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Vizio to Bring Dolby Vision to Home Theater

On April 13th, Vizio issued a pair of press releases on its Reference Series LCD displays and its partnership with Dolby. ...

Passenger Terminal Expo 2015 Roundup

Unlike its presence at traditional electronics shows, 3M was showing its identity management solutions, rather than touch screens and other components. ...

Celestica Result 21/04/2016

Celestica reported Q1 net profit of CA$ 25.6 million ($20.3 million), up 30% YoY from CA$ 19.7 million ($15.6 million). Turnover ...

Verlase Patent Challenges Quantum Dots and Phosphors with 2D Materials for Color Conversion

VerLASE Technologies announced today that the US Patent Office has issued US Patent No. 9,035,344 on a novel wavelength conversion technology ...

The Digital Transition – Not Quite There, Yet

Some of our readers may be surprised to hear that the US has not yet fully converted to digital broadcast. While ...

Qualcomm Has a Mixed Reality Engine

Mattel’s new version of Viewmaster will crack open to allow a smart phone to be put inside and viewed in stereo ...

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Toshiba Placing Shares to Raise Cash

by Bob Raikes

Toshiba has arranged a private share placing that will raise ¥600 billion ($5.33 billion) which should enable the company to avoid a delisting of its stock from the Tokyo Stock Exchange at the end …

Tags:Investment| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| toshiba| Vol 24 - Issue 44

OLED Has My Heart, But LCD Still Has my Head

by Bob Raikes

A couple of weeks ago, Norbert looked at the recent results from Samsung and LG’s OLED businesses. Since then, DSCC has released some data from its Japan OLED event at the end of October …

Tags:LCD TVs| Market Data| OLED TVs| Vol 24 - Issue 44

Eve: Valkyrie Developer Shuts Down VR Studios

by Andrew Fenn

CCP Games, the team behind virtual reality shooter Eve: Valkyrie, has announced its VR studios will close. Eve: Valkyrie was released in March 2016 for Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and PlayStation VR, to mixed …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 44

Disney Pixar Releases Free Coco VR Experience

by Andrew Fenn

Disney Pixar has released a free VR experience themed around its new film, Coco. In Coco VR, users can create and customise a skeletal avatar, in keeping with the film’s central theme; Dia De …

Tags:AR/VR| Disney| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 44

Uber Orders Volvo XC90 for Self-Driving Car Fleet

by Andrew Fenn

Uber has entered into a $1.4 billion agreement with Volvo to purchase 24,000 of its XC90 SUVs between 2019 and 2021 to create a fleet of autonomous vehicles. Uber is using the XC90 as …

Tags:Automotive| Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 44

Germany Issues a Ban on Smartwatches for Children

by Andrew Fenn

The Federal Network Agency of Germany has issued a blanket ban on smartwatches for children, over concerns with the devices’ security and GPS tracking features. The Xplora GPS smartwatch range is designed specifically for …

Tags:Germany| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 24 - Issue 44

Renesas Brings 3D To Entry Level Cars

by Bob Raikes

Renesas has announced the R-Car 3D chip which is designed to support 3D graphics in car dashboards at a system cost that is said to be at the same level as 2D. It is …

Tags:Automotive| Chips| Mobile Display Monitor| Renesas| Semiconductors| Vol 24 - Issue 44

Apple Reported to Have Downsized its Micro-LED R&D Team in Taiwan

by Norbert Hildebrand

Since Apple bought Lux Vue, the interest in micro LED display technology has increased sharply. Recently several rumors around Apple’s involvement with the micro LED technology have been giving a good reason to reflect …

Tags:iOS (Apple)| Large Display Monitor| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Samsung| sony| Vol 24 - Issue 44

The Christopher Nolan Collection Released on UHD Blu-ray

by Andrew Fenn

Director Christopher Nolan has remastered seven of his films in Ultra HD and HDR, for a special Blu-ray box set. The Christopher Nolan Collection is released on UHD Blu-ray disc on December 19th, and …

Tags:4k| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 44

Osram Wins Third ISA Global SSL Showcase Award

by Andrew Fenn

Osram Lighting Solutions has received the International Solid State Lighting Alliance‘s Global SSL Showcase Top 100 Award, for the Zhuhai Grand Theater’s LED media facade. The win marks the third occasion that Osram has …

Tags:Back Panel| China| Large Display Monitor| LED| Osram| Vol 24 - Issue 44

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IHS: China and North America TV Shipments Fall Sharply in Q3 2017

by Andrew Fenn

The impact of higher LCD TV panel prices at the beginning of 2017 continued to weigh on retail demand for LCD TVs into the third quarter by way of slower retail price erosion, particularly …

Tags:China| IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| TV Set Market| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 44