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V-Nova’s Perseus Lowers UltraHD Bandwidth Requirements

by Tom Allen

A UK company called V-Nova claims to have developed a new compression technology offering between two- and three-times bitrate savings in video streaming, compared to codecs such as H.264, HEVC and JPEG2000. ‘Perseus’ has …

Fraunhofer to Show Flexible Encapsulation Films

by Tom Allen

Fraunhofer FEP will present test results for its barrier and transmission films, which have been exposed to weather for one year, at SVC 2015 (Santa Clara, USA, 25th – 30th April). Flexible electronic components …

Canatu Introduces Super Thin Flexible Transparent Conductive Film

by Tom Allen

Canatu, a leading manufacturer of zero reflectance and flexible transparent conductive films and touch sensors, has added a new super-thin 23 µm film to its CNB (Carbon NanoBud) transparent conductive film offering targeted at …

Tags:Canatu| Film materials

PMA Research Announces Top-Selling Projectors in February

by Tom Allen

PMA Research, the worldwide market information experts on front projectors, has posted their most recent Projector Tracking Service results to the “Top-Selling Projectors” area of their website. For more than 16 years now, PMA …

Tags:Market Data| PMA Research| Projectors

And Finally… – Vol 22 No 16

by Tom Allen

Have you ever thought that your connection was just too fast? Do you struggle to find those precious moments to make a cup of coffee or take a toilet break while waiting for cat …

Tags:Back Panel| Google| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 16

First iPhone 6C Images Appear Online

by Tom Allen

Alleged pictures of the case of Apple’s iPhone 6C have been leaked. Blog “Future Supplier” published the images, which show a differently-shaped cutout for the camera and speakers compared to the iPhone 5C. View …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 14

Titan X Should be Used for UltraHD – And Only UltraHD

by Tom Allen

In a series of benchmarking tests, Hexus has determined that Nvidia’s new Titan X GPU (Titan X: A Low-Cost Answer to Titan Z) is capable of driving UltraHD content at very high frame rates …

iPad Pro Features Two Ports, Photo Shows

by Tom Allen

Images that are claimed to display Apple’s much-rumoured large iPad Pro show the tablet with two ports. The images, from Dutch website Vandaag Apple, show an opening on the side of the tablet that …

Tags:Apple| iPad| Mobile Display Monitor| USB| Vol 22 - Issue 14

Blu Kickstarter is Cancelled

by Tom Allen

Blu, a high-concept ‘wearable smartphone’ – which would literally curve around the wrist, and uses a 5.3″ flexible OLED display – was due to have its first products shipping in May. This seemed very …

Tags:Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 14| Wearables

Researchers Discover Self-Healing Nanowire Properties

by Tom Allen

Silver nanowires are one option to replace ITO as a conductive material in displays – they are lower-cost and flexible – but research has been limited due to a lack of understanding about their …

Barco Lights Up Spring Gala

by Tom Allen

Barco has again supplied display equipment to China Central Television’s Spring Festival Galaxy. The show, which was broadcast on 19th February (the eve of Chinese New Year), used eight HDF-W26 projectors. It was Barco’s …

Light Polymers Lowers Cost of OLED Contrast Improvements

by Tom Allen

US/Taiwan-based Light Polymers has developed a lyotropic liquid crystal material (CR006) that can be coated on substrates, or directly onto OLED panel glass, to improve the contrast and readability of OLED displays. The reflective …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LC Materials (Liquid Crystal)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 22 - Issue 14