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The HbbTV Association is merging with the Smart TV Alliance so that applications in the future will be able to use a single architecture. The two groups have started technical collaboration and will merge the two administrative organisations. These platforms sit on top of the smart TV operating systems and news has surfaced of the … Read more
Alcatel, now owned by TCL of China, is keen on VR and has multiple solutions. First, the company is supplying a ‘smartphone add-on’ (think Gear VR) headset for free with its Idol 4S phone. Our attention was drawn to a separate development of a VR headset, the Alcatel Vision, that does not need a display … Read more
The press day at CES is 1 day long – at IFA it’s two days. Bob Raikes and I attended this year and frankly, it is too much and the value is marginal. And even if something useful is revealed, it is high level or a summary of what is being shown in the booth. … Read more
Absen is showing a new LED system for indoor rental applications at a special event in Rüsselsheim, Germany on the 20th and 21st of September. The new system, called the M2.9 is based on a 2.97mm LED configuration that uses a new locking and releasing system which follows a “One Action” principle. Weighing 7.6kg, this … Read more
Absen, a world leading manufacturer of LED solutions for the corporate, sports, retail, advertising and rental industries, will be presenting a new revolutionary indoor rental LED display solution on the 20th and 21st of September 2016 in their European headquarters (Rüsselsheim, Germany). In an unusual move for the company, two dedicated open days will be … Read more
LG Electronics (LG) is welcoming visitors to its IFA 2016 exhibition booth with an awe-inspiring and immersive OLED Tunnel measuring a record-breaking 5m tall, 7.4m wide and 15m in length. A total of 216 separate 55-inch curved OLED signage displays were assembled to create the unique structure comprising of 447,897,600 – nearly half a billion … Read more
Rumours from the Android Police website have said that a new UltraHD Chromecast dongle (called Chromecast Plus or Ultra) and a new VR headset will be unveiled by Google on Oct 4th. There will also be new smartphones called Pixel and Pixel XL.
I’m writing this in my hotel room after the first couple of days of press events leading up to IFA. The show floor opens this morning. There have been quite a few press conferences, the main IFA opening press event and ‘Showstoppers’ – a small multi-vendor event. IFA is not IFA without a ‘Miss IFA’ … Read more
The Market Intelligence and Consulting Institute (MIC) in Taiwan believes that sales of PCs will decline less in 2017, with notebooks forecast to decline by just 1.9% in the year, compared to 8% in 2018, while desktop PCs will drop by just 1.7% compared to 10.3%. Some of the systems that were bought at the … Read more
Innolux expects to ship 8 or 9 million display panels for automotive use this year, with prestigious brands including Mercedes, BMW and Porsche, according to Asian sources who got the information at Touch Taiwan. It is trying to extend its sales to Japan. However, around 50% of all sales are for after market products. The … Read more
Chinese sources have indicated that shipment for Etron Technology’s USB Type-C controller solutions could have a significant increase in Q2 16 bringing total shipments to about 10 million units ths year, thanks to wide adoption by models for next-generation notebooks.
The Smart TV Alliance and HbbTV Association today announced a plan to merge the activities of the Smart TV Alliance into HbbTV, extending the scope of the HbbTV Specification to address Over-The-Top Services. The combined forces of the two organizations will streamline standards for OTT innovation so consumers can enjoy ever more interactive experiences on … Read more
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