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IoT Will Drive Consumer Tech Industry to $287 Billion in Revenues

The ever-expanding adoption and continued growth of innovations comprising the Internet of Things (IoT) will help lead the U.S. consumer technology industry to a record-setting $287 billion in retail revenues ($224 billion wholesale) in 2016, according to the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)™, formerly the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)®. CTA unveiled the latest version of its … Read more

Samsung Electronics Receives UHD Alliance Premium Certification for its 2016 SUHD TVs

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., has announced that its entire 2016 SUHD TV lineup has been awarded the UHD Premium Certification by the UHD Alliance (UHDA). The new certification is reserved for those products and services that comply with the organization’s newly announced performance standards for picture resolution, high dynamic range (HDR), peak luminance, black levels … Read more

Primeview Brings UltraHD to Industry

A 32″ UltraHD LCD display, for the industrial market, has been released by Primeview. Known as the PRV324KLED, it can be used in applications such as control rooms, medical environments, signage and gaming. Like Primeview’s other UltraHD screens, the PRV324KLED is available with embedded HDBaseT connectivity (PRV324KLEDHDBT), in addition to the standard DisplayPort and HDMI … Read more

Toshiba US LFD Division Appoints Reps

Scott Ramirez, VP of Product Marketing in Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., Digital Products Division, said that the firm would use ten sales rep firms around the US to sell its commercial displays by meeting with integrators, resellers, consultants and end users, starting immediately. The move follows Toshiba’s entry into the commercial LFD market in … Read more

Nvidia Certifies VR-Ready Systems

Nvidia has announced a new programme called ‘GeForce GTX VR Ready’; a way to help gamers prepare for virtual reality. Through partnerships with PC and notebook makers, as well as add-in card providers, Nvidia will deliver systems and graphics cards that can handle the demand for virtual reality. GeForce GTX VR Ready has been developed … Read more

MediaTek Boosts Big & Small Chips

MediaTek has announced the MT2523 series of chips for wearables, smart home applications and the MT8581 SoC for UltraHD Blu-ray players. The MT2523 is claimed to be the first system-in-package (SiP) to offer GPS, dual-mode Bluetooth Low Energy, and a MIPI-supported high-resolution mobile screen. The higher level of integration enables a PCB area that is … Read more

TCL Chooses Nanosys

TCL continues to grow, said North American VP Chris Larson at the company’s press conference. TCL was the largest TV exporter in China in 2015, for the seventh year in a row, and is the only vertically-integrated TV company in China. TCL owns the China Star (CSOT) brand, and opened the second phase of a … Read more

The Perception of Motorcycle HUDs May be About to Change

New motorcycle Head-up Display (HUD) technology has just been introduced at CES that may indeed begin to change the perception of the utility of such devices. Driving this is new waveguide display technology from DigiLens that was debuted in a motorcycle helmet from BMW. BMW plans to commercialize the wide field of view device in … Read more

Peerless-AV names EMEA business development manager

AV technology pioneer Peerless-AV today announced the appointment of Tom Fenton as Business Development Manager, EMEA. Working alongside the UK and Export Sales Teams, Tom will be responsible for growing new business opportunities across all regions. Tom joins Peerless-AV from one of the major Global LFD brands where he held various business development and product … Read more