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According to Hangkyung News of Korea, Samsung is planning to close down more of its LCD manufacturing lines, replacing them with OLED facilities. Specifically, the source names Samsung’s L7 plant in Asan, S.Korea. This would be the sixth such plant to be retooled to manufacture OLED displays. Hangkyung says that LCD manufacture will cease on … Read more
Two new Smart Signage TV displays, designed for 16/7 operation, have been released by Samsung in the US. The RH series (48″ RH48E and 55″ RH55E) have a three-year warranty and can be used in either retail or hospitality settings. Both sets have an ATSC TV tuner, and can show both live TV and pre-loaded … Read more
Eastern Europe is waking up to the potential of OTT, says Digital TV Research, which predicts revenues in the region will reach almost $2 billion by 2021. This is up from $26 million in 2010 and $454 million in 2015. Russia, which is one of the 18 countries included in the forecast, accounted for around … Read more
The technology used in automobile rear view mirrors has followed a logical progression. First, it was a simple mirror, then a day/night option was added. Next, the mirror became auto dimming and other non-mirror related features were added to the device. Now, Gentex Corp. (Zeeland, MI) has developed a next generation product. The rear view … Read more
In the continuous effort to improve LCD TV, to stave off the threat of OLED as well as to try to keep TV price declines to a minimum, manufacturers are pushing innovation in many ways. One weapon in the LCD maker’s armoury might be a light saver (if not a light sabre!). High Dynamic Range … Read more
Following the announcement of the new F1 Plus FC Barcelona Edition, OPPO has released a new video showcasing the device in all its Barca-blue-and-red glory. In addition to the head-turning color scheme, the phone also features an 18K gold-plated club insignia, an FCB-themed UI and an exclusive case sporting laser-printed signatures from five top Barca … Read more
Panasonic, a world leader in professional display solutions for education, is demonstrating their BF1 display technology at ISTE 2016. The booth features the new refined BF1 Series Multi-Touch Screen Display, now with Color Universal Design and Intel® Pro WiDi. The BF1 will be linked to 3 different devices (C2, tablet and phone) via Ormi-Exo-U. Ormiboard … Read more
Touchjet, the first company to create touch technology with a standalone Android operating system, introduces two smart touch projectors, Pond and Wave, to the education market at ISTE 2016 and SETDA’s Emerging Technologies Forum. The announcement marks the official debut of these products, which support small-group collaboration and whole-class interactive learning, in the education space. … Read more
Touchscreens have changed the way that we interact with technology, but they aren’t suitable for everything. For scrolling through webpages – no problem. For choosing items from a menu – a bit trickier, but easily doable. For extended periods of typing, for gaming and for other precision work? Much more difficult. Using the sense of … Read more
Credit: Mobile World LiveHTC has continued its commitment to virtual reality, announced the formation of a venture capital investment fund at Mobile World Congress Shanghai. The news comes just one month after we reported on the establishment of Vive X (HTC Signals Future is in VR), to assist VR start-ups. The new fund is called … Read more
Wileyfox is a relatively new UK-based smartphone maker, focusing on the low end of the market. Its launched its first devices, the Swift and Storm, in 2015, and has now returned with the Spark, Spark+ and Spark X. All three of the new phones run the Android-based Cyanogen OS on a quad-core 1.3GHz Mediatek processor. … Read more
The SID held an event in London at the end of June, investigating different approaches to glass-free 3D displays. This consisted of researchers from Nanyang Technological University’s Advanced Display Laboratory discussing three types of 3D display: computational multi-layer; head tracked; and super multiview. Multi-layer displays are a type of light field implementation, where an original … Read more
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