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Repairs Programme Launched for Faulty Macbooks

Apple has launched a repair service for Macbook Pro notebooks affected by video issues. These include distorted video, no image and ...

Asia Pacific Region to See Impressive pay-TV Growth

According to Digital TV Research, the Asia Pacific pay-TV sector is vibrant compared to most of the rest of the world ...

News Appetizers for Thanksgiving

Yes, it is Thanksgiving tomorrow in the U.S. In thinking about a topic to cover for the day before Thanksgiving, I ...

Blackberry Classic to Arrive in Mid-December

Blackberry CEO John Chen let the release date of the Blackberry Classic (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 41) slip during a ...

SFO Ends HP/Autonomy Investigation

The UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has concluded its investigation into the sale of UK software company Autonomy to HP and ...

Mervin Encrusts Apple Watch With Diamonds

As if the Apple Watch weren’t expensive enough, how about raising the price to almost 10 times the original? Mervis Diamond ...

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ICVR Wants DisplayPort Type C VR Headset Standard

by Bob Raikes

LG Electronics, Analogix Semiconductor, Tencent, and Dell have combined to establish a group, ICVR, LLC, to develop VR source interfaces for mobile devices, PCs and other consumer electronics. The aim is to use the …

Tags:Analogix| Augmented Reality| Dell| DisplayPort| Interfaces| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| USB| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 21

Intel Sets Compute Card Date and Boosts CPUs at Computex

by Bob Raikes

At Computex, Intel announced the X Series of CPUs that includes a new Core i9 processor, designed for advanced gaming, VR and content creation and extending up to an ‘Extreme Edition’. The chips offer …

Tags:All-in-ones (AIOs)| Computex 2017| CPUs| Intel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Smart Digital Signage| Smart TV| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 21| WiGIG

UBI Bullish on OLED Prospects

by Bob Raikes

UBI Research of Korea has put out its report on OLED sales in Q1 and estimates the value at $4.31 billion in Q1 2017, up 15% from the same quarter a year ago, with …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED TVs| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 21

Acer Tablets Use Quantum-Dot Displays

by Bob Raikes

Acer has shown new 10″ tablets at Computex. The Iconia Tab 10 (A3-A50 – an update from the A30 and A40) is designed for entertainment and includes four speakers and a sub-woofer but stays …

Tags:Acer| Mobile Display Monitor| Quantum Dots| tablets| Vol 24 - Issue 21

Lenovo Struggles with Smartphones in China

by Bob Raikes

Reuters reports that Lenovo has re-organised in China to try to correct a fall in its smartphone business which has now dropped out of the top ten brands in the Chinese market. Reuters quoted …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 21

Eurofins Uses SmarDTV’S CAM Platform

by Yvette Raikes

Swiss company SmarDTV is supplying its CAM platform to Eurofins Digital Testing for its CI Plus 1.4 test tool. The tool allows automation of integrated digital TV and testing of CI STBs. The 1.4 …

Tags:DRM & Content Protection| Large Display Monitor| Security| STBs| Testing| Vol 24 - Issue 21

Burkina Faso Increases Satellite Capacity

by Yvette Raikes

The Burkina Faso agency responsible for DTT channel rollout, Société burkinabè de télédiffusion (SBT), has announced a multi-year agreement for satellite capacity with Eutelsat. The country already has 20 digital channels and the new …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Satellite| Terrestrial (DTT)| Vol 24 - Issue 21

Renesas Simplifies USB Power Authentication

by Bob Raikes

Renesas has announced a new chip that is said to be the first single package solution that supports both USB Power Delivery Rev. 3.0 (USB PD 3.0) and USB Type-C Authentication Rev 1.0, which …

Tags:Chips| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductors| USB| Vol 24 - Issue 21

Dell Inspiron 27 Offers Display Choice

by Bob Raikes

At Computex, Dell showed a new Inspiron 27 7000 series that uses an AMD Ryzen and an UltraHD display with 350 cd/m² option (or FullHD with 250 cd/m²) both based on IPS technology. There …

Tags:All-in-ones (AIOs)| AMD| Dell| Large Display Monitor| PCs| Vol 24 - Issue 21

Orbotech Wins CHOT Order

by Yvette Raikes

Israeli technology company, Orbotech, has won a $24 million order from Xianyang CaiHong Optoelectronics Technology (CHOT) of China to supply automated optical inspection, array testing and array repair systems for use in the production …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD Fabs| Mobile Display Monitor| Production Equipment| Test Equipment| Vol 24 - Issue 21

Asus & Acer Show Curved Gaming Monitors

by Bob Raikes

At Computex, Asus announced the Swift PG35VQ, a new monitor in the ROG gaming line. The 3440 x 1440 (21:9) curved (1800R) monitor has not only a 200Hz refresh rate, but also uses quantum …

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