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OLED Microdisplays Can be Used for Fingerprints

The Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology FEP said that it would show an OLED on silicon ...

German T2 Transition Over by 2019

German network operator Media Broadcast has said that its planned DVB-T2 platform, which will be launched in early 2017, will offer ...

Lenovo Expands Russian Partnership

Resource Media in Russia is now able to distribute Lenovo’s line of SMB notebooks throughout the region.

Daimler’s Zetsche Discusses Improvements Coming to Mercedes Cars

Daimler’s CEO Dieter Zetsche delivered a keynote address at IFA this year which focused on three new features coming to Mercedes ...

Posiflex Expands Android POS Solutions

Posiflex is a vendor of POS solutions, and is due to launch two new Android-based models in Q3. These terminals are ...

iPhone Case Harvests Energy From Radio Waves

Nikola Labs, from Ohio, showed a new iPhone case at TechCrunch Disrupt this month, which harvests power to extend battery life. ...

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Xiaomi

Xiaomi to Use In House CPU

by Alan Spencer

Xiaomi is expected to launch its Mi 5C smartphone with own-developed Pinecone V670 CPU in China, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News report (via Digitimes). The new smartphone is expected to be released …

Tags:China| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductors| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 06| Xiaomi

Quanta Maintains Position as Largest Notebook ODM for HP

by Alan Spencer

According to Digitimes and industry sources, Taiwan-based Quanta Computer will continue to be the largest ODM for HP for notebooks to be launched this year. Quanta Computer has been allocated 35% of HP’s planned …

Tags:HP Inc| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Quanta| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Sony

Sony Confirms US TV Pricing

by Bob Raikes

Sony has released its pricing for its latest US TVs. Details are in the table. Model Size MSRP Sony XBR-65Z9D 65″ $5,499 Sony XBR-75Z9D 75″ $8,999 Sony XBR-100Z9D 100 $59,999 XBR-75X940E 75″ $7,499 XBR-65X930E …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| sony| TVs (TV Sets)| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Keepixo and Divitel Live Stream Bavarian Music Festival in 360° Video

by Milos Pavlovic

Keepixo, a leading provider of software head-end products for IPTV and OTT, recently partnered with Divitel, a world-class systems integrator for video delivery, to live stream a concert in 360-degree video. The companies cooperated …

Tags:Video Quality| VideoConferencing

Music Festival Live Streamed in 360° Video

by Alan Spencer

A Bavarian media company has live streamed its annual music festival in 360º video for the first time. This was made possible by the combined efforts of Keepixo, a provider of software head-end products …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| UltraHD & 4K| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Virtual Reality Device Shipments to Hit 110 million by 2021

by Milos Pavlovic

After a content-starved market introduction, virtual reality (VR) is ready to thrive off a swath of new and compelling content choices. ABI Research forecasts total VR device shipments will reach 110 million by 2021. …

Tags:Devices| Virtual Reality

VR Shipments to Reach 110 million by 2021

by Alan Spencer

According to ABI Research’s AR and VR Devices and Enterprise Verticals report, following a content-starved market, VR is set to take off with new content choices. It is forecast that the total VR device …

Tags:Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Luxin-Rio Acquires Volfoni

by Bob Raikes

Shandong Luxin-Rio Visual Technology Company Ltd has acquired 3D specialist, Volfoni. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. The companies have been collaborating since 2012 and Luxin-Rio already owned 10% of Volfoni, purchased …

Tags:3D Cinema| China| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Vizio

Vizio Has HDR10 Firmware Update for E-Series

by Bob Raikes

Vizio said that it has a firmware update for its E Series enabling HDR10 compatibility with existing HDR Blu-ray players from Samsung (UHD-K8500) and Philips (BDP7501/F7), as well as PS4 and Xbox One S …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vizio| Vol 24 - Issue 06

ISE & Sharp

by Bob Raikes

Apologies for the late shipment of the newsletters this week. We tried to keep up while dealing with the ISE overload, but this year the event went on until Friday afternoon and we needed …

Tags:Editorial| Large Display Monitor| LCD Fabs| Mobile Display Monitor| sharp| Vol 24 - Issue 05

Matterport Brings VR to the Browser by Supporting WebVR

by Norbert Hildebrand

Matterport announced that they are now supporting viewing their virtual reality spaces directly through the browser without having to download an app. For now this works only for Daydream-enabled phones (running Android Nougat) using …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 06

2016 Sees EU Cinema Attendance Hitting Biggest High Since 2004

by Isaac Oburu

On the occasion of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival the European Audiovisual Observatory releases its first estimates for European cinema attendance in 2016. Building on a strong 2015, the Observatory estimates that total …

Tags:Cinema| Cinema going