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Detachables to Drive European PC Market

Detachable tablet demand will drive the European PC and tablet market in the near future, says IDC. Detachable and slate tablet ...

Watchfire Signs and Yesco Combine Forces in Utah

Watchfire Signs has announced that it is collaborating on “a number of high-profile digital sign projects” with previous industry rival, Yesco. ...

Ubimax Joins Vuzix VIP Programme

Vuzix Corporation has announced that Ubimax, a supplier of industrial wearable computing solutions, has joined the Vuzix Industrial Partner (VIP) programme, ...

Tago Arc – Smart Bracelet Enters Crowdfunding Stage

Liber8 a Hungarian technology company has been developing a wearable technology accessory based on an electrophoretic E Ink display. The accessory ...

Epson Lowers Cost of UHD

Two new 3LCD projectors have been launched by Epson, bringing UltraHD imagery to an affordable price point. The EH-TW8300 and TW9300 ...

CinemaCon Overview

In a companion “Theatrical Trends from CinemaCon” article I described some of the trends I saw after my first morning at ...

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Liberty Result 15/02/17

by Jasmine Kang Sodha

Liberty Global Group announced FY16 Q4 results with net sales of $4.2 billion and operating income of $683 million, resulting in an operating margin of 16%. Quarterly sales marginally increased by 2.2% on an …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Liberty Global| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Two Keys to Optimal HDR TVs: Dynamic HDR Metadata and Tone Mapping

by Ken Werner

The Society for Information Display LA Chapter held its 14th annual One-Day Conference on February 3, 2017 at the Costa Mesa Country Club in Costa Mesa, California. At the conference, Gerard Catapano gave a …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| SID Society| Vol 24 - Issue 06

NorDig Adopts HbbTV 2 Specification

by Isaac Oburu

NorDig, which coordinates the technical specifications for digital TV in the Nordics (Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark) and Ireland, has decided to support the adoption of HbbTV 2, an upgrade from its current support of …

Tags:Ireland| Large Display Monitor| Nordics| OTT Video| Smart TV| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Facebook Video Platforms Clarified

by Bob Raikes

We reported on Facebook’s move into video a couple of weeks ago and now the company has confirmed that the app will initially be rolled out on Apple TV, Amazon’s Fire TV and on …

Tags:| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Panasonic’s Expands OLED TV Range

by Bob Raikes

After announcing the 65″ EZ1002 for European and Japanese buyers at the recent CES show (Panasonic Upgrades OLED HDR TV – but Not for North America), the company has now announced a 77″ version …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| OLED TVs| Panasonic| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Total GPU Shipments Remain Flat – JPR

by Bob Raikes

Jon Peddie Research said that the GP market was flat from Q3 to Q4 in 2016, in line with normal seasonality. In graphics, Q2 is the trough, Q3 is the peak, Q4 is flat …

Tags:GPUs| Jon Peddie Research (JPR)| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Sony

Sony Drops Video Apps

by Bob Raikes

Sony has said that it will discontinue support for its PS Now (game streaming) and PS Video services. The PS Now service will stop on 2016 TVs in April and on other devices in …

Tags:Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| sony| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Fierce Battle Between Apple & Samsung for Top Spot

by Bob Raikes

Gartner said that there is a fierce battle between Apple and Samsung for the top position in the global smartphone market as Apple went back past Samsung in Q4 2016. Over the whole year, …

Tags:Gartner| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Technicolor Sues Samsung Over Patents

by Bob Raikes

Technicolor has file patent infringement suits against Samsung Electronics in Germany (Düsseldorf and Mannheim) and France (Paris) claiming that Samsung is in breach of ten of its patents relating to video compression. The suits …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Litigation| Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| Samsung| Technicolor| Vol 24 - Issue 06

auo

AUO To Boosts 8.5G Capacity in 2017

by Bob Raikes

AUO has responded to the tightness in the market and its relatively good financial performance to increase the capacity of its existing 8.5G fab by 25,000 to 30,000 substrates per month in 2017. The …

Tags:AUO| Large Display Monitor| LCD Fabs| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Fox Sports Starts UltraHD on DirecTV

by Bob Raikes

Fox Sports in the US is planning to support UltraHD sports broadcasts through DirectTV by showing the California-Stanford basketball game on the 17th Feb. The channel is available on channel 106 for subscribers (DirecTV …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| UltraHD| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 06