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This week, production was a challenge, as a family commitment meant that I was away from the office on Thursday and Friday. I was in a tent in the Oxfordshire, UK, countryside and, sadly, there was no power, Wi-fi or even mobile signal of any reliability. That meant something of a challenge, but a bit … Read more
Last week, Samsung held its Unpacked 2018 event, in which it revealed its Galaxy Home smart speaker, the new Galaxy Note 9 phablet and the Galaxy Watch. However, not much was said about the watch’s display. Thankfully, the company wasted no time in releasing a more detailed write-up of the device’s specs. So, we now … Read more
Solomon Systech Limited (“Solomon Systech”), a leading provider of display and touch ICs and system solutions, is pleased to announce that its advanced AMOLED touch controller ICs, which have successfully garnered design-wins and design-in projects with panel manufacturers in Taiwan, Japan and PRC for top global handset brands, are expecting strong growth this year. Market … Read more
Solomon Systech said that it is seeing strong growth in demand for its AMOLED touch controller which can support flexible OLEDs and should be sampling soon. Richard Kerslake-Smith, Product Line Director, Mobile Touch, Solomon Systech Group said: “We are particularly excited to see new handsets that will leverage our new side key algorithms to bring … Read more
Support for the Alliance for Open Media’s jointly developed, open-source and royalty-free video codec AV1, tipped to replace HEVC, has been rolled out to development versions of Chrome and Firefox. (Alliance for Open Media Releases AV1 specification)The feature is deactivated be default, so users will need to find the relevant option within their browser settings. … Read more
Epix announced today that Dish and Layer3 TV, a T-Mobile company, are its first partners to roll out the company’s Ultra HD content. Now, Epix subscribers in the US will have access to a VoD package of UHD content directly on their set-top boxes. Additionally, all Epix subscribers from all affiliates can access UHD content … Read more
ViewSonic has three new VA10-mh FullHD monitors with sizes of 22″, 24″ and 27″ and using IPS LCD panels with 250 cd/m² of output and native contrast of 1,000:1. The monitors have HDMI and VGA inputs and dual speakers. Features include flicker free operation and blue light filters and there is support for multiple viewing … Read more
The Dutch data protection authority is no longer permitting the use of cameras and real-time analytics technology in outdoor digital advertising displays to gather personal information about the public without their permission, Invidis has reported. From now on, infrared cameras will be recommended for DooH use, as they can be used to gather some analytical … Read more
TiVo has reported its financial results for the second quarter of 2018, recording $160.2 million in revenue, down from $173.7 million during the same period in 2017, an 8% decline year-on-year. During an investors’ conference, TiVo reiterated that it is exploring a range of strategic alternatives to maximise its value for shareholders. While this review … Read more
Revenues from OTT TV episodes and movies for 19 Latin American countries will grow by $4 billion to $6.43 billion in 2023; up from the $2.47 billion recorded in 2017. According to the Latin America OTT TV & Video Forecasts report, the top five countries will generate $5.32 billion in revenues by 2023 – or … Read more
Revenues from OTT TV episodes and movies for 19 Latin American countries will grow by $4 billion to $6.43 billion in 2023, up from the $2.47 billion recorded in 2017, according to Digital TV Research. The report shows that the top-five countries will generate $5.32 billion in revenues by 2023, 83% of the regional total. … Read more
A review of commercially available curved gaming monitors indicates that they typically do not achieve the same state of the art specifications that can be achieved in a similarly sized flat gaming monitor. JapanNext Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan) has addressed this issue with the August 8th release of a new monitor offering, the model JN-35VCG200UWHD … Read more
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