacom

by Super User

Sony has reached an agreement to carry 22 Viacom channels for its planned web-based TV service. The company is also in talks with other content providers, and hopes to have deals in place before …

No Change in Monitor Technology Trends, Says IDC

by Super User

PC monitor shipments continued to fall worldwide in Q2’14, when compared to the same period a year earlier. The 32.5 million PC monitor shipments represented a YoY decline of 2.9%, IDC’s data has shown …

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MSI’s Gaming Dock Boosts Notebook Graphics

by Super User

A new gaming notebook from MSI, the GS30 Shadow, is supplied with a dock that boosts its graphical performance. Designed for gamers wanting a portable device, the GS30 is 13.3″ and weighs 1.3kg. While …

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Apple Refreshes iPhone Display in Sixth Generation…

by Super User

Apple’s launch of the iPhone 6 came as no surprise. The company opted to stream the event as live video. There must have been millions of people clogging the internet, since all I got …

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Active Video Networks Waiting for Charter

by Super User

We have been reporting on Active Video Networks (they don’t like to use AVN as it also stands for “Adult Video News, the “trade news” for the US porn industry!) since we met with …

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Sony Shows UltraHD OLED Monitor

by Super User

Sony’s press conference was hard to find – we were sent to three different places before we found it! So, sadly, we missed the start and by the time we got there, there was …