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Amazon’s selection of 4K HDR UHD Blu-ray movies already surpasses 100 titles

Amazon now has 100 titles of UltraHD Blu-ray discs available not only in the US, but globally, as the format does ...

Tsinghua Eyeing MediaTek?

The chairman of Tsinghua Unigroup, a state-backed Chinese technology company, has said it may be interested in a tie up with ...

Apple Faces $862m Fine

The University of Wisconsin has successfully sued Apple for $862 million, for unlicensed use of its microchip patents in some iPhones ...

UK Start-up Invents Ground-breaking Augmented Reality Tech to Create Adverts the Size of Sky Scrapers.

New start-up, Lightvert Ltd., is set to disrupt the Digital Out-of-Home (DOOH) market with a ground-breaking new augmented reality solution called ...

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 14

Blackberry‘s Leap smartphone (Blackberry Shows new Smartphone and Prototype with Curved AMOLED Display) can now be pre-ordered in the UK, USA, ...

MB Chronowing is More Watch Than Smart

In partnership with HP, luxury American designer Michael Bastian has created a smartwatch that is understated but also feature-light – very ...

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Pioneer Enhances Taco Bell in the UK

by Tom Allen

Pioneer Digital has installed new large-format LG displays at all seven of Taco Bell’s locations in the UK. A digital menu board solution was required in each of the restaurants. Pioneer chose to use …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| QSRs & Menu Boards| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 39

Oculus Lists VR Challenges

by Tom Allen

Oculus Connect is a relatively new conference (only in its second year!) for the virtual reality industry and took place recently in Hollywood. VR is still very new – although it’s a long way …

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus Rift| Oculus VR| Samsung| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 39

High-Resolution on Compact Philips Monitor

by Tom Allen

MMD’s latest Philips monitor, the 258B6QJEB, is not only designed with CAD-CAM work in mind: eco-friendliness is also important. The 25″ unit contains 65% recycled plastics, and its housing is free of both PVC …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| MMD (AOC Philips)| Vol 22 - Issue 39

UBI Tracks Record AMOLED Shipments in Q2

by Tom Allen

According to UBI Research, the global AMOLED market is growing quickly, with a new record level of panel shipments achieved in Q2’15. The firm says that 56 million units were shipped, representing 35% growth …

Tags:AMOLED| Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| Market Shares - Panels| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Samsung Display| Vol 22 - Issue 39

Microsoft Enters China With Baidu

by Tom Allen

Microsoft is working with Baidu to launch Windows 10 in China. Baidu will replace Bing as the operating system’s default search engine in the country. It marks a significant change from the government’s previous …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 39| Windows

Gartner: IT Spending Will Fall in All Verticals

by Tom Allen

Variations in global currency exchange rates will mean that ‘all’ vertical industries will show negative growth in IT spending this year, according to Gartner. The firm predicts spending to reach $2.7 trillion: a 3.5% …

Tags:Gartner| it| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 39| Worldwide

HEVC Advance Considering Adjustments to its Royalty Structure

by Tom Allen

HEVC Advance, an independent licensing administrator, today announced that technology leader MediaTek has agreed to join the HEVC Advance patent pool, which provides an efficient and transparent means for accessing and licensing HEVC essential …

Tags:HEVC (H.265)| Mediatek| Patents

Microsoft HoloLens – the Savior for the AR / VR Market?

by Norbert Hildebrand

By now, most technology analysts, writers and bloggers have realized that Google Glass is no longer aiming at leading the charge of introducing augmented reality to the average consumer. Even with a revamped model, …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Epson| Microsoft| Oculus VR| sony| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 39| Vuzix

Facebook to roll out 360-Degree Videos

by Bob Raikes

Facebook, in a blog post, said that it would support 360º videos in its News Feed. There are a number of publishers sharing new 360 videos on Facebook already, including Star Wars, Discovery, GoPro, …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| | Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 38

Freeview confirms HD product future

by Bob Raikes

UK DTT platform Freeview has confirmed that the Freeview Trade Mark Licence will only be granted for HD products from the end of 2016 with the brand no longer appearing on new SD products. …

Tags:HDTV| Terrestrial (DTT)| UK (United Kingdom)