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AUO has said that it will further decrease factory utilisation rate, to brace for falling demand this quarter, according to the Taipei Times. CEO Paul Peng told investors, after the announcement of AUO’s Q3 results, that the company expects Q4 to be tough, due to slow seasonal demand and a weak global economy. The company … Read more
In an interview with Japan’s Nikkei newspaper, Hisense has said that it plans to release an 8k TV this year. Hisense’s deputy general manager Cao Jianwei clearly states Hisense’s plan is to launch an 8k TV in 2015. He adds that the company is not worried about content, pointing out that UltraHD TVs are becoming … Read more
ET News of Korea claims that Samsung Display has been taken on by Apple as a supplier of OLED displays for the Apple Watch – and may also use panels in other products, such as iPhones. ET News says that Apple will make a decision in November.
The continued push towards cloud computing throughout the IT industry is making its way into video markets. Virtualization in the encoder market is expected to grow from 34% of the market in 2014 to 44% in 2020. As service providers look to expand their service offerings, the desire for flexibility in launch and maintenance of … Read more
ICFLIX, the Middle East and North Africa’s leading Internet streaming service, have partnered with Sony to make movies and TV series from ICFLIX available to be streamed instantly to TVs via the PlayStation®3 (PS3™) and PlayStation®4 (PS4™) consoles. The ICFLIX offering will include the latest popular Jazwood series as Al Sayeda Al Oula, Seerat Hob, … Read more
‘Shufti’ is an Arabic word meaning ‘look!’ It was brought back to Britain after the Second World War by returning soldiers who learned the word from Arab peddlers. Its meaning now suggests taking a quick look around. That’s the purpose of this article today—taking a 3D shufti—a speedy reconnoiter of some happenings in the area … Read more
There are several smartphone apps that can turn your handheld phone into a head up display by inverting the displayed image, so that after reflecting off the windshield, the driver will see the displayed data in the same way he would on the HUD. These solutions have a distinct disadvantage based on the fact that … Read more
Computer scientists in Germany and California have developed a way to capture and map facial expressions from one user to another. When one person frowns, for instance, that expression is transferred to a live video of the other user and mapped on to their face. By running the process with good-quality cameras and on several … Read more
Juniper Research has found that the value proposition for wearables is still unclear – even among ‘tech savvy’ buyers. This lack of a convincing use case is a major obstacle to adoption. The firm also found the wearables ‘price ceiling’ to be around $175 – the upper end of basic fitness wearables.
Semtech Corporation, a leading supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, will demonstrate the interoperability of its 12Gb/s UHD-SDI product portfolio by transporting ultra-high definition video over a next-generation UHDTV hybrid SDI/IP infrastructure featuring advanced technology from intoPIX, Xilinx, TVLogic and BES at the Society of Motion Pictures & Television Engineers [®] (SMPTE [®] ) 2015 … Read more
DisplayMate has released another display shoot out – this time dealing with Microsoft’s Surface Pro 4 tablet (http://tinyurl.com/qdfprt2). The company writes that ‘the Surface Pro 4 has one of the very best and most accurate displays available on any mobile platform and OS’. Compared to the Surface Pro 3, the new tablet has a higher … Read more
Microsoft Corp. on Monday opens the doors to its first flagship store in the heart of Manhattan at Fifth Ave. and 53rd St. — the cross streets of a vibrant and historic local community and internationally recognized shopping destination. In the making for more than six years, the five-floor, 22,369 square-foot store features an assortment … Read more
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