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Jaunt Makes it to PS4

Jaunt, which is specialising in VR content, has released a new app for the PlayStation 4 that supports the PlayStation VR. The company said that 150 VR ‘experiences’ including travel, sports, music, film and horror. The resolution is the same as the firm’s app for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. The app is now available … Read more

Retail Displays to Hit $11 Billion

A research report from Technavio has said that the firm expects the global retail display market to grow by 16% annually in the period to 2021. It believes that this is because retail displays are capable of effectively using advanced audio-visual technologies and can increase the impact of the advertisement on the customers. Additionally, using … Read more

Retail Displays Utilize Audio-Visual Technologies to Enhance Impact on Consumers: Technavio

According to the latest market study released by Technavio, the global retail display market is expected to grow at a CAGR of almost 16% during the forecast period. This research report titled ‘Global Retail Display Market 2017-2021’ provides an in-depth analysis of the market in terms of revenue and emerging market trends. This market research … Read more

Jaunt Unveils Custom PlayStation VR App in Time for the Holidays

Jaunt Inc., the industry leader in cinematic virtual reality (VR), today announced the availability of its Jaunt VR App for the PlayStation®VR (PS VR) system. With the existing customer base of PlayStation®4 owners recently surpassing 50 million, the Jaunt VR App for PS VR brings cinematic virtual reality content right into the living rooms of … Read more

Samsung Updates New Notebook 9 Line

The Samsung Notebook 9 delivers the latest in Notebook technology in a sleek and light design. With advanced features including enhanced connectivity, premium display and an added layer of security, the Samsung Notebook 9 offers the performance and portability to go wherever you need to go. Sleek and Light Design Impossibly Light: The Samsung Notebook … Read more

Samsung and YouTube Expand Global HDR Content Offerings on all 2016 Quantum dot TVs

Samsung Electronics today announced that it will support YouTube’s global HDR playback on television for the first time, through an expanded version of the YouTube application. The YouTube Application is available on all 2016 Samsung Quantum dot TVs and UHD TVs and will launch progressively throughout the world from December. YouTube will support High Dynamic … Read more

Crystalplex: A Different Approach to Quantum Dots

Crystalplex Corp., a very small 12-year-old company with headquarters in Pittsburgh, was recently awarded a patent for an important piece of IP for making “air-stable” quantum dots. And last Friday, I had an exclusive telephone interview with Ken Acer, Crystalplex’s Director of Business Development. As I’ve mentioned in this space in recent weeks, the next … Read more

The Year of OLED, Perhaps…

We’ve managed to get the newsletters finished slightly early this week so that the team can get the weekend off. We normally like to take a publishing break around the holiday. However, because CES will definitely mean a missed week, we’ll have small issues on the 30th December as the last issues before 13th January. … Read more

IHS Warns on UHD Danger

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A report from IHS Markit on UltraHD content and quoted by Advanced Television has suggested that UltraHD may follow from S3D because too few titles have been mastered in higher resolutions. Although the report shows 400 titles available in UHD, the report quotes that the “vast majority” have just been upscaled from FullHD. Further, over … Read more

LCD TV Panels Down 0.9% Monthly in November

WitsView, part of TrendForce of Taiwan, reported sales of LCD panels for TV as reaching 22.79 million in November, only 0.9% down on October, as brands looked to keep inventories solid for the Chinese New Year and Christmas sales. Because of high pricing for 32″ panels, which are hitting the profits of set makers, brands … Read more