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Unique New Image Sensor Combines User Display and Fingerprint Capture Area

LIVETOUCH® technology developed by JENETRIC has created a new class of fingerprint identification products. For the first time ever, a transparent ...

Lenovo Unveils the ZUK Z2 Pro Smartphone in China

Lenovo released a new flagship mobile phone, the ZUK Z2 Pro. It’s the world’s first mobile phone that fully activates the ...

HUD Market Expected to Grow Strongly in Coming Years

The head up display (HUD) is making a big impact in new car models as one of the selling features that ...

IHS Predicts Global AMOLED Production Will Quadruple by 2022

Global production of AMOLED panels will quadruple over the next five years, according to new data released by IHS Markit. Production ...

Samsung Lowers SUHD Price

Samsung is preparing to launch a new ‘affordable’ SUHD (quantum dot LCD) TV in the USA and called the JS7000. As ...

ADB Pivots to Software

ADB is a company we like to visit at IBC as it is often a pioneer in technologies. The company has ...

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Swisscom Uses Cisco

by Tom Allen

Swisscom is using Cisco’s UltraHD live encoding solution to run its new UltraHD TV service, which was launched on the 14th April. Swisscom wanted to focus on picture quality and stability.

Tags:4k| Cisco| Encoders| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 26

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NEC and Metra Focus on Government

by Tom Allen

NEC has signed a distribution agreement with Metra Group in Egypt. Metra will distribute NEC’s display products, and will focus on adding new government and public sector customers.

Tags:Distribution| Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| NEC| Vol 23 - Issue 26

Political turmoil in the UK and Prosumers

by Bob Raikes

A British prime minister of the 1960s, Harold Wilson, is famous for saying once that “A week is a long time in politics”. Frankly, in my home country of the UK, a day seems …

Tags:Editorial| Europe| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 25

ASE and SPIL (Finally) Agree Merger

by Tom Allen

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) have formally agreed to merge their businesses. An agreement was reached on the 26th May and announced on the 30th June. The merger is expected …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Taiwan| Vol 23 - Issue 26

Nvidia Brings HDR to Shield

by Tom Allen

Nvidia has released a firmware update for its Shield set-top box, which adds HDR support for Netflix video. YouTube videos can be viewed in UltraHD at 60fps, and Vudu UltraHD is also supported. In …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Nvidia| STBs| Vol 23 - Issue 26

What Educators Want (in a projector)

by Len Scrogan

In the early years of mass projector purchasing by schools and universities (I have floated some very large tenders myself), the key “look for” was brightness or lumens. That made particular sense in K-12 …

Tags:Casio| Education| Projectors| Vol 23 - Issue 29

VR @ InfoComm 2016

by Len Scrogan

As an educational technology director for 25 years, with a significant track record in large educational technology and AV purchases, I have a keen eye for the application of emerging technologies that might transform …

Tags:Canon| Christie| Education| Nokia| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 27

The HbbTV Association extends contract for HbbTV 2.0.1 Test Suites

by Isaac Oburu

The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing an open standard for the delivery of broadcast and broadband services through connected TVs and set-top boxes, today announced that it has extended its contract …

Tags:broadband| Broadcast| HbbTV| STBs

Epson Performs Well in May

by Tom Allen

PMA Research has announced the top-selling projectors in the USA in March. The company divides the results into three categories: ‘home entertainment’, ‘mainstream’ and ‘4,000+ lumen’. Optoma had a pair of projectors in the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| PMA Research| Projectors| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 25