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Dispelix Oy Offers Thin Lightguide for AR Smartglasses

If you never heard of Dispelix Oy before you are not alone, this startup company is a spin off from VTT ...

Philips Explains its HDR Solutions

At CES 2015, we had a chance to meet with Philips to discuss its activities in developing High Dynamic Range (HDR) ...

USI Pushes On

We reported on the Universal Stylus Initiative several times at the beginning of this year around CES and MWC. Now the ...

Allwinner Targets Premium SoCs

China’s Allwinner Technology has announced a new octa-core SoC for high-end set-top boxes and gaming devices. The H8 chip is based ...

An Update

I’m between events today. I got back from the NEC DTF event last night and am leaving for Gitex this evening ...

Stampede Official Distributor of Calibre in the UK

Stampede has inked a distribution deal to distribute full range of Calibre’s HQUltra 4K presentation scalers and switchers in the UK.

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Lenovo’s Z1 Features Full-Speed USB

by Tom Allen

Lenovo is the newest Chinese manufacturer to include USB-C on its smartphones: this time in the form of the ZUK (unfortunate branding – TA) Z1. Unlike rivals with USB-C, such as the OnePlus 2, …

Tags:Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| USB| Vol 22 - Issue 32

Quanta, MIT End R&D Partnership

by Helen Vince

Quanta Computer says it is to end its research and development partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) this year, after 10 years of co-operation. The Taiwanese firm has already begun to move …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MIT| Mobile Display Monitor| Quanta| Vol 22 - Issue 32

Surface Orders to Increase

by Tom Allen

Sources from the upstream supply chain have said that Microsoft’s orders for new Surface 2-in-1 devices will be 50% higher than last year in Q4’15. Order visibility has already reached the end of 2015, …

Tags:Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Supply Chain| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 32

Foxconn July Sales Rise 20% YoY

by Helen Vince

Strong sales of consumer electronics helped Foxconn Electronics to record a 20% year on year increase in sales in July, reaching NT$312.2 billion ($9.7 billion), 2% down on June. Sales in the first seven …

Tags:Financial Data| Foxconn (Honhai)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 32

South Africa Prepares for Digital Switch

by Tom Allen

The switch to digital broadcasting is on track in South Africa. The Minister of Communications has planned a consultation with the Cabinet, about the planned date to launch the country’s DTT platform. Orders for …

Tags:ASO (Analogue Switch Off)| Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Vol 22 - Issue 32

French Consortium Looks to Africa

by Milos Pavlovic

Thomson Broadcast, Sagemcom and Canal+ are seeking to build and manage DTT platforms in several African countries. These countries include the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Benin and Cameroon. The companies have already received …

Tags:ASO (Analogue Switch Off)| France| Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Vol 22 - Issue 32

UHD Arrives in Canada

by Tom Allen

Source: 4k.comQuebec-based Videotron has announced an UltraHD set-top box – which it says is Canada’s first that is commercially available. The box, made by Samsung, will have eight tuners and storage for 115 hours …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| North America| STBs| VOD in UltraHD & 4K| Vol 22 - Issue 32

1000 fps Projection System

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Researcher Gaku Narita and his colleagues at Ishikawa Watanabe Laboratory at the University of Tokyo and Tokyo Electron Device Ltd. co-developed a high-speed projector capable of projecting images with a frame rate of 1,000 …

Tags:Cameras| DLP| Projectors| Vol 22 - Issue 32

BenQ Unveils True-to-Life Monitor Lineup for SIGGRAPH 2015

by Helen Vince

BenQ America Corp., an internationally renowned digital lifestyle solutions provider, today announced its exciting product lineup for SIGGRAPH 2015. Powered by the company’s Eye-Care technology, BenQ’s leading class of professional creative monitors features innovations …

Tags:BenQ| Broadcast Monitors| Siggraph 2015

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 33

by Tom Allen

The Roku TVs from Haier America, which we saw at CES, have been launched in the USA. These models, in 32″, 43″, 49″ and 55″ sizes, integrate the Roku smart TV system directly. They …

Tags:Curved Displays| Europe| Haier| Hisense| Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| Roku| sony| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 33