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Comcast Video Losses Slow

by Super User

Comcast lost 81,000 video customers QoQ in Q3’14. The company ended the quarter with 22.3 million video customers, which represented a fall of 155,000 YoY – although this was a 36% improvement on losses …

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LG Entertains With TV Tuner

by Super User

LG’s PA1000T (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 36) is a bright DLP projector, with an LED light source and DVB-T tuner. As well as TV programming, users can share content via WiDi and MHL. …

Tags:DLP Projectors| DVB-T & T2| Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

Corning Result 29/10/2014

by Super User

Corning Incorporated posted a net profit in Q3 of $1 billion on turnover of $2.5 billion, which compares with a net profit of $408 million on turnover of $2 billion in Q3 a year …

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Amazon Sticks It To Chromecast

by Super User

Amazon already has its own set-top box (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 14), but is now challenging the growing streaming stick market with the Fire TV stick. Streaming OTT services such as Netflix, Hulu …

Tags:Amazon| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Streaming Dongles| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

Tech Data for HTC’s Nexus 9

by Super User

HTC will use Tech Data to distribute the new Nexus 9 tablet in the UK.

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Project Ara Prototype On Show in January

by Super User

Project Ara is a modular smartphone concept; it was initially devised by Motorola and is being worked on by Google (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 48). Project lead Paul Eremenko has announced (http://tinyurl.com/mev2rvr) two …

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Shanda Uses Hybrid Display for Week-Long Smartwatch Life

by Super User

Shanda, a Chinese manufacturer, has unveiled two smartwatches with battery life of up to a week. Using a hybrid screen, which switches between (transflective) LCD and E Ink modes, the Geak Watch 2 and …

Tags:China| EPD (Electrophoretic)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

Getting Ready for Change

by Super User

As I wrote to readers this week, we are in the process of combining Display Monitor and Large Display Report into a new publication, Large Display Monitor (the creativity of the naming is astounding, …

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

Apple Partner in For a Hiding After ‘Confirming’ iPhone

by Super User

China Telecom has leaked confirmation of the iPhone 6 on social media site Weibo. According to Sina Mobile News, the carrier said that the phone will be sold unlocked (in China) and feature a …

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Chunghwa Chooses Broadpeak for Trial

by Super User

An UltraHD HEVC streaming trial is being run by Chunghwa Telecom in Taiwan. Chunghwa is using solutions from Broadpeak, a content delivery network technology specialist. Both VoD and NVoD (near video on demand) services …

Tags:4k| HEVC (H.265)| Large Display Monitor| Taiwan| VOD| Vol 21 - Issue 34| Volume 21

IDC: Mature Market PCs Perform Above Emerging Regions

by Super User

IDC expects worldwide PC shipments to fall 3.7% this year. While still a decline, the figure represents an improvement from the previous forecast of -6%. Emerging regions’ shipments are constrained by continued competition from …

Tags:IDC| Large Display Monitor| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| Vol 21 - Issue 34| Volume 21| Worldwide

GB-r Backlight Brings Saturated Colour to Iiyama

by Super User

Iiyama’s XB3070WQS is a 30″, colour-rich LCD monitor. Covering 146% of the sRGB gamut, 109% of Adobe RGB and 104% of NTSC, the unit is intended for professional photographers, graphic and web designers. The …

Tags:Colour Critical Monitors| Desktop Monitors| Iiyama| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 34| Volume 21