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IHS: 2016 Will be Flexible Displays and Cheap VR

by Tom Allen

IHS has asked its analysts for their top predictions for the coming year, amassing them all in a new white paper (http://tinyurl.com/z2czht5). Many of the predictions revolve around China and the country’s future. Displays …

Tags:Flexible Displays| IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Pay TV| Semiconductor Market| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 51

Paper Planes Become Cheap Drones

by Tom Allen

PowerUp FPV is a project that recently – and quickly – beat its funding goal on Kickstarter, by almost 300%. The toy, built in collaboration with drone maker Parrot, is a propeller and camera …

Tags:Back Panel| Cameras| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 52| Wearables

Canon Builds on Past Flagship

by Tom Allen

Canon is ending the year with a bang, announcing four new projectors with two different technologies. The DLP models are the LX-MU500 (1920 x 1200) and LX-MW500 (1280 x 800), both with 5,000 lumens …

Tags:Canon| DLP Projectors| Large Display Monitor| LCOS| Vol 22 - Issue 51

LG To Unveil New Version Of Popular webOS Smart TV Platform At CES 2016

by Tom Allen

With the popularity and demand for advanced smart TV capabilities continuing to dominate home entertainment, LG will unveil its 2016 Smart TV lineup featuring the updated webOS 3.0 Smart TV platform in two weeks …

Tags:CES 2016| LG Electronics (LGE)| Operating Systems| Smart TV

Large-Size Rollables Coming to CES?

by Tom Allen

A new gaming brand will be revealed by BenQ, called Zowie. Zowie products will cover monitors and peripherals, such as mice and keypads, with a focus on the competitive gaming (eSports) market. In monitors, …

Tags:BenQ| CES 2016| Desktop Monitors| Flexible Displays| Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Projectors| Vol 22 - Issue 51

Apple

Apple Agrees 7-Year Deal with Ericsson

by Tom Allen

Apple and Ericsson have been in legal battles over Apple’s use of Ericsson’s technologies in its iPhone and iPad devices for around three years now – and have finally reached an agreement. A seven-year …

Tags:Apple| Ericsson| Large Display Monitor| Licensing| Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| Vol 22 - Issue 51

VR in the Soviet States

by Tom Allen

VoD service Megogo has launched its own VR app, Megogo VR. The service, which is available in 15 of the former Soviet states, is available on Android now; an iOS app will follow soon. …

Tags:Back Panel| Mobile Apps| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| VOD| Vol 22 - Issue 51

Philips

Philips Takes EET in DACH

by Tom Allen

EET Europarts has joined Philips as a distributor of pro AV and signage products in the DACH region.

Toshiba Forecasts Record Loss

by Tom Allen

In a gloomy end to the year, Toshiba has announced that it will cut 6,800 jobs from its PC, video and consumer electronics divisions – representing 3% of the firm’s total employees. The cuts …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| toshiba| Vol 22 - Issue 51

BOE Signs G10.5 Supply Agreement with Corning

by Tom Allen

Corning is to establish a production base adjacent to BOE’s under-construction G10.5 fab in Hefei, China, from where it will supply glass substrates to the new plant. Glass production is expected to support BOE’s …

Tags:BOE| China| Corning| Glass| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Production| Vol 22 - Issue 51

BT Partners with Netflix

by Tom Allen

UltraHD Netflix content can now be streamed to BT’s new UHD STB.

Tags:4k| BT| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Streaming Video| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 51

Peraso Speeds WiGig Rollout

by Tom Allen

Peraso Technologies has developed the W110 WiGig chipset, which is now in mass production. Targeting WiGig applications, the chipset includes the PRS1125 direct conversion 60 GHz RFIC and the PRS4001 baseband IC, to implement …

Tags:CES 2016| Chips| Interface Chips| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 51| WiGIG