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A Display Daily colleague, Bob Raikes, visited the VEFXi booth at Mobile World Congress (MWC) recently to see a demonstration of their new 3rd generation 2D to 3D ASIC introduced last month. In the brief demo possible at MWC, the images looked good but Bob wasn’t ready to render a final judgement on the company. … Read more
Analogix Semiconductor, Inc. today announced that Liquid Jade Primo, Acer’s Windows 10-powered smartphone, features the SlimPort®ANX7816 and ANX7418 USB-C transmitters and controllers. ANX7402 USB-C controllers are featured in Acer’s Display Dock, alongside SlimPort ANX7737 converters. These chip sets provide DisplayPort™ audio/video out capability over USB-C™, enabling the Windows Continuum feature, which allows users to: connect … Read more
Innovation comes in many forms. Whether it’s a new design to make a product more useful to the customer or a novel way to apply an emerging technology to a real-world problem, true innovation needs support to foster and grow. In the last five years, science-based company 3M has invested nearly $8.5 billion in research … Read more
AHA Products Group (AHA), a recognized technology leader in satellite core systems, announced today that it will demonstrate its DVB-S2X prototype, using the Ettus x310 USRP, at the Wireless Innovation Forum Conference (WinnComm’16) Innovation Showcase. This demonstration will show DVB-S2X system developers how using the AHA4709E2IQ, Ethernet to IQ modem core, can increase system performance … Read more
Just before ISE, Optoma announced a new DLP laser-phosphor projector with an ultra-short throw ratio (ISE is Round the Corner) – and the company has now brought it to the market. Based on a solid-state light source (capable of 24/7 operation), the ZH300UW is designed for B2B, vertical and specialist AV applications. It can be … Read more
Opera Software has announced that it is to sell off its TV business; a move that is being taken ‘in order for the TV business to achieve its full potential under a different ownership structure’. The sale is part of a ‘broader strategic review’, said Opera, adding that China’s Golden Brick Silk Road was aware … Read more
Clear Channel Airports (CCA), a brand division of Clear Channel Outdoor Americas, and a subsidiary of iHeartMedia Inc., today announced the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) awarded them, an eight-year contract with one two-year option to provide comprehensive indoor and outdoor display advertising at Washington, D.C.’s two airports – Washington Dulles International (IAD) and Ronald … Read more
If you’ll excuse me for a moment, I want to head off from a display-only topic to talk about a general business issue, that is to say, innovation. In a recent article, one of our analysts queried whether a big company was going to create the ‘next big thing’ in the mobile space. “Almost certainly … Read more
IHS has called the Galaxy S7 a ‘ho-hum refresh’ to Samsung’s smartphone lineup, with some evolutionary improvements, but ‘no ground breakers’. In a teardown, the firm calculated that the 32GB version carries a BOM of about $255 and retails for $670 (the 16GB iPhone 6S has a BOM of $188 and retails for $650). Little … Read more
Sony’s Playstation Vue IPTV service, which was launched to the East Coast of the USA last year (Sony’s Vue Service Now Live), is now being rolled out across the country. Prices start at $30 per month.
Lattice Semiconductor and MediaTek have jointly released reference designs to drive UltraHD video over a USB-C connector. Lattice’s USB-C port controllers and MHL transceivers can be paired with MediaTek’s Helio X20 mobile processor. Power efficiency is key in mobile, and a focus of these reference designs. The SiI83348 MHL transmitter drives UltraHD video on the … Read more
Sharp has pushed two of its large-format products, introduced at ISE (Sharp Enjoying the Big Pad), to market: the 70″ Big Pad PN-70TW3 and 80″ PN-H801. The Big Pad is Sharp’s first interactive (10-point IR touch) FPD with integrated wireless connectivity. The firm also claims that it is the first interactive FPD with a DICOM … Read more
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