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Koreans Develop ITO Replacement With 0.1mm Curve Radius

The Korea Electronics Technology Institute (KETI) has developed an ultra-thin OLED electrode material that can be used as an ITO alternative ...

TechData Expands Distribution Deal with Lenovo

American multinational distribution company TechData is now authorised to distribute Lenovo’s consumer brand line of products in Portugal. TechData is already ...

US TV Subscriber Fall Offset by Telco Gains

Cable and satellite TV services in the USA suffered significant subscriber losses in Q3 – but these were offset by telco ...

TV OS, UI and Delivery News

The integration of third party Operating Systems (OS) into TV and bundling of content from a wide array of sources, picked ...

AMD Makes Big Claims for Zen-based CPUs

AMD has announced at a ‘fan event’ new high performance CPUs based on its ‘Zen’ archicture and also revealed Ryzen as ...

US Army Shows Off Augmented Reality Device / HUD

During a demonstration day (Pentagon’s Lab Day) organized by the various research organizations of the US military, they showed off a ...

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SiliconCore Enhances Common Cathode

by Tom Allen

SiliconCore has unveiled three new technologies to enhance its common cathode LED architecture. It has been working on them for more than two years. The first is a new LED driver chip called the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED Drivers| SiliconCore| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 23 - Issue 01

New HP Product Offers Medical Visualization in Head Tracked 3D

by Arthur Berman

HP has announced plans to offer a version of the company’s Zvr 3D display system that will be targeted for medical applications. This is accomplished by integrating software developed by EchoPixel, Inc. (Mountain View, …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| HP Inc| Medical| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 01

Technicolor HDR receives support from SoC manufacturers

by Isaac Oburu

Technicolor today announced that a growing number of leading TV and Set Top Box (STB) System-on-Chip (SoC) manufacturers are integrating Technicolor’s High Dynamic Range (HDR) Delivery Solution into their offerings, including: Marvell, MStar Semiconductor, …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Marvell| Semiconductors| Sigma Designs| STMicroelectronics| Technicolor

MediaTek launches SoC for Ultra-HD 4K Blu-ray players

by Isaac Oburu

MediaTek today announced the MediaTek MT8581, a highly integrated multimedia system-on-chip for Ultra High Definition (4K) Blu-ray players. The MT8581 will power the industry’s first Blu-ray players to use both Ultra-HD (UHD) and high-dynamic …

Tags:Blu-ray Players| Mediatek| Semiconductors| UltraHD

Haier Sticks to 50Hz

by Tom Allen

Three new TV ranges joined Haier’s line up, including two Android TV models. The first of these, and the flagship, is a 75″ TV called the 75H9000U. The H9000U is an UltraHD set with …

Tags:CES 2016| Convertible PCs| Haier| Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Smartphones| tablets| Vol 23 - Issue 02

TV is Exciting Again – and More than Ever, Content is King

by Ken Werner

Television is exciting again. At CES, the UHD Alliance announced its “Ultra HD Premium” specification, which includes high dynamic range (HDR), wide color gamut (WCG), and 10-bit processing, along with 4K x 2K pixels. …

Tags:Certification| CES 2016| Content Discovery| UltraHD (4KTV)| UltraHD Alliance| Vol 23 - Issue 01

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Xiaomi Arrives in UK

by Tom Allen

Xiaomi has decided to bring its smartphones to the UK market, signing a deal with New Way International. New Way was chosen based on its ‘hands-on’ approach with Xiaomi’s domestic rival, Huawei.

Tags:Distribution| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 01| Xiaomi

Ingram Takes Canon

by Tom Allen

Canon projectors are now being distributed by Ingram Micro, in France.

Tags:Canon| Distribution| France| Ingram Micro| Large Display Monitor| Projectors| Vol 23 - Issue 01

New Partnerships for Also

by Tom Allen

Also has signed three new deals in Switzerland. The distributor will now handle Pocketbook eReaders; tablets and mini PCs from Trekstor; and home automation products from Fibaro.

Tags:Also| Distribution| eReaders| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Switzerland| tablets| Vol 23 - Issue 01

OLED-A Predicts More, Cheaper OLEDs in 2016

by Tom Allen

The OLED Association (OLED-A) has released its data for 2015, and some interesting projections for the year ahead. 2015 was a ‘great year’ for OLED displays, with shipments rising 53% YoY, to almost 275 …

Tags:AMOLED| Apple| Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED TVs| OLEDA (OLED Association)| Samsung Display| Vol 23 - Issue 01