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Philips Combines Three Devices in One

Philips announced a small ‘3-in-1’ TV back in February and is now preparing to launch the set in Europe. Known as ...

Nanobattery Promises Longer Life, Faster Charging

A tiny structure called a nanopore ‘could bring about the ultimate miniaturisation of energy storage components’. Invented by University of Maryland ...

Dell Does Well in the PC Market

PC – Max Smolaks from the Tech Week Europe reports on the highlights of Michael Dell’s speech at Dell’s Solutions Summit ...

Cogeco Connexion Introduces TiVo 4K PVR Service

Cogeco Connexion has introduced a new TiVo 4K PVR allowing its customers in Quebec and Ontario to access UHD TV. Customers ...

Worldwide Shipments of Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Headsets Expected to Grow at 58% CAGR with Low-Cost Smartphone VR Devices being Short-Term Catalyst, According to IDC

Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) continue to gain momentum in the mainstream tech media. According to recent forecast data ...

Samsung Elevates Mobile Phone Picture Quality With Dual Pixel Technology in its Newest Image Sensor

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a world leader in advanced semiconductor technology, today announced its newest 12 megapixel (Mp) image sensor for ...

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Is there Such Thing as Too Immersive?

by Norbert Hildebrand

Following the development of virtual reality and to a certain degree also augmented reality technology, we keep hearing about how immersive these new experiences are. As a matter of fact, I have also used …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Video Editing & Production| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 20

IHS Identifies LED Shipment/Revenue Disparity

by Tom Allen

Area shipments of direct-view LED video displays rose 15.6% YoY in 2015, but overall revenue was up just 1.2%, says IHS, due to a ‘dramatic’ price decline across all pixel-pitch categories. Unit shipments in …

Tags:Digital Signage| DOOH| IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 23 - Issue 19

Lattice Develops “Best of Both Worlds” Interface Chip

by Bob Raikes

We have mostly reported on Lattice Semiconductor in its capacity as the buyer of HDMI developer, Silicon Image. However, now that the companies have combined their technologies, they have a new class of chip, …

Tags:Interfaces| Lattice Semiconductor (Silicon Image)| Mipi| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductors| Vol 23 - Issue 19

Acer Receives Seven Red Dot Product Design Awards in 2016

by Isaac Oburu

Seven Acer products have received the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2016, including the ultra-slim Aspire S 13 notebook, convertible Aspire R 15 notebook with 360-degree versatility, flagship TravelMate P6 series commercial notebooks, modular …

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BitTorrent Takes Torrent Tech to IP Streaming

by Tom Allen

BitTorrent is famous as a file sharing site, but has announced a change to its business model – although relying on the same peer-to-peer technology that it uses for torrenting. Going forward, the company …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Streaming Video| Video over IP (VIP)| Vol 23 - Issue 19

Samsung Extends Smartwatch UI

by Tom Allen

Samsung has filed a patent for a smartwatch, which would project the UI onto the user’s hand, wrist or forearm. Another, separate patent shows the UI projected onto ‘any’ surface. Sensors would be used …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| Projectors| Samsung| Smartwatches| Vol 23 - Issue 19

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HannStar Result 13/05/2016

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Hannstar reported a Q1 2016 net loss of NT$ 921 million ($28 million), compared to a net profit of NT$ 705 million ($21 million) in the previous year quarter. Turnover was NT$3.6 billion, down …

Tags:Financial Data| Hannstar (Hannspree)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 19

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Acer Result 12/05/2016

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Acer reported Q1 2016 net profit of NT$46 million ($1.4 million). Turnover was NT$ 56.3 billion ($1.7 billion).

Tags:Acer| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 19

Acer Awarded With Red Dots

by Tom Allen

Seven Acer products have won Red Dot design awards this year. The winners were chosen from more than 5,000 entries from 57 countries. They were the Aspire S 13 ultrabook; Aspire R 15 hybrid …

Tags:Acer| Awards| Back Panel| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 23 - Issue 19

“Thin is in” at SID Awards

by Tom Allen

The Society for Information Display has named the winners of the 21st annual Display Industry Awards, which will be presented during SID Display Week this month. SID president Amal Ghosh noted that “‘thin’ is …

Tags:Apple| Asahi Glass Corporation (AGC)| Awards| Back Panel| Corning| Japan Display Inc (JDI)| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Society| Vol 23 - Issue 19

Maverick Extends Smart Agreement

by Tom Allen

Maverick has extended its contract with Smart Technologies, and will now distribute the Smart Kapp products across the UK, Italy, Spain and Portugal – in addition to Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Luxembourg, the …

Tags:Distribution| Europe| Large Display Monitor| Smart Technologies Inc| Vol 23 - Issue 19