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Teledyne LeCroy to Host Industry HDR Experts

by Alan Spencer

Teledyne LeCroy has announced that they will be exhibiting their quantumdata 12G-SDI module at the upcoming 2017 NAB Show. The four-day show is being held at the Las Vegas Convention Centre and starts on …

Tags:Back Panel| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| NAB 2017| Vol 24 - Issue 14

AptoVision Gets Design Win

by Alan Spencer

AptoVision has announced that Shanghai Danacoid Multimedia Technology has chosen theBlueRiver NT2000 AV-over-IP chipset for its DyneNet line of DN-100TX transmitters and receivers.

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Semiconductors| Video over IP (VIP)| Vol 24 - Issue 14

Lenovo, Asus, Dell and HP Displace Apple as the Leading Laptop Brands

by Alan Spencer

Laptop Mag said that it thinks that Lenovo is now the leading laptop brand with Apple dropping to fifth place in its annual survey. Apple was top for the past seven years dominating Laptop …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 24 - Issue 14

Fox Acquisition of Sky Cleared by EU

by Alan Spencer

The green light has been given by the EU Competition Authorities for the full acquisition of Sky plc by 21st Century Fox. 21st Century Fox already owns 39.1% of Sky. The acquisition, which was …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Monopolies (Anti Trust)| Sky| Vol 24 - Issue 14

ses

SES to Split into Two Business Units

by Alan Spencer

SES is planning a restructure of the company, with the formation of two separate business units, SES Video and SES Networks which will focus on the video and data segments, respectively. Ferdinand Kayser, currently …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| SES| Vol 24 - Issue 14

Google Offers Cash for OLEDs

by Alan Spencer

According to Electronics Times, Google has offered to invest at least $880 million (KRW 1 trillion) in LG Display in order to boost the output of smartphone OLED screens. Google offered the investment to …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Google| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Vol 24 - Issue 14

VR Headsets Need Modularity and Wireless

by Alan Spencer

A study from the User Experience Strategies service at Strategy Analytics, has found that the two most desirable design trends for future VR headsets are for them to be modular and wireless connected. VR …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 14| Wireless

Samsung Partners with Wuaki for Europe UHD Expansion

by Alan Spencer

Samsung and Rakuten-owned VOD service, Wuaki, have agreed to partner to expand the Wuaki TV Plus service in Europe. Samsung and Wuaki will team up to sell 4K, HDR film titles through Samung’s smart …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Samsung| Smart TV| Vol 24 - Issue 14

Gartner

PC Market Shake-Out Predicted

by Alan Spencer

As reported by CRN, there will be more PC casualties, according to a report by Gartner. The shake-out in the PC market has already claimed the likes of Toshiba and Sony, and companies like …

Tags:Gartner| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| Vol 24 - Issue 14

ICDM Display Metrology Training Course to be Run

by Alan Spencer

SID is to host the first ever ICDM Display Metrology Training Course. Topics included will be, as follows: Display Metrology fundamentals, framework and implementations Measurement demonstrations of content from the ICDM standard VR/HR Metrology …

Tags:Back Panel| ICDM| Large Display Monitor| Measurement| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2017| Training| Vol 24 - Issue 14

LG Starts Shipping its G6 Smartphone

by Alan Spencer

LG’s G6 has an 18:9 displayThe LG has started initial shipping of the G6 smartphone to North America, Asia, Europe and South America. The initial rollout was to South Korea, where LG is based. …

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 14