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Philips has differentiated its newest smartphones – the Sapphire S616 and Sapphire Life V787 – by incorporating its SoftBlue technology in the displays. SoftBlue lowers the blue light output of a screen – by up to 86% on these phones, according to Philips. However, rather than achieving this with a filter (which affects all colours … Read more
French smartphone vendor Wiko has taken on Ingram Micro as a new distribution partner in Italy.
Earlier this year, Planar showed a 55″ transparent OLED display at ISE (Planar Talks 100% UltraHD), although little information was available (it was also shown by others including NEC and Eyevis as well as Samsung’s Display Division – Man. Ed). The company has now announced that there will be four variants, and has released specifications … Read more
TechniSat is now selling an UltraHD STB in Germany, which can decode HEVC signals. The Digit Isio STC+ is also able to play UltraHD content at 60fps through HDMI, and supports HDCP 2.2. It also includes a triple tuner, supporting DVB-T2/C/S/S2 signals. It can be purchased for €320 ex VAT.
Two new monitor families have been developed by Acer, for professional users such as graphic designers and photographers. The BX0 and CB1 monitors have several resolution options, up to UltraHD, and picture-in- and picture-by-picture modes. Both new models have Acer’s EyeProtect features; these include a flicker-free backlight that can dimmed to very low levels; an … Read more
A survey by Gartner has found that 17% of consumers in mature markets intend to buy a tablet in the next 12 months. 19,000 consumers were surveyed in early summer, across the UK, USA, China, France, Brazil and India. Although apps, rather than hardware, drive tablet adoption, most apps work well with first- and second-generation … Read more
The Digital Entertainment Group (DEG) says that consumer spending on home entertainment remained stable in Q3 this year. Spending was driven by gains in electronic sell-through and streaming. Although a ‘resurgence of interest’ in Blu-ray discs and UltraHD are expected this year, as the two technologies come together, significant gains will not be felt until … Read more
According to research conducted by TDG in the first half of 2015, the percentage of adult broadband users moderately to highly likely to cancel their pay-TV service declined 20% between early 2014 and 2015. As stated by Michael Greeson, TDG Co-founder and Director of Research, “Cord cutting proclivities have held steady for several years, with … Read more
US-based TDG Research has found that adult broadband users are now less likely to cancel their pay-TV service. Research conducted in the first half of 2015 found that the percentage of these users ‘moderately to highly likely’ to cancel their subscription fell 20% YoY. Those willing to ‘cord-cut’ has remained steady for several years, at … Read more
Video Clarity Inc., provider of market-leading audio and video quality measurement and analysis systems, announces the release of its ClearView Extreme 8K video quality analyzer and ClearView Player 8K uncompressed 8K/4K/HD/SD recorder and player. ClearView Extreme 8K is the industry’s first fully capable video quality analysis system for 8K resolution that enables users to measure … Read more
Video Clarity has announced a video quality analysis system for 8k video, as well as an uncompressed SD-to-8k recorder and player. The ClearView Extreme 8k system can be used to measure and analyse the quality of uncompressed video, using perceptual metrics and side-by-side visual comparison on a single display. Video Clarity recommends using this system … Read more
So I was wrong… we have not seen the endgame, yet. The AMLCD industry has not been roiled by mergers and acquisitions as I thought possible back in 2001. At the time, I was deep in long-term strategy for the Philips-LG joint venture we now call LG Display. Studies on industry endgames were being published, … Read more
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