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TCL®, the world’s third largest television manufacturer, today announced pricing and availability of its 4K Ultra HD TCL Roku TV™ models for the U.S., bringing stunning UHD 4K picture quality to its smart TVs that integrate the Roku® OS. Originally announced at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show, the new 4K TCL Roku TV lineup will … Read more
ZTE USA, the fourth largest smartphone supplier in the U.S. and second largest in the no-contract market, teamed up with the Golden State Warriors and asked Bay Area residents to donate used phones, tablets and other mobile devices in support of the Warriors Community Foundation. Lasting over 10 days, ZTE’s second annual phone drive resulted … Read more
At the recent Korea Display Conference, IHS’s Hyun-jin Kim said that production costs for an AMOLED smartphone display are now lower than an LCD unit. A 5″ 1920 x 1080 AMOLED display now costs $14.30 to produce (down from $17.10 in Q4’15), while an LTPS-LCD costs $14.70 (down from $15.70). The research deals with LTPS-LCD … Read more
A regulatory filing by Intel has shown that the company intends to slow the rate at which it launches new chip-making technology. Moore’s Law states that the number of transistors in an IC will approximately double every two years. Intel has been able to follow this trend for decades, but the continual die shrinking has … Read more
Shipments of enterprise (thin and terminal) client devices were down 6.8% YoY in Q4’15, says IDC – and a similar figure (6.9%) for the year as a whole. Many enterprise client projects faced cutbacks or delays, due to a faltering economic outlook and lower public budgets. “While there was a certain amount of slowdown expected … Read more
The predictive education bazaar that we know as SXSWedu was held this year in Austin, Texas from March 7-10. The SXSWedu® Conference & Festival is a part of the SouthbySouthwest family of conferences, fostering “innovation in learning by hosting a diverse and energetic community of stakeholders from a variety of backgrounds in education.” Over 6,000 … Read more
Barco was showing a DP4K-60L 6P laser projector in a rear-projection mode and was highlighting the wide gamut support – it looked very good and was showing colours that would not have been visible on a typical Rec. 709 display. The company also highlighted to us that the better contrast of laser projection is almost … Read more
The Testia AR projection uses four targets fitted for accuracy. Image: MekoTestia is a developer of technology for use by its parent company, Airbus group. The company was showing an augmented reality application using a Panasonic Toughbook and a projector to assist with aircraft manufacturing. There are around 10,000 individual components that have to be … Read more
Schneider Digital is a German company, based South of Munich, that was showing a dual LCD 3D display based on a design that was originally developed by Planar. Schneider works closely with Planar and was a distributor for the product. When Planar decided to stop production, Schneider developed its own version based on the same … Read more
We have often reported on the use of lenticular lenses on LFDs to create autostereoscopic displays, but the Kanagawa Institute of Technology was using this kind of lens on an LCD to create different images, depending on the point of view of the viewer. The group is intending to develop solutions for digital signage. We … Read more
Immersion of France was one of the companies that had the most substantial presences at the show along with partners, including Planar (it had the Planar transparent OLED on display) and the company is a major player in the VR market in France. It has offices in Bordeaux, Paris and Nantes and has been active … Read more
Diota is a supplier of professional 3D and A/R software for industry and has customer installations including PSA and SNCF in France and Volkswagen in Germany. It was showing a system that allowed the playback of 3D content from models in Catia (from Dassault) format. It has A/R technology that uses a combined PC, projector … Read more
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