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Warner Bros has said that it will release Mad Max: Fury Road, San Andreas, The Lego Movie and Pan will all be available in 4K and HDR. The company said that it would have 35 releases with that format by the end of 2016 which will be a mixture of new releases and catalogue titles … Read more
Samsung commissioned a study by Mindlab International at the Sussex Innovation Centre in the UK that appears to have shown that UltraHD images are measurably “more immersive” than HD content (although sound was also different). 24 participants (12 male and 12 female) from 18 to 65 were measured with EEG (electroencephalography), EDA (Electrodermal activity) and … Read more
Concept International of Germany is now selling the On-Lap 1303, a new USB monitor (which we think may come from GeChic of Taiwan). The monitor has a 13.3″ FullHD panel using IPS and with 300 (250 with touch) cd/m² of brightness. Contrast is 700:1 and response time is 14ms. Unusually, the monitor is available with … Read more
Zuk transparent phone shown in the summerThe Shanghai Daily reports that Lenovo has started to sell smartphones under its Zuk brand in Vietnam as, along with others, it looks for new markets to counter slowing sales in China.
The Chinese language Economic Daily News has reported that Acer has done a deal with Wistron to use its Build Your Own Cloud (BYOC) technology in smart classrooms in Chongqing. Previously, Acer had done projects with a National Chengchi University-affiliated high school and the National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan and is said to have … Read more
Unusually, Samsung had less to show in the way of displays than normal this year. The company is increasingly saving its big mobile news for MWC in February, so CES is limited to TVs, notebooks, monitors and occasionally digital signage in the display area and domestic appliances in non-display. Press Conference After only an hour … Read more
Samsung Electronics today announced GAIA, a powerful and comprehensive three-layer security solution for its entire 2016 line up of Tizen-based Smart TVs. The service will give users protection across all areas of the Smart TV ecosystem, including services, software and hardware security. “Protecting consumers’ personal information is of the utmost importance to Samsung, both in … Read more
Samsung said that its had won a CES 2016 Best of Innovation Award in the Accessible Tech category for one of its new Smart TVs. Features that contributed to the award included: Voice Guidance: A More Convenient User Experience Amplify and Clear Voice: Improving Sound Clarity New Graphical User Interface: Enhanced Readability Samsung’s Voice Guidance … Read more
Statistics from TV Licensing show that 10,000 people in the UK are still viewing black and white TV, not colour. Londoners represent the majority of black and white licensees (2,222), trailed by Birmingham (429) and Manchester (313). Nostalgia may have something to do with this – but the lower licence fee (£49 ($70) a year, … Read more
Canon plans to show 8K video and still images projected on a large screen at CES. The demo will be on booth #13106 in the Central Hall.
At this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, NV January 6-9, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, will challenge attendees to see the impossible at booth #13106 in the Central Hall. Canon’s booth will feature a Canon 8K Ride Experience where attendees can see the future of visual imaging and … Read more
Samsung has announced that its entire lineup of 2016 SUHD TVs will be ‘IoT-ready’, and connected with its SmartThings platform. SmartThings, acquired by Samsung in 2014, is an open platform for connection and control of smart devices and IoT services. 2016 SUHD TVs will be able to connect with and control Samsung devices and SmartThings … Read more
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