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In late February, Variety reported on a new Vizio TV series that would feature built-in Chromecast functionality from Google (Google Extends Cast Protocol Outside Android). The sets would also use an Android tablet as a remote control. The article has now been proved correct, with the unveiling of Vizio’s SmartCast P-Series. Matt McRae, Vizio’s CTO, … Read more
First shown at CES 2016, notebook brand Aorus has now launched its UltraHD gaming product: the 15.6″ X5S V5. The product uses an IPS panel. Running Windows 10 on an Intel Core i7 processor, with an Nvidia Geforce GTX 980M GPU, the laptop also features G-Sync technology (designed to eliminate tearing). Streaming and recording games … Read more
My Display Daily article published on March 18 was entitled “The Air A01 Mates with a Smartphone to Form a Unique Camera.” This article reported on a camera that communicates with and uses a smartphone for control and display. I now report on the Ōura ring, an entirely different kind of product but one that … Read more
The ICDM will hold its next meeting during SID Display Week, on the 24th May. Running from 6pm – 9pm in San Francisco’s Moscone Convention Centre, elections will be held for the ICDM Executive Committee.
German regional carrier M-Net has chosen to use ABox42’s M20-series set-top box platform for its new IPTV service. M-Net TVPlus will be deployed across the M-Net Fibre network in southern Germany. The M20 platform was configured for the German market, to support local multi-stream recording on USB; local time-shift; HbbTV; on-demand and catch-up; and Maxdome’s … Read more
Apple® today introduced the all-new 9.7-inch iPad Pro™ — at just under one pound it features a new pro Retina® display with greater brightness, wider color gamut, lower reflectivity, Night Shift™ mode and introduces new True Tone® display technology to dynamically adjust white balance. The new iPad Pro delivers incredible performance with the 64-bit A9X … Read more
Directing duo The Diamond Brothers (along with director Winslow Porter) crafted an impressive 360 degree, virtual reality “Diamond EYE” rig using nine Blackmagic’s Micro Studio Cameras and nine Video Assists. The rig was used to shoot a virtual reality experience for high-end fashion brand Chromat’s Fall/Winter 2016 LUMINA Collection runway show at New York Fashion … Read more
Sony Electronics announced today that it has participated in successful streaming trials of live 4K sporting events, including the first live North American soccer broadcast in 4K by Univision Deportes. These events, streamed live in 4K by leveraging the NeuLion® Digital Platform and delivered over-the-top (OTT) to Sony 4K HDR Ultra HD TVs that have … Read more
RNIB (Royal National Institute of Blind People) has presented Samsung Electronics UK with an Inclusive Society Award in recognition of its work in making smart TVs accessible for blind and partially sighted people. Sight loss charity RNIB collaborated with the electronics giant to develop the Samsung Smart TV range, featuring integrated Text-to-Speech, zoom and high … Read more
TCO Development has issued a reminder to companies about its new generation of TCO Certified (TCO Tightens Restrictions in Seventh Generation). TCO Certified 7 requires that energy consumption in ‘on’, ‘sleep’ and ‘off’ modes be tested by an independent third party, and those values declared on the product certificate.
At the time of writing, the Baselworld watch show is ongoing in Switzerland. The event is, of course, famous for the luxury Swiss watches that are shown there – but, increasingly, mainstream electronics like smartwatches have been appearing as well. Fossil (actually running its own event coinciding with Baselworld) expanded its Q range with the … Read more
OLED-Info is best-known for its status as a source of OLED information. However, the website is branching out, and has launched a new service called the OLED Marketplace – ‘the world’s most complete OLED panel catalogue’. The Marketplace is free to access and lists OLED panels from 12 manufacturers. Both passive and active types are … Read more
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