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Pocket Lint reports that when the PlayStation VR processor unit is connected to the PlayStation, normally it will feed HDMI to a TV as well as driving the HDR headset. Unfortunately, the website has pointed out, the processor appears not to support HDR operation, which is a feature of the PS4, That means that if … Read more
andersDX in the UK said that it has agreed to extend its five year agreement with Truly, for whom it is the exclusive distributor. The deal will now cover Truly’s AMOLED displays which are expected to fully come on stream in 2017 as a new 4.5G production line using LTPS comes on stream.
ETNews has reported that Qualcomm has committed to supply all of its 10 nanometre production of its next Snapdragon 830 application processor to Samsung for the next (S8?) Galaxy smartphone. The paper reports that the company did a similar deal for the 14 nanometre Snapdragon 820 chips for the Galaxy S7. It expects the Qualcomm … Read more
Cynora’s labCynora of Germany has released new data on the development of its TADF OLED materials that are claimed to combine both high efficiency and long lifetime, for blue emission and keeps the company on track to be able to produce commerical products by the end of 2017, it said. As we reported at SID, … Read more
Google had a busy week at its Pixel developers’ conference this week and said it would start to deliver video content in UltraHD to its ‘Google Play Movies & TV’ service in November. The content will be streamable through the new Chromecast Ultra which is a round puck-shaped dongle with an attached HDMI cable. The … Read more
Apple TV’s universal search function is now available in Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain and Sweden, bringing the total to 11 countries. This feature allows a voice or text search to get results from several apps, the number varying from country to country.
The Australian waiting room digital signage network, Medical Channel, has raised £25 million to buy its rival, Community Network. Medical Channel was founded in 2012 and at the start of 2016 was operating on 700 screens. The acquisition of Medical Media in February added a further 800 screens, and brought the total to 1,550 screens … Read more
ViewSonic Sales Director, Dominic MeinViewSonic in Germany has launched a new partnership programme for its desktop and large format monitors as well as its projectors. The company uses Ingram Micro, Also and Delo for distribution in the company with each aimed at one of the three segments of B2C, B2B and AV respectively, according to … Read more
Unconfirmed reports from Taiwan say that Mediatek’s next AP, the Helio X30, will be made by TSMC with a 10nanometre process. The chip has two ARM Cortex-A73 cores clocked at 2.8 GHz, four ARM Cortex-A53 cores clocked at 2.2 GHz, and four ARM Cortex-A35 cores clocked at 2.0 GHz. TSMC is expected to start producing … Read more
At the end of this year, SVOD subscribers in the Middle East and Africa will number 3.7 million, according to Digital TV Research. But this figure is forecast to rise to 20 million by 2021, and the still immature market is expected to be open to new operators. The current top five will enjoy high … Read more
At the Ceatec show, Japanese broadcaster, NHK, said that has developed a set top box (STB) that allows the display of UltraHD or 8K signals by exploiting and bonding multiple cable channels to give enough bandwidth. Up to now, delivery of Super Hi-Vision 8K content has been delivered by satellite. A key development was the … Read more
At the 2016 WardsAuto User Experience Conference, held on October 4 in Novi, MI, USA, Visteon, Continental and Bosch discussed their plans for the future development of head up display (HUD) systems for the automotive industry. As major suppliers of complex car components we can assume that most of these developments are pursued together with … Read more
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