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Breakfast with Continental

Continental Automotive GmbH (Regensburg, Germany) is one of the world’s largest suppliers of automotive components, electronic subsystems, and tires. During the ...

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 22

China’s Gionee has said that it will launch a new smartphone, the Elife E8, in June. The phone will be launched ...

AMOLED Narrows Gap with LTPS TFT-LCD

In a new research note, IHS has described the fast rise of AMOLED displays in smartphones, taking share from LTPS. LTPS ...

VESA Launches USB Test Programme

Click to enlargeVESA has launched an early certification test programme, for products using the USB-C connector and DisplayPort Alt Mode standard. ...

Intel Shows Off its Toyz

The next speaker was Shachar Oz from Intel’s RealSense software group, based in the Middle East and he gave a live ...

NEC’s LCD Models Enjoy Upgrade

Four new models have enhanced NEC’s UM series of ultra-short-throw 3LCD projectors. The UM301W, UM301X, UM351W and UM361X are said to offer ...

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NEC Showcase 2017 Will Take Place in May in London

by Alan Spencer

The NEC Solutions Showcase will take place in London on 17th and 18th May. The showcase will feature fully integrated, readily-deployable AV and digital signage solutions. NEC has partnered with over 35 solutions providers …

Tags:Back Panel| Events| Large Display Monitor| NEC| Vol 24 - Issue 12

AOC to Sponsor UK Masters Gaming Tournament

by Alan Spencer

Insomnia60, the UK Masters Tournament for CS:GO, is taking place this Easter in the UK and will be sponsored by AOC. Insomnia60 is the UK’s biggest gaming festival and brings together gaming enthusiasts for …

Tags:Back Panel| Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 12

UDC Patents Hybrid OLED / LED MEMS Display

by Bob Raikes

Fresh Patents Online showed that UDC has been granted a new patent (US2017/0062531) for a hybrid MEMS/OLED display that uses a blue LED backlight layer and ‘at least’ one shutter between the backlight and …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MEMs Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| UDC| Vol 24 - Issue 12

German OLED Alliance Founded

by Alan Spencer

A German OLED Technology Alliance, or GOTA, has been established by four companies. The aim of the new industry alliance is to combine the experience of its partners in OLED manufacturing. Each of the …

Tags:Germany| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 12

Japan Display to Increase Automotive LCD Production

by Alan Spencer

Japan Display has announced that it will increase LCD glass panel production capacity at its Tottori Plant from November 2017. This month, the company is building a new automated assembly line for prototypes and …

Tags:Automotive| Japan Display Inc (JDI)| LCD Fabs| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 12

IDC

Wearables See Strong Growth in Middle East & Africa in 2016

by Alan Spencer

According to IDC, shipments of wearables for the Middle East and Africa region are at an all-time high of 746,000 units in the last quarter of 2016, up 29.0% compared to same quarter in …

Tags:IDC| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 12| Wearables

ALi and Alticast Make a pay-TV Alliance

by Alan Spencer

Taiwan-based, ALi, that develops set-top box chipsets, and Korea-based Alticast, that provides software used by the global pay-TV industry, have announced an alliance. The two companies will work together to explore business opportunities in …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Semiconductors| Software| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 12

HTC Viveport Has Over 20,000 Developers

by Alan Spencer

According to Alvin Wang Graylin, president of HTC China, HTC’s Viveport has attracted over 20,000 registrations from independent VR application developers, resulting in the launch of around 2,200 applications. Graylin also believes that the …

Tags:AR/VR| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 12

Rural USA has Fewer OTT Subscribers

by Yvette Raikes

There is a big difference in statistics on TV content provision between the USA as a whole and rural North America. 82% of rural households still use more traditional video service providers, with just …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 12

Vizio 2017 D-Series Smart TVs do Not Have HDR

by Bob Raikes

Vizio has shown its 2017 D-series Smart TV series the largest of which use direct backlighting panels with 10 zones on the 55″ and 12 on the 65″ for better contrast . 120Hz backlight …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| TVs (TV Sets)| USA| Vizio| Vol 24 - Issue 12

HiSilicon Gets Support and Adds Media Hub Application

by Bob Raikes

HiSilicon (the chip-making subsidiary of Huawei) told us that it had no new SoCs for STBs since IBC. At the show it was mainly talking about new middleware versions. Separately, iWedia said that it …

Tags:Korea| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductors| TV Connect 2017| Vol 24 - Issue 12

Opera TV Works with BBC on HbbTV Synchronisation

by Bob Raikes

OperaTV was at the show to demonstrate its OS for smart TVs and also had one of the most interesting technical demos at the event. Opera has been working with the BBC to implement …

Tags:HbbTV| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TV Connect 2017| Vol 24 - Issue 13