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US Will Top 30% UHD Adoption in Four Years

The falling price of UltraHD LCD TV panels has led to corresponding declines in the price of finished sets in recent months, increasing consumer adoption and household penetration. IHS predicts that, by end-2017, most 50″+ TVs will be UltraHD models. Penetration will be especially high in the USA, with its strong economy and consumer demand … Read more

Inspiring Ideas At ISE 2016: Sharp Unveils 8K Displays And Next Generation Collaboration

Sharp Information Systems Europe today announces its line-up for Integrated Systems Europe (ISE), 9 – 12 February 2016. Visitors to stand 11-E76 are invited to discover the next generation of high-end retail signage solutions, with the extension of Sharp’s 4K range and new 8K solutions to include wider colour range with more accurate colour performance, … Read more

Small Display Increase Does Not Sustain Innolux

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Innolux’s consolidated November revenues fell 33.8% YoY and 13.9% MoM, to NT$25.5 billion ($780 million). In the month, Innolux shipped 9.65 million large-size products: a 5.6% MoM fall. 23.3 million small- and medium-size displays were shipped, a 7.4% rise MoM. According to president JC Wang, Innolux is currently seeing short supply for its handset panel … Read more

AMD Plans HDR Gaming and FreeSync Expansion

At a Radeon Technology group summit in California this month, AMD revealed some of the plans it has for its GPU line – firmly focused around improving image quality. One of the most significant changes will be the use of the DisplayPort 1.3 interface. Although not available yet, DP 1.3 is expected to be capable … Read more

LG ‘Solves Burn-In’, Looks to Mid-Size OLEDs

Samsung showed this prototype OLED laptop in 2008, and a year later predicted that it would sell products in Q3’10LG Display has solved the challenges it had been facing with the production of mid-size OLED panels, and plans to enter the market for OLED monitor and notebook displays in 2016 or 2017. The report comes … Read more

Wistron Agrees JV With Optiemus

Wistron has signed a letter of intent with Optiemus Infracom, a telecom distributor in India, to establish a joint venture in which Wistron will hold a 20% stake. The JV, to be set up in Noida, India, will focus on smart telecommunication device production. The line will begin pilot production in or before March 2016, … Read more

Daqri Announces Cooperation with Topcon for Smart Helmet

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Daqri, the California based developer of augmented reality enterprise solutions has announced a cooperation with Topcon, a Japan-based international hardware and software firm working on positioning solutions. Daqri has been working on augmented reality solutions called 4D for many years and announced its Hardhat 2.0 in 2014. After focusing on toys, education and similar applications, … Read more

Eyevis Prepares Transparent OLED

Eyevis has previously demonstrated transparent OLED displays in private areas at exhibitions, away from the show floor – but now these products are beginning to appear on the company’s website. One such model is the EYE-TOLED-5500, a 55″ unit with an AMOLED panel from Samsung Display. (Left) ‘Black’ content with pixels off. (Right) Bright content … Read more

HbbTV Moving to HTML5, Developing Test Suite

Klaus Ilgner, of the HbbTV Association, has said that the platform is eventually intended to be extended to vertically-integrated operator environments, including IPTV. Other priorities include companion screen services, and enabling apps to be triggered in environments where there is no trigger available in a broadcast signal. The Association is moving away from CE-HTML and … Read more