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Radiant Prepared for OLED Adoption

Backlight unit (BLU) maker Radiant Opto-Electronics plans to diversify its customer base, relying less upon Apple in the future. This is because Apple is expected to move its iPhone to using OLED displays, which do not require a backlight. Company chairman PJ Wang told an investors’ conference that Radiant does not expect other panel makers … Read more

Apple Beats Microsoft in Detachables

The global tablet market fell almost 15% YoY in Q1’16. A combination of the traditional low first quarter and a lack of consumer interest conspired to bring shipments down to 39.6 million units, says IDC. Slate tablets – although still falling – represented 87.6% of all shipments. These devices have now come to symbolise low-end … Read more

AOC Lowers Display Lag

AOC’s new high-end gaming monitor, first in the new AGON line, features high resolution and refresh rate, coupled with a low response time and FreeSync-compatible Adaptive Sync technology. The AG271QX is a 27″ LCD monitor featuring AOC’s Low Input Lag mode. AOC says that this disables post processing including FRC, which means that colour depth … Read more

Dolby Focuses on Audio at NAB 2016

We met with Dolby Laboratories at NAB where we talked about Dolby Vision in addition to Dolby’s audio codec, AC-4. AC-4 is currently being voted on in the ATSC 3.0 group, but it is anticipated to be approved as the audio codec for use in the U.S. The alternative, MPEG-H, is expected to be approved … Read more

Industry Comments on HDR

Elemental, which provides software-based encoding services, was showing three different HDR/SDR side by side demos. One was based on the Technicolor/Philips approach that uses PQ for conventional set top box scenarios; the second was an HDR10 feed using MPEG DASH encoding for OTT applications; and the third was a Dolby Vision demo with encoding in … Read more

More Than 66 Million Wearable Devices Will Be Shipped Annually for Use in Enterprise and Industrial Environments by 2021, According to Tractica

Wearables in enterprise and industrial environments continue to see high levels of interest and market momentum, as companies across a wide variety of industry sectors conduct trials and plan deployments with a diverse set of devices across multiple use cases. In terms of unit volumes and revenue, enterprise and industrial wearables are still a very … Read more

Nanoco’s Cadmium-Free Quantum Dots and Deep Red CFQD® Quantum Dot Film Honored with Silver Edison Award

Nanoco Group plc, a world leader in the development and manufacture of cadmium-free quantum dots and other nanomaterials, today announced it was honored with a Silver Edison Award in the category of Applied Technology: Horticulture for its cadmium-free CFQD® quantum dot technology for LED grow lighting and Deep Red CFQD® Quantum Dot Film for sustainable … Read more

Lenovo Unveils the ZUK Z2 Pro Smartphone in China

Lenovo released a new flagship mobile phone, the ZUK Z2 Pro. It’s the world’s first mobile phone that fully activates the performance of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820 chip and integrates ten professional sensors, a true 3D-glass body and several other industry-leading technologies. According to Chen Xudong, Lenovo senior vice president, “The first thing we need to … Read more

Leyard 8K Video Wall Sweeps Industry Awards at NAB 2016

Leyard, a global leader in visualization products and Planar, a Leyard company and global leader in display and digital signage technology, are the recipients of five of the industry’s most prestigious technology honors, NewBay Media’s third annual Best of Show Award, presented at the 2016 National Association of Broadcasters Show (NAB) in Las Vegas by … Read more