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AUO has used an event at its headquarters in Hsinchu, Taiwan to show new products and technologies. These included both large and small displays, and were not limited to LCD displays. AUO CEO Paul PengA 65″ LCD TV panel was the largest product shown. It is described as borderless, due to the use of Gate … Read more
For several months (beginning in September: see Rumour: Foxconn Takes Stake in Sharp Display Unit), Foxconn has been linked to a takeover of Sharp – either specific business units or the whole company. Finally, Sharp has accepted the Taiwanese firm’s bid. The Wall Street Journal reports that Sharp has accepted Foxconn’s ¥700 billion ($6.2 billion) … Read more
Google introduced its Google Cast protocol – the ability to send content from a mobile device to a larger screen – on its Chromecast and Android TV platforms. Now, Variety says that the company is planning to roll the technology out to other devices. Specifically, it will be built into TVs without Android, the first … Read more
While at ISE 2016, we recorded videos of some of the highlights of the show, as they relate to the display trade. As well as two roundup videos, we interviewed Antoine Doublet of micro-LED maker Deepsky (Deepsky Challenges Silicon Core at ISE) and Karl Lang, a colour specialist from Lumit Labs who was speaking about … Read more
NEC Display Solutions Europe has concluded a successful ISE 2016 showcasing ‘your world is our showroom’. ISE 2016, this year extended to include an extra day named FRDY, highlighted NEC’s innovation in LCD, LED and Laser technologies, touch and interactivity and sensor technologies. Each were showcased in a unique application-focused showroom created with key NEC … Read more
AGC Asahi Glass, a world-leading manufacturer of glass, chemicals and high-tech materials, announced today that it has launched a multi-thickness smartphone cover glass with a recession on its underside to accommodate a fingerprint sensor, eliminating the need to mount a separate button for fingerprint recognition. The new cover glass ensures resistance to water and dust, … Read more
SPB TV AG, a leading global provider of end-to-end OTT TV, IPTV and mobile TV solutions, presented its innovative single-platform product line at the Mobile World Congress. It showed SPB TV Rosing, the fast launch TV platform for operators, SPB TV Astra transcoder powered by Intel, and SPB TV Home, the next-generation home viewing solution … Read more
Continuing its tradition of powerful technology paired with smart Silicon Valley design, Obi Worldphone™ today launched its latest model, aimed at young professionals in a host of fast-growing markets spread across Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Europe. Named the Obi Worldphone MV1, Obi’s latest device embodies the company’s deep-rooted philosophy that sophisticated design is just … Read more
Xiaomi has a reputation as ‘The Apple of the East’, but its prices are far below the Cupertino-based company. Although it had no stand at the show, the firm used MWC to launch its new flagship, the Mi 5 smartphone. MWC 2016 was Xiaomi’s first-ever handset announcement at a truly global event, and the company … Read more
MediaTek was highlighting features of its X20 processor as well as announcing a new P20 chip at Mobile World. The first demonstration that we looked at was showing the X20 in an image scaling applications. The processor is able to upscale HD video, streamed at around 0.7Mbps to look equivalent to the quality of video … Read more
Asahi Glass was showing a new cover glass product, on the CrucialTec stand, with a recess to house a fingerprint sensor. It is called ‘Glass on Top with Shine’. Today’s fingerprint sensors can read a fingerprint through about 300-400µm of glass, but most cover glass is 500-600µm thick. There has been a trend to supply … Read more
Chinese researchers have developed a new display with ‘comfortable’ 3D effects, which is claimed to eliminate the sensation of nausea that some people suffer from when using 3D displays. The technology can be used on slim displays, whose design poses an additional challenge. Working from Sun Yan-Sen University, the team based their device on a … Read more
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