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Roku Adds Audio and Connect for TVs

by Bob Raikes

Roku is developing by adding a voice assistant technology and is also offering a multiroom audio platform that it will license to other brands – the first of which is TCL which is expected …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Roku| Smart TV| Streaming Dongles| Vol 25 - Issue 01

Telecine Invents Hyperspacebutton

by Bob Raikes

Every Christmas, Telecine of Montreal, Canada makes a light hearted video and this year the company has come up with the hyperspace button that is designed to help relieve the stresses of working life. …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 01

Chicago’s 150 Media Stream Is Almost 300 m²

by Bob Raikes

Hat-tip to Sixteen-Nine.net for a pointer to the 150 Media Stream in Chicago, which is a 127′ (38.7m) LED display up to 19′ (5.8m) high, for an area of more than 3,000 sq ft …

Tags:Digital Signage| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| USA| Video Walls| Vol 25 - Issue 01

RF Shielded Underpants at CES

by Bob Raikes

There are always a few bizarre products at CES. This week we got a release from Spartan Underwear which has developed underwear for men that is claimed to protect the areas covered by the …

Tags:Back Panel| Health and Safety| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 01| Wi-Fi| Wireless

8K 360º Camera to Be at CES

by Bob Raikes

At CES, Pisofttech (oh dear, Man Ed!) said that it will show the Pilot 360º camera, which supports real time stitching of multi-camera images and 8K resolution at 30fps. It can also record at …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| 360 Degree Video| AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 25 - Issue 01

Tom’s Hardware Includes Basic Tutorial on VR Lenses

by Bob Raikes

The Tom’s Hardware blog site has published an interesting basic tutorial and description of the challenges in developing lenses for virtual reality systems. The article highlights that new nanotechnologies will be needed to overcome …

Tom’s Hardware Includes Basic Tutorial on VR Lenses

by Bob Raikes

The Tom’s Hardware blog site has published an interesting basic tutorial and description of the challenges in developing lenses for virtual reality systems. The article highlights that new nanotechnologies will be needed to overcome …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Optics| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 01

Nice Article on Autonomous Vehicles

by Bob Raikes

We try to keep an eye on autonomous vehicles, although following the industry is a full time job on its own. We saw a very well put together article on EE Times that explains …

Tags:Automotive| Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 01

Samsung to Show QD Curved Monitor at CES

by Bob Raikes

Samsung will show its first Thunderbolt 3-equipped QD LCD monitor at CES. The CJ791 curved monitor has a 34″ diagonal and supports 3440 x 1440 in 21:9 format. The Thunderbolt 3 interface means that …

Tags:CES 2018| Curved Displays| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Quantum Dots| Samsung| Thunderbolt| Vol 25 - Issue 01

LG 2018 OLEDs will Support HFR

by Bob Raikes

LG released some details of its TV plans for CES ahead of the show. The company will upgrade the processor in its sets and will introduce a ThinQ AI system that can be used …

Tags:HFR - High Frame Rate| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLED TVs| Vol 25 - Issue 01

Global TV Foundries ‘Work their Socks Off”

by Bob Raikes

Sigmaintell Research of China reported the results from Chinese and Taiwanese ‘TV Foundries’ for November. The total reached 9.02 million, up 19.2% compared with last year as they and their clients ‘worked their socks …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| ODMs & OEMs| Taiwan| TV Production| Vol 25 - Issue 01

DuneHD Goes UHD and Linux/Android Hybrid

by Bob Raikes

Dune HD has announced a new range of media players with UltraHD 60 fps HDR support and with unique hybrid Linux + Android software. Other new features include Rec 2020 support and HDMI 2.0a. …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| STBs| UltraHD| Vol 25 - Issue 01