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Acer Inc. announced on June 25th its intent to acquire convertible bonds issued by Starbreeze AB, a computer game developer and VR company based in Stockholm, Sweden, through a private placement transaction. Starbreeze and Acer have reached a term sheet whereby Starbreeze will issue US$9 million (SEK 74.3 million) in a two-year bond convertible to … Read more
If you’ve ever wanted to step back to get a view of the ‘forest for the trees’ look at the display industry trends, then look no further than the recent talk given by long-time industry guru Sweta Dash. Beyond her benchmark work at helping to build IHS into the global market research powerhouse it is … Read more
A panel session made up of a retailer, advertiser, content creator (Fox – not shown in photo below) and two manufacturers (LG and Samsung) took place at CE Week in New York recently. Not surprisingly, the upshot was that brick and mortar retailing is tough, but innovative competitors are finding ways to focus on profitable … Read more
Matrox® today announced that its new Monarch™ LCS lecture capture appliance, Mura™ IPX 4K IP decode & display multiviewer cards, Maevex™ 6100 multi-channel 4K encoders and C900 nine-output graphics cards were the recipients of four of the industry’s most prestigious technology honors presented at InfoComm 2016. A panel of on-site AV professionals judged new and … Read more
Retailer Value Electronics, working with AVPro and ISF founder Joel Silver, offered a series of seminars at CE Week that was billed as a “shoot out” between four UHD HDR TVs. Participants were given information on how to evaluate these displays and then asked to rank them. Unfortunately, the process was way too long, the … Read more
Universal Display Corporation , enabling energy-efficient displays and lighting with its UniversalPHOLED® technology and materials, today announced that it has received the 2016 Supplier Award for Collaborative Innovation (?????) from BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd (???). The technology award recognizes the supplier for superior performance, collaboration and innovation in providing technology solutions that ensure BOE’s … Read more
LG Electronics’ SIGNATURE 4K OLED TV was crowned “2016 King of TV” in the 13th Annual Value Electronics TV Shootout™ in a competition among four contending flagship 4K Ultra HD TV models from LG and other leading brands during CE Week in New York City. The 65-inch class (64.5 inches measured diagonally) LG SIGNATURE OLED … Read more
Although Christie, like most companies at the show, was not launching any new products, it did have a clear focus on one particular area: laser projection. The company had provided one of its Solaria CP42LH models (designed to deliver 14ftL on a 3D screen) for the CineEurope auditorium; this is where the (extremely discerning) members … Read more
A Google-branded smartphone is in the works, according to the Telegraph. Designing its own hardware, as Microsoft found, would give Google more control over all aspects of the design – not just the Android software. According to the Telegraph, Google has had issues with Android consistency, creating a fragmented market.
Samsung Electronics was at the CE Week event in New York City showcasing their new HDR calibration disc along with a complete UHD/HDR calibration workflow featuring the CalMan software from SpectraCal. The disc and accompanying instruction manual won’t be ready for distribution for a couple of months, but the demo provided a great preview of … Read more
Samsung, with Best Buy, has launched a new convertible PC that can support HDR content – a first, as far as we’re aware. The new ‘Video HDR’ mode on the Notebook 7 Spin can be used when watching HDR content, meaning that – for example – streaming certain videos from Netflix will use the format. … Read more
The BBC has said that it is ‘stockpiling’ UltraHD footage, which Advanced Television states is in preparation for the launch of a dedicated channel about a year from now. The channel will be launched with long-form coverage of the 2017 Wimbledon Tennis Championships.
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