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AUO Sees Dip in Monthly Sales

AU Optronics (AUO) reported sales in August of NT$35.5 billion ($1.2 billion), slightly down month on month and 5.5% lower than ...

Werner Questions OLED TV

The second talk that Ken Werner was due to give was about quantum dots and their impact on the prospects for ...

Prepare for Battle: Gear Up to Tackle eSports

My attention was caught recently by a whitepaper from Juniper Research, titled ‘eSports – Gamers’ New MVP?‘, which goes into detail ...

Infocomm Round-up

3M was showing its latest 55″ procap display which was offering support for 60 touches and can recognise touches in 10ms ...

Signagelive Offers “Dramatic” Cost Savings

Signagelive has rolled out 42 Samsung Smart Signage screens to the StubHub Center stadium in California. Samsung’s 55″ DM55D screens, with ...

Dual leadership at AV Stumpfl

Fabian Stumpfl joins his brother Tobias Stumpfl in his new position as CEO at the Austrian AV technology manufacturer AV Stumpfl®. ...

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Skyworth Releases One New HDR TV at IFA

by Chris Chinnock

Skyworth told us that they had one new HDR TV at IFA, the S9B which is part of the previously released H9 series. It is only for sale in China right now and is …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| IFA 2016| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED TVs| Skyworth| Vol 23 - Issue 36

SmartKem Wins Flexible Funding

by Yvette Raikes

The EU has given UK organic semiconductor company, SmartKem, a €1.8 million grant to transfer its OTFT Truflex platform to mass production of flexible displays in Asia. SmartKem is adding a further €850,000. The …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 35

KFC Adds Signage in the UK

by Bob Raikes

KFC in the UK and Ireland is experimenting with digital signage in the UK to improve communications and coordination in its 850 QSRs in the region. It has been working with Pioneer Digital on …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| QSRs & Menu Boards| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 36

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Hydis Joins with Tianma but Sees Revenue Downturn

by Yvette Raikes

Hydis Technologies, Korea-based subsidiary of electronic paper maker E Ink Holdings (EIH), and China-based Tianma Micro-electronics have agreed to cross-license TFT-LCD patents. Hydis licenses fringe field switching (FFS) wide viewing-angle technology to Tianma for …

Tags:E Ink| FFS| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 23 - Issue 35

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Apple Looks to MediaTek for Wireless Charging

by Yvette Raikes

According to China’s Economic Daily News, Apple has asked Mediatek to quote for wireless charging chips for an iPhone case. Creating peripherals, such as cases, for wireless charging would be a new move for …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 35| Wireless Charging

EKT Integrates STB to Smart TVs

by Bob Raikes

One of the stories that we missed in the flood at IBC was the development of a Smart TV design by EKT which also claims to supply “Tier 1” network operators. The TVs have, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Smart TV| STBs| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 23 - Issue 39

MediaTek Selects Allegro DVT AVS2 Compliance Streams

by Isaac Oburu

Allegro DVT, the leader in audio/video compliance streams, announces that MediaTek Inc., a market leader in cutting-edge systems-on-chip (SoC) for mobile devices, wireless networking, HDTV, DVD and Blu-ray, has licensed Allegro DVT’s AVS2 compliance …

Tags:Codecs| Mediatek

Foxconn Chooses NetRange for Smart TV Ecosystems

by Isaac Oburu

Foxconn, one of the world’s largest consumer electronics manufacturers, will equip its TV devices with white label smart TV portal solutions from German technology and software development company NetRange. As part of the collaboration, …

Tags:Foxconn (Honhai)| Smart TV

DTG in the UK Re-organises

by Bob Raikes

The DTG in the UK has announced a restructure under which will see George Robertson taking the job of Chief Technologist, after CTO, Simon Gauntlett has decided to leave DTG to join Dolby as …

Tags:DTG| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 38

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Hisense Highlights LaserTV and HDR TVs

by Chris Chinnock

Hisense is one of the many companies selling a new class of display generally dubbed “LaserTV.” These are ultra short throw projectors that sit below a screen in the home to create a ~100” …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Hisense| IFA 2016| Large Display Monitor| Laser Phosphor Projectors| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 36

USB Type-C Connector Will Now Support HDMI 1.4b Signaling

by Chris Chinnock

HDMI, LLC used IFA to announce new support functionality for the USB 3.1 Type C connector. When placed in Alt mode, supporting chip sets can now use HDMI1.4b signaling over the connector. USB is …

Tags:Dolby Vision| HDMI| HDR - High Dynamic Range| IFA 2016| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| USB| Vol 23 - Issue 36