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Foxconn Electronics Result 14/11/2016

Foxconn Technology has announced its Q3 FY16 results with net sales of NT$1,074.1 bn ($33.9 bn) with a slight increase of ...

Euronics Cuts Costs with Press Event

Euronics changed the format of its annual IFA press event this year and ran it at the back of its booth ...

Eizo Has New Review and Diagnostic Monitors

The first new monitor that we looked at on the Eizo booth was a clinical review monitor, the MX315W, that we ...

HbbTV Issues Request for Proposals for Reference Application for Online Video Streaming

The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing an open standard for the delivery of broadcast and broadband services through ...

HTC Takes The Needle to a Smartphone

A limited edition HTC One M8 has been created, in partnership with tattoo artists Lal Hardy and Cally-Jo Pothecary. HTC and ...

Arris and Charter Working on WorldBox 2.0

Arris is working with Charter Communications to develop the “WorldBox 2.0”, the next generation of STB that Charter plans to use ...

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MStar Works on Dolby Vision SoCs

by Tom Allen

Dolby and MStar are working together to deliver Dolby Vision UltraHD SoCs for HDR TVs next year. The companies will collaborate to optimise Dolby Vision for integration into MStar’s video processing engine.

Tags:Chips| Dolby Vision| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Semiconductors| Vol 22 - Issue 41

MStar Adopts Dolby Vision for 4K Ultra HD TV SoCs

by Isaac Oburu

Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB) today announced a collaboration with MStar Semiconductor, Inc., a leading semiconductor company for display and digital home solutions, to deliver Dolby Vision™ 4K Ultra HD system-on-a-chip (SoC) for high-dynamic-range (HDR) …

Tags:Dolby Vision| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Semiconductors| SOCs

Swatch Bellamy: The New Pay-by-the-Wrist Swatch Watch

by Isaac Oburu

Pioneering Swiss watchmaker Swatch presented SWATCH BELLAMY, the new “pay-by-the-wrist” watch, at the landmark Swatch Art Peace Hotel in Shanghai today. Swatch has joined forces with China UnionPay and Bank of Communications to introduce …

Tags:Payment Systems| Smartwatches

Dolby Vision Will Soon be Available in a Consumer TV Set

by Ken Werner

Last week, Vizio and Dolby Laboratories announced pricing and availability of the Vizio Reference Series TV sets, which the companies described as “the industry’s first-ever complete High Dynamic Range solution with Dolby Vision playback …

Tags:Dolby Vision| Vizio| Vol 22 - Issue 41| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

LG Wins Fairness Prize for Second Year

by Tom Allen

German consumers have chosen LG Electronics as the fairest TV manufacturer in the country, for the second year in a row. The German Fairness Prize is presented by new channel N-TV and the German …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| Germany| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Vol 22 - Issue 41

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Barco Establishes First All-Laser Multiplex

by Tom Allen

Barco says that it has helped to deploy the world’s first multiplex cinema, exclusively using laser projectors. Santikos Theatres’ new Casa Blanca Theatre, in Texas, uses Barco’s flagship laser models in all 16 screens. …

Tags:Back Panel| Barco| Large Display Monitor| Laser Projectors| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 41

Humax is Open to UltraHD STB

by Tom Allen

Humax may launch a version of its Freeview Play box that can support UltraHD streaming, once it adopts new chipsets. Commercial director Graham North said, at the launch of Humax’s new FVP-4000T box, that …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| STBs| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 22 - Issue 41

LG: ‘OLED Builds The Dreams of the World’

by Tom Allen

LG Display has released a video about the future possibilities of OLED technology. The concept is very similar to Corning’s ‘A Day Made of Glass’ video; the displays are large and ubiquitous, and everyone …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 22 - Issue 41

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Apple Faces $862m Fine

by Tom Allen

The University of Wisconsin has successfully sued Apple for $862 million, for unlicensed use of its microchip patents in some iPhones and iPads. The 1998 patent deals with a method to improve microchip efficiency, …

Tags:Apple| Chip Technology| Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| Vol 22 - Issue 41

HTC Goes AMOLED With Mid-Range Phone

by Tom Allen

Reports from Taiwan say that HTC will show off a new smartphone called the HTC One A9 on the 21st October. Featuring a 5″ AMOLED display, the phone will run on an octa-core Snapdragon …

Tags:HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 41

UltraHD TV Sales to Rise 16,400% in Six Years

by Tom Allen

Parks Associates predicts that more than 330 million UltraHD TVs will have been sold worldwide by the end of 2019 – an increase from 2 million in 2013. A new report by the firm …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| TV Set Market| UltraHD & 4K| Vol 22 - Issue 41| Worldwide