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Voice Control Leads New Sky Q Features

Sky Q users will soon able to control their TV via voice control built into the Sky Q remote. Coming later ...

Atlona Extends DCI-4k

Atlona’s new distribution amplifier is an eight-output unit capable of handling up to DCI-4k signals. It takes one U of rack ...

Asus eying AR / VR markets

Some time ago we reported on talks between Asus and Microsoft about a low cost version of the HoloLens device being ...

First Tizen Phone to Arrive in India

Samsung will launch its Tizen-powered smartphone in India before the end of the year. The news comes from an interview with ...

Glass Production Outsourced by LG

Korea’s ET News says that LG Electronics is to outsource part of its reinforced glass manufacturing process. Cutting and etching processes ...

DeepSky Still Moving Forward with CoB LED

Deepsky of Hong Kong is still developing its mass production product which is based on 0.9mm pitch Chip-on-board LED technology and ...

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Sharp Confirms Robotic Phone – Not a Joke

by Tom Allen

Sharp’s walking, talking ‘RoBoHoN’ smartphone (Sharp’s Phone Dances, Talks and Sings) will go on sale on the 26th May. Pre-orders are live now: the ‘phone’ costs ¥203,140 ($1,865) ex VAT, although there will also …

Tags:Japan| Mobile Display Monitor| sharp| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 15

Portrait Displays Announces Design Win With ASUS

by Isaac Oburu

ASUS, the No.1 gaming monitor brand, today announced MG248Q, MG28UQ and MG24UQ, the latest gaming monitors in the ASUS MG Series. MG248Q is a 24-inch Full HD monitor featuring an ultra-fast 1ms response time …

Tags:Asus| Game Playing| Gamer

TSMC Result 14/04/2016

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company reported Q1 2016 net profit of NT$64.8 billion ($2 billion), down 18% YoY. Turnover was NT$203.5 ($6.1 billion), down 8.3% YoY. Financial results were impacted by the February 6 earthquake, …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TSMC| Vol 23 - Issue 15

The Orah 4i is a Compact Spherical Capture Live Streaming Camera

by Arthur Berman

Even a quick on-line search will reveal that there are a variety of spherical capture cameras currently available for sale. Although there is no shortage of hardware, the issue of how the video captured …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 15

NEC to Now Offer Competitive RGB Laser Projector Solution

by Chris Chinnock

NEC used CinemaCon 2016 to re-energize its RGB laser projector line with a new prototype solution, budded the NC3540LS, that is capable of delivering 35K lumens. All the main cinema projector providers; Christie, Barco, …

Tags:CinemaCon 2016| Large Display Monitor| Laser Projectors| NEC| Vol 23 - Issue 15

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Necsel Acquires PD-LD

by Chris Chinnock

In a letter sent to customers and suppliers, PD-LD VP Business Development, Robert Struthers said that as of 1st April 2016, PD-LD has become part of Necsel IP, Inc. “In acquiring PD-LD, Necsel adds …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Laser| Laser Projectors| Vol 23 - Issue 14

NakedEYE is Latest and Smallest VR Camera

by Tom Allen

Several companies are moving into the VR camera space – Samsung chief among them – and this week we saw one that will be at NAB called the NakedEYE, which is impressive for its …

Tags:Cameras| Mobile Display Monitor| NAB 2016| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 14

Novasentis Gets Big-time Manufacturing Partner

by Ken Werner

At CES, I was impressed with the development-stage company Novasentis and its electro-mechanical polymer (EMP) haptic actuators. Yesterday, Novasentis and Kemet Corp. jointly announced they would collaborate on the production of film-based haptic actuators …

Tags:Haptics| Smartphones| Smartwatches| Vol 23 - Issue 14| Wearables

Slow Replacements Lead to High Notebook Resolutions

by Tom Allen

The market for notebook PC displays fell 23% YoY in Q1’16. Panel makers have begun to lower production of the low-profitability HD panels in favour of FullHD types – these panels are therefore expected …

Tags:IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| LCD Panels| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Power Consumption| Resolution| Vol 23 - Issue 14

Amazon Slims and Rebalances Kindle

by Tom Allen

It has been eight years since the introduction of the original Amazon Kindle. Each successive generation has made the device smaller, lighter and faster; progress that has now led to the Kindle Oasis. It …

Tags:E Ink| eReaders| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 14