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Qualcomm Focuses on LTE Broadcast

Qualcomm was at the show to talk about LTE broadcast rather than making any product or technology announcements. First the company ...

MEA Tablet Market Sees Decline

IDC has reported that in the last quarter of 2016, the Middle East and Africa (MEA) tablet market declined 24.2% on ...

New Technologies for 3D and More

Two new technologies caught my eye recently, both related to 3D or 3D-like imaging. Both technologies are in the academic research ...

Samsung Extends Smartwatch UI

Samsung has filed a patent for a smartwatch, which would project the UI onto the user’s hand, wrist or forearm. Another, ...

Deloitte Survey Shows Binge Watching is Big, Social Media Critical

American consumers’ status as a binge watching, streaming, multitasking nation enters 2017 with strong momentum according to Deloitte’s 11thDigital Democracy Survey. ...

DS01 Summary of the Advanced Displays Session at Display Summit 2017

The morning of the first day of Display Summit 2017 was devoted to describing advanced displays. Thomas Burnett from FoVI 3D ...

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ITRI Lowers Touch Production Costs

by Super User

The Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) showcased a new metal mesh production technology at Touch Taiwan last month. The technology is said to feature a ‘one-step’ roll-to-roll method, which can apparently lower production costs …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Metal Mesh| Roll to Roll (R2R)| Touch Taiwan 2014| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21

Emerging Markets Take Smartphone Slack

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Smartphone shipments are expected to rise 23.8% YoY in 2014, according to IDC, to more than 1.25 billion units, from 1.01 billion in 2013. A 12.7% CAGR will lead to 1.8 billion shipments in …

Tags:IDC| Large Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21| Worldwide

Dell Widens Gamut and Size

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A 2015 version of Dell’s Ultrasharp U2414H (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 38) has appeared on the company’s Chinese website. While similar to last year’s product, the display on the U2415H has been changed. …

Tags:Colour Critical Monitors| Dell| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21

Hannstar’s Sales & Shipments Down In August

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Hannstar Display said that sales and shipments both declined last month, with revenue for the month 1.7% lower than July and 32.8% down year on year at NT$1.8 billion ($60 million). Sales for the …

Tags:Hannstar (Hannspree)| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21

Samsung Display Hides Away

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Samsung Display had a private area in Hall 14 and we went around to see the range of products. Showing where the priorities lie for the local sales people in the Display business, we …

Tags:IFA 2014| Large Display Monitor| Samsung| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21

Digital TV Labs’ Test Suite Checks Compliance

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Digital TV Labs is launching products designed to accelerate the development and deployment of UltraHD HEVC services. The organisation’s HEVC for DVB Test Suite enables SoC, STB and TV vendors to check their products’ …

Tags:4k| DTV| HEVC (H.265)| Large Display Monitor| Testing| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21

Sharp Chooses Metal Mesh for Large-Format Touch

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Although we missed it at the time, we have heard about several new products demonstrated at Touch Taiwan last month by Sharp. They used metal mesh rather than ITO, a proprietary controller chip and …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Metal Mesh| sharp| Touch Taiwan 2014| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21

LG Moves Past P-OLED Problems

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LG is obviously deeply committed to OLED TVs, but our first stop on the stand was its OLED smartwatch, the G Watch R. Attracting a lot of attention from consumers, the product is the …

Tags:IFA 2014| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21

TiVo’s STB Uses Broadcom

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Broadcom’s BCM7445 SoC is being used in TiVo’s newest UltraHD set-top box. According to Broadcom, the SoC enables the display of UltraHD at 60fps, using the Rec.2020 colour standard.

Tags:Back Panel| Broadcom| Large Display Monitor| SOCs| UltraHD| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Sigma SoC Supports HEVC Main-10 UltraHD

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Sigma Designs had a meeting room and welcomed us with news of its SMP8758 SoC which supports UltraHD and HEVC. The chip supports up to the Main-10 profile that forms part of UltraHD Phase …

Tags:IBC 2014| Large Display Monitor| SOCs| UltraHD| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

AMD: ‘If 28nm Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix it’

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Rory Read, AMD’s CEO, has detailed the company’s two-year roadmap at a presentation for Deutsche Bank in Germany. He said that 28nm would remain a major process for the company for some time, but …

Tags:AMD| Chips| CPUs| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Tech Companies Achieve Sustainability Index

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The Dow Jones Sustainability Indices has featured Panasonic again in 2014 – for the 10th consecutive year. UMC has been chosen for the seventh time, in both the worldwide and emerging markets sectors. Acer …

Tags:Environment| Large Display Monitor| Panasonic| UMC| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21