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Fossil Focuses on Hybrids

by Bob Raikes

The Wareable blog spoke to Antonio Nigro, a Group VP of Europe North for Fossil group, which is developing many products this year. The company is launching a lot of products – as many …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 24 - Issue 25

Sony Looking at Bezel-less Design for IFA

by Bob Raikes

Rumours from China suggest that Sony will show a new 6″ LCD-based smartphone with an 18:9 aspect ratio and with a ‘bezel less’ design at this year’s IFA. Sony will hold its regular press …

Tags:LCD displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| sony| Vol 24 - Issue 24

Anniversaries, Especially For the iPhone

by Bob Raikes

It seems to have been a week with a number of anniversaries. I spent a couple of days at Leti in Grenoble this week, as it celebrated 50 years of R&D in microelectronics and …

Tags:Editorial| iPhone| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 24

Aledia Uses Nanowires for MicroLEDs

by Bob Raikes

This week I was in Grenoble in the Alps and took the chance to visit Leti, the major French R&D. At the exhibition, I also caught up with a LETI spin-off, Aledia, which has …

Tags:France| MicroLED| R&D (Research & Development)| Vol 24 - Issue 25

Semtech Corp, which is Nasdaq listed (SMTC) and claims to be a leader in the SDI video market, has acquired AptoVision Technologies Inc, a privately-held developer that has been working on Video over IP …

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Legrand buys Milestone AV

by Bob Raikes

Legrand of France said its US business has agreed to acquire Milestone AV Technologies, a maker of branded AV products including flat panel mounting solutions, projector mounts, projection screens, PTZ cameras, equipment racks and …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Pro AV| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 24

HTC Vive & Lenovo To Use Qualcomm Daydream Reference

by Bob Raikes

HTC and Lenovo are building stand alone headsets based on the latest Qualcomm reference design according to the RoadtoVR blog. Qualcomm has released more information about the components in the reference design including the …

Philips USB Docking Monitor is VGA Only

by Bob Raikes

MMD has added a new monitor under the Philips brand that supports USB docking. The 241B7QUPEB is a 24″ IPS FullHD monitor with 250 cd/m² and 1,000:1 contrast. The docking us supported through a …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Philips| Vol 24 - Issue 24

Sharp Developing 8K Processing

by Bob Raikes

The Nikkei Asian Review has reported that Sharp is working with Astrodesign to develop 8K video processing. Developing demand for 8K displays is part of Sharp’s mid-term plan as well as developing the supply …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 24 - Issue 25

New J/V in Taiwan for OLED Drivers

by Bob Raikes

INT Tech and UltraChip (which claims it will have market share of more than 90% in EPD drivers in the second half of 2017) have set up a J/V to develop drivers for OLEDs …

FreeWheel Council for Premium Video Expands into Europe

by Bob Raikes

Following on the development of the FreeWheel Council for Premium Video (FWC) in North America, the FWC announced its European launch, extending its remit to champion the premium video industry on an international level. …

Netflix Supports Dolby Vision and Atmos

by Bob Raikes

Netflix has released a new movie, Okja, which supports both Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision, features that will be available on LG’s 2017 OLED TVs, after an update. Dolby Atmos is available via the …

Tags:Dolby Vision| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Netflix| Vol 24 - Issue 24