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Cambridge Touch technologies (CTT) has named Babak Bastani as VP of Product. He has over 25 years of experience in ICs and smartphones, having worked for Samsung Cambridge Solutions, Cambridge Silicon Radio, Motorola and Freescale Semiconductor. Bastani holds over 15 patents.
The DTG (UK) and the German TV-Platform said that the recent Plugfest at the Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institut in Berlin was successful with more than 60 participants from 29 companies who tested 22 UltraHD displays, receivers, AV receivers and Blu-ray Players. There was a focus on interoperability of HDR content, based on HLG and on PQ. “With … Read more
TBI Vision reports data from GfK that suggests that in the UK OTT content is watched in the home 98% of the time and smart TVs are the most popular devices, although 90% of users have access to a smartphone or tablet. In a week long survey only 4% of viewers used a smartphone and … Read more
DisplayData has announced a new ESL product, the Aura29F, which is designed for freezers and works down to -25ºC. The label is 3.4 x 1.7 x 0.5 in / 87 x 43 x 13 mm and can be updated using Bluetooth Low Energy.
DTG Testing is offering testing services for the latest (D-Book 9) Freeview Play conformance. Any combination of the following elements is now available: Freeview HD/D-Book 9 Compliance Testing Metadata Delivery & Presentation Testing Platform Technology Testing* Freeview Play Content Provider Player Testing+ *HbbTV testing is also available.+ includes conformance for ITV Hub, All4, Demand5, STV … Read more
Nikon held an event in New York to promote its recently released KeyMission 360 action camera. The company showed content uploaded to YouTube and viewed on Cardboard and Daydream devices. 8ninths, a creative company, is creating a 360º film of an Everest climb that is being produced for Sports Illustrated. Heather Raikes (no relation to … Read more
Coretronic recorded November sales of NTD5.0 billion ($157.6 million), down 9% YoY, bringing year-to-date turnover to NTD51.96 billion ($1.6 billion), a drop of 17%. The company shipped 4.89 million energy-saving devices during November, which includes backlight units, LCD display modules, touch modules and lighting modules. This brought the January to November figure to 52.4 million, … Read more
As more smartphone manufacturers build designs using flexible display technology, shipments of flexible displays are expected to reach 139 million units in 2017, an increase of 135 percent compared to 2016. According to IHS Markit, a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions, flexible displays are expected to comprise 3.8 percent of total display … Read more
HDMI has modified HDMI 2.0b again, to add support for the HLG HDR format. The HDMI Forum said “Previously, HDMI Specification Version 2.0b (HDMI 2.0b) only supported HDR (High Dynamic Range) video transport in the SMPTE ST 2084 EOTF (as applied in the media profile commonly known as HDR10), by referencing the CTA861.3 specification. The … Read more
At the Technology Exposed show, Iiyama told us that it was planning a new 84″ multitouch display, but this seems to have been modified to be an 86″, the TH8667MIS-B1AG which has UltraHD resolution and uses infrared touch technology to support 20 touch points. The brightness of the IPS LCD is 330cd/m² (with panel) and … Read more
To avoid potential legal issues, Samsung is to issue a software update that will stop Note 7 devices from charging so that the devices will become useless. Initially, Verizon said that it was not going to process the update, but has since rescinded this and will apply the update. Samsung will roll out the update … Read more
Digitimes in Taiwan spoke to Vincent Chiou, associate president of Asustek Computer’s Monitor Business Unit, who told the site that it expects the monitor market to grow by 5% to 10% in 2017. He also said that the company expects to remain the biggest brand in gaming monitors. He claimed that gaming monitors represent 10% … Read more
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