Audi’s TT RS Uses OLED Lighting
Audi has finally unveiled the Audi TT RS, with an OLED tail light. The 2016 TT RS will be the first mass-produced car with OLED lighting, says Audi.
Brazil Trials Killer Billboard
Two companies in Brazil (Posterscope and NBS) have created a sign that they call the ‘Mosquito Killer Board’. It releases a mixture of a lactic acid solution and carbon dioxide, attracting mosquitoes from as far away as 2.5km. The insects are trapped inside and die. Posterscope and NBS believe that the product could help to … Read more
DVB Training Coming to Germany
Fuba is to kick off a German-wide DVB-T2 training roadshow in May and June, together with Media Broadcast. The roadshow is aimed at improving the expertise of dealers. Attendance will be free. The event will begin in Münster, also visiting Hamburg, Bremen, Cologne, Essen, Mannheim, Munich, Stuttgart, Nuremberg, Saarbrücken, Hannover, Magdeburg and Leipzig.
Universal Details UltraHD Releases
Universal Pictures has joined other studios in announcing the release of UltraHD content. Its first UltraHD films, available as Blu-ray and digital release, will include Jason Bourne; The Huntsman: Winter’s War; Warcraft, Everest; Lucy; and Lone Survivor.
Nokia’s Ozo to be Used for Disney VR
Disney has announced it will Nokia’s Ozo camera to create virtual reality content. Disney plans to use the Ozo 360º camera to create immersive videos, which will debut alongside its movie feature releases.
Philips Suggests IPO Likely for Lighting
Philips is likely to divest its lighting business in an IPO, rather than selling it to an external buyer. The move is part of Philips’ intent to consolidate its wide-ranging business to fewer areas, such as healthcare. CEO Frans van Houten said that improvements in equity markets have made an IPO more likely than a … Read more
UltraHD STB Market to be Worth $3.65 Billion
Grand View Research has predicted that the global UltraHD set top box (STB) market will reach $3.65 billion by 2024. Increasing demand for UHD video content, as well as rising sales of compatible UltraHD TVs and display devices is expected to shape the UHD STB market’s growth prospects. IPTV UHD set top boxes contributed over … Read more
Harmonic Shows SDR-to-HDR Upconvert Demo
Harmonic had a very nice demo running in its booth at NAB, but it could also let visitors come to the wrong conclusion. There were supposed to be four different demos running, but the two HLG demos (#3 and #4) were not working on the two times we visited the booth. There also seemed to … Read more
V-Nova Impresses at NAB
It seems as though every quarter a new company emerges with a codec that offers advancement that the industry ‘must adopt’. Some get adopted but many do not. V-Nova and their Perseus video codec burst upon the scene at last year’s NAB and has gained more traction than most – as we will report below. … Read more
Meizu Addresses Entry-Level
Meizu has unveiled a new smartphone in China, called the M3. It will feature 16GB or 32GB of storage and has a 5″ display, with 1280 x 720 resolution. A Mediatek octa-core processor (four 1.5GHz cores and four 1GHz cores) runs Android. The battery is 2,800mAh. Meizu will sell the phone for CNY500 ($80) (16GB) … Read more
Parade Teams with Samsung to Develop First eDP Tcon for AMOLED Panels
Parade Technologies, Ltd., a leading video display, touch controller, and high-speed interface IC supplier, today announced a collaboration with Samsung Display to deliver AMOLED panels for the tablet and PC notebook markets. Parade, the leading supplier of eDP timing controllers (Tcons) for both tablet and PC notebook display panels, worked together with Samsung Display to … Read more
UDC Works on Hybrid OLED Approach
Up to now, OLED makers have been making OLEDs using technologies that are effectively limited by the barrier in fine metal mask patterning that Kodak (and its Sanyo Kodak subsidiary) hit several years ago. LG uses colour filters, which are inefficient and Samsung Display had to pull back from its OLED TV panel manufacture because … Read more
