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The Council gave the London Royal College of Art MA graduate the space and financial support to enable her to set up an installation at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in Pall Mall, where four 55” Panasonic LCD displays, two TH-55LF8s and two TH-55LF80s, were used to show the video vignettes. Supported by the British … Read more
VIZIO, Inc. announced today the addition of XUMO, the premier live and video-on-demand (VOD) over-the-top (OTT) service for the digital age, to the VIZIO SmartCast app experience. The service joins other top VIZIO SmartCast-enabled apps like Vudu, Crackle, Hulu, Pluto TV, iHeartRadio, FandangoNOW and Google Play Movies & TV, whose content catalogs can be easily … Read more
Optoma announces the new ProScene WUXGA 5,500 lumen compact laser projector, the ZU510T, featuring 24/7 and 30,000 hours, light source in full brightness mode. With a light-source lifetime at 50% longer than most of its peers, the ZU510T is the ultimate ‘fit-and-forget’ installation solution. This industry leading lifetime is achieved using Optoma’s new DuraCore technology, … Read more
In a recent announcement, CatTronix Inc., a startup based in New York, has announced it is developing a user interface for computers that will make them more accessible to cats. “Why should cats be limited in their access to the internet,” said Miss Tulip, Founder and CEO of CatTronix. She spoke through an interpreter because … Read more
In a recent announcement, CatTronix Inc., a startup based in New York, has announced it is developing a user interface for computers that will make them more accessible to cats. “Why should cats be limited in their access to the internet,” said Miss Tulip, Founder and CEO of CatTronix. She spoke through an interpreter because … Read more
The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing an open standard for the delivery of broadcast and broadband services through connected TVs and set-top boxes, has today announced the release of test suite version 9.0 which will support the HbbTV 2 specification. The new test suite expands on the existing suite, making it 50% … Read more
UK company Cambridge Touch Technologies has successfully completed its Series A funding with both existing and new investors in this round. The money will be used to commercialise its 3D multitouch technology. Analyst Comment We’re in touch with the company to arrange an interview and a follow up article. (BR)
Paula Knorr used Panasonic high brightness displays for her Spring/Summer ’17 collection During London Fashion Week. Four 55″ LCD displays (two TH-55LF8s and two TH-55LF80s) were employed and Knorr said that the matt screens were ideal to convey the rough texture of the materials.
Orbotech of Israel said that it has done a deal worth $61 million, with BOE of China to supply inspection and testing systems for the BOE G10.5 LCD fab line in Hefei. The plant is expected to produce around 90,000 substrates per month by 2019, reaching 120,000 at full capacity. At present, BOE has seven … Read more
Netflix said in its blog that the recent decision to allow downloading of content, as well as streaming, has also been accompanied by the adoption of Google’s VP9 codec rather than the H.264 codec that it has previously used, or the successor to H.264, HEVC (H.265). Currently Netflix uses the H.264/AVC Main profile, but will … Read more
The overall wearables market grew 3.1% year over year in Q3 of 2016 and shipments reached 23 million in the quarter, according to data from IDC. Basic wearables, primarily comprised of fitness bands, accounted for 85% of the market and experienced double-digit growth, although smartwatches were down. Much of the increase was attributed to the … Read more
Sources in Taiwan have suggested that volumes of 144Hz gaming monitors will rise from 550-600K units in 2015 to 1.2 million this year, accounting for as much as 3% of monitor market value because of the higher ASPs. The sources suggest they could double to 2.5 million this year and add another million to 3.5 … Read more
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