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Panasonic is now selling its LF8 (500 cd/m²) and LF80 (700 cd/m²) professional displays (seen at ISE: Panasonic Emphasises Strength & Reliability). Available in 42″, 47″ and 55″ sizes, these units are capable of 24/7 operation, and replace the LF6 and LF60 products. Prices are between £800 ($1,215) and £1,310 ($1,990) for the LF8 series, … Read more
Although it hasn’t been officially announced yet, a new addition to Acer’s Predator gaming monitor series has been found on some of the company’s regional websites. Importantly, despite being a gaming model, it uses an IPS panel rather than TN (we have long argued that the display industry should move away from TN panels – … Read more
JCDecaux ran an advertising campaign in China last month, using iBeacon technology to promote the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament. Passers-by could shake their smartphone to interact with media, access prize draws and more.
Hisense has presented three new UltraHD TVs in the K700 series, which feature a shallow depth (35mm), 88% NTSC gamut coverage and two sizes: 58″ and 65″. One of the 65″ sets is curved. All of the TVs run Hisense’s own Vidaa Lite smart TV platform. They support DLNA and dual-band WiFi, with HEVC and … Read more
Two new ultra-wide ‘bar-type’ displays have been introduced by BenQ. The 28″ BH280 and 38″ BH380 can be used 24/7, with a 50,000 hour lifetime. Intended use is for areas where space is limited, such as trade show stands or elevators. Portrait and landscape formats are both supported, with a special emphasis on preventing colour … Read more
China’s Actions Semiconductor has launched the GT7 chipset: a 64-bit octa-core device (quad-core CPU and GPU) for OTT set-top boxes (STBs). Featuring HEVC decoding, the GT7 enables UltraHD playback from online sources. RJ45 and USB 3.0 interfaces are also supported. Actions’ own 28nm ATM9009 SoC is used. The chipset supports Android and China’s most prevalent … Read more
At the NEC Showcase last week in New York, I had a chance to talk to Rich McPherson, Senior Product Manager, Projectors, about the latest laser-phosphor projectors from NEC. Most of these projectors were on display and operating. He told me that, in the future, NEC expects that NEC projectors over about 5,000 lumens will … Read more
Home delivery customers of the Sunday New York Times for November 8th got a cardboard VR viewer designed to work with a smartphone. Since Meko had previously published an article for its subscription customers about the announcement of this project (Google & NYT to Give Away VR Viewers), I’ll just discuss how it worked out … Read more
New data from Juniper Research has forecast that Smart Toy sales will reach $2.8 billion in hardware and app content revenues this year, driven by the popularity of the console-connected ‘toys to life’ segment. With smart toys from the likes of Activision and Nintendo already enjoying a successful 2015, the upcoming Black Friday weekend as … Read more
Skylanders toys are imported to a game through an NFC code.‘Smart toys’ will generate revenues of $2.8 billion this year, says Juniper Research – driven by those that connect to mobile apps and game consoles. These products, like Activision’s Skylanders, are emerging as a key market for toy vendors. Smart toys bridge the divide between … Read more
OLED producer Universal Display Corp. (UDC) recorded Q3 net profits of $7 million, up from $4.3 million in the same period last time, on revenue which rose to $39.4 million from $32.9 million. For the nine months, there were losses of $3.4 million, compared with profits of $28.7 a year ago, on sales of $128.7 … Read more
‘To overcome [the] economic recession and improve financial performance’, Chungwha Picture Tubes has asked its employees to take unpaid leave. From now until the end of 2016, an unspecified number of workers will be required to take one or more unpaid days off of work every week. Domestic sources estimate that as many as 3,000 … Read more
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