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Competitor to Quantum Dots Emerging

Quantum dots (QDs) are exactly that – microscopic balls of material that are roughly spherical and practically zero-dimensional points. Quantum dots ...

Roku TVs Will use ACR To Track What is Being Watched

Roku’s latest update includes Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) to track what viewers are watching via cable or via antenna, and to ...

Samsung Smartphone Give-Away

Samsung in the US is offering a free 32GB Galaxy S6 smartphone to customers who buy one of several different models ...

Infocomm Loves Christie

Christie took home six Infocomm awards after the US event. Awards went to: • Velvet LED tile – Readers Choice award ...

Preferred Bidder Chosen for Toshiba Memory

Toshiba has announced that its board of directors has agreed to select the consortium of Innovation Network Corporation of Japan, Bain ...

Sony Digital Cinema Not Ready to Embrace Laser Projection Yet

Sony’s Digital Cinema group was at CinemaCon 2016, but it did not announce any new projection products. While the company says ...

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Large-Screen Trend Continues, as Vendors Struggle to Differentiate

by Tom Allen

Smartphones with screens up to 5.6″ will become mainstream this year, says GfK. The prediction follows a spike in sales of larger handsets in 2014, as consumers replaced their older 4″ and 4.5″ smartphones. …

Tags:Apple| Apple Watch (iWatch)| Gartner| GfK| Lenovo| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphone Market| Smartphones| sony| Vol 22 - Issue 10| Wearable Market| Wearables

ZTE Hard Codes to Lower CPU Load

by Tom Allen

A new quad-core set-top box, running Android 4.4, has been launched by ZTE worldwide. The B760H plays both IPTV and OTT content using dedicated hardware. 2.4GHz and 5GHz wireless communication is also supported.

Tags:Large Display Monitor| STBs| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 22 - Issue 10| ZTE

LG Leads UltraHD Panel Share

by Tom Allen

LG Display was the largest supplier of UltraHD panels in the world in Q4’14, shipping 1.86 million units and taking a 27.9% market share. According to IHS DisplaySearch, LGD beat second-place Innolux, which shipped …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD Panels| LG Electronics (LGE)| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 10

KAIST Keeps Power Draw Low in Eye-Tracking HMD

by Tom Allen

Image credit: NikkeiThe Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has developed a head-mounted display, which combines object recognition, eye-tracking and augmented reality (activated by blinking!). The ‘Smart Glass’ uses a different chip …

Tags:Batteries| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Korea| Mobile Display Monitor| Power| Power Consumption| Vol 22 - Issue 10

ClassFlow is a Stout Player

by Len Scrogan

Imagine the mix of projectors, displays, and BYOD (laptops, Chromebooks, tablets, and smartphones) at play in today’s classrooms. Simply stated, it ain’t your grandfather’s classroom any longer. Now add to this confusing mashup the …

Tags:BYOD| Education| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Promethean| Software| Vol 22 - Issue 16

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 11

by Tom Allen

Asus‘ Zenfone 2 smartphone, which we saw at CES (Asus Swims Against Current With Mobile Announcements), is now on sale in Taiwan. It will also roll out to China, Hong Kong, Singapore and France …

Tags:AMOLED| Asus| Distributors| E Ink| IGZO| Japan Display Inc (JDI)| Kyocera| LCD Modules| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| sharp| Smartphones| tablets| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 11| Yota Devices

Barnes & Noble to Split Businesses

by Helen Vince

Barnes & Noble is to separate its education business from its retail and Nook digital units, creating two independent, publicly-traded companies. At the end of last year, Barnes & Noble bought Microsoft’s stake in …

Tags:Barnes & Noble| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Vol 22 - Issue 10

Motorola Goes the Custom Design Route

by Tom Allen

Motorola has added its Moto 360 smartwatch to the Moto Maker service. Using Moto Maker, customers can customise their watch with different casings, straps and faces. Photo credit: Wired Analyst Comment This might not …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Motorola| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 10

Slovak Telekom Enjoys Massive TV Growth

by Tom Allen

In 2013, Slovak Telekom ended the year with just under 200,000 subscribers for its TV services. The company expanded significantly in 2014, ending the year with almost 470,000.

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Slovakia| Vol 22 - Issue 10

UK TV is Unchanged in 2014

by Tom Allen

Traditional TV use was very slightly down in the UK in 2014, with 98.4% of viewing done on TV sets, compared to 98.5% in 2013. Viewing on mobiles was up a similar amount, from …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| TV Viewing| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 10

And Finally… – Vol 22 10

by Tom Allen

Larry Shaw was the first person to celebrate Pi Day, in 1988Maths-lovers, rejoice – you get to live through an event happening just twice every 100 years – as long as you use an …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 10

AMPAS Honours SMPTE Members

by Tom Allen

Members of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) have received several Scientific and Technical Awards from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Oscars were presented to Larry Hornbeck …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| SMPTE| Vol 22 - Issue 10