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Vuzix Reports Full Year 2015 Financial Results

Vuzix® Corporation (“Vuzix” or, the “Company”), a leading supplier of video eyewear and smart glasses products in the consumer, commercial and entertainment markets, today reported its full year 2015 financial results for the period ended December 31, 2015. Vuzix reported $2,749,984 in revenues for the twelve months ended December 31, 2015, a decrease from $3,032,076 … Read more

Display Summit China Early Bird Registration Expiring

The early bird registration rate for Display Summit China, May 9-10, Yixing, China (near Shanghai) is expiring on April 8. Attendee registration fees for the two-day event will rise from $250 to $300. Display Summit China has a strong focus on solid state projection technology and its maturing applications. Leading providers from China, Europe and … Read more

Sharp & Foxconn Tie the Knot

So, Sharp & Foxconn have finally tied the knot. There is some logic to the deal as Sharp gets access to a vertical customer for its small panel business in particular and Foxconn gets the chance to capture much more of the value of the iPhones that it assembles. It has an opportunity to drive … Read more

Plenty to See from Technicolor in Rennes

A couple of weeks ago, I was in France for the Virtual Laval event and made the journey via Rennes, which has a small and convenient airport. I knew that Technicolor has a large R&D establishment in the city, which developed from the research department that was once part of Thomson (which bought Technicolor some … Read more

Toshiba Confirms Consumer PC Exit

The consolidation of Toshiba’s business (Toshiba Updates Forecasts, Deepens Loss) continues, with the news that the company is withdrawing from the consumer laptop business. Although it had previously been reported that Toshiba would sell its PC business – or merge it with Fujitsu, and possibly Vaio – it’s not quite so clear that this will … Read more

Why Nintendo Changed its Tune

Nintendo’s first smartphone game, Miitomo, has been released in the US and Europe, following its Japanese launch in March. Nintendo games like Pokémon have seemed ideally suited to the smartphone environment, but the company has resisted entering the market for years. An analysis of Nintendo’s software sales by Statista has highlighted the reason for the … Read more

NAB is All About Codecs

The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) 2016 show will take place in Las Vegas between the 16th and 21st April. There will be a renewed focus on traditional broadcasting, using the ATSC 3.0 platform, and virtual reality. The Kaleidoscope VR Showcase will be held at the show. Enensys (SU6325) will highlight its new ATSC 3.0 … Read more

A Closer Look at a QD Monitor

We reported on the Philips E-line 27″ 276E6 monitor at IFA last year. The monitor is unusual in that it uses QD Vision’s Color IQ quantum dot technology to give a wide colour gamut. That in itself is not newsworthy, but the Philips monitor costs just €235 plus tax from online retailers and that’s a … Read more

Ofcom Discusses 700MHz

Ofcom

Ofcom is currently holding consultations on the 700MHz spectrum clearance in the UK. Points under consideration are: what support viewers might require; whether public funding should be made available; and whether support should be made available to programme making and special events (PMSE) users that need to replace their equipment. Ofcom believes that fewer than … Read more

Japanese UHD Will Double Next Year

Mitsubishi Research has forecast that adoption of UltraHD TV sets in Japan will grow rapidly, starting next year, Advanced Television reports. Around 1.2 million were purchased in 2015, and 3.3 million are expected to be sold this year. 2017 will signal faster growth, with Mitsubishi predicting sales of 6.8 million sets, and more than 12 … Read more