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Humax may launch a version of its Freeview Play box that can support UltraHD streaming, once it adopts new chipsets. Commercial director Graham North said, at the launch of Humax’s new FVP-4000T box, that the prospect of UltraHD broadcast content is “slight”, but streamed content is more likely. Freeview Play specifications will require HEVC support … Read more
LG Display has released a video about the future possibilities of OLED technology. The concept is very similar to Corning’s ‘A Day Made of Glass’ video; the displays are large and ubiquitous, and everyone is using them – even schoolchildren. Watch at http://tinyurl.com/pezvn6k.
The University of Wisconsin has successfully sued Apple for $862 million, for unlicensed use of its microchip patents in some iPhones and iPads. The 1998 patent deals with a method to improve microchip efficiency, the BBC reports. The case relates to the iPhone 5S, 6 and 6 Plus – a separate lawsuit has been filed … Read more
Reports from Taiwan say that HTC will show off a new smartphone called the HTC One A9 on the 21st October. Featuring a 5″ AMOLED display, the phone will run on an octa-core Snapdragon 617 CPU, and be launched in London, New York and New Delhi. It will also support fingerprint identification.
Parks Associates predicts that more than 330 million UltraHD TVs will have been sold worldwide by the end of 2019 – an increase from 2 million in 2013. A new report by the firm notes that, of US broadband households planning to purchase a new flat-panel TV this year, 56% consider UltraHD an important feature. … Read more
EInk and Palladio, a secondary packaging supplier to the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industry announced a new design of pharmaceutical packaging using an electrophoretic display panel. The display from EInk is basically a small version of its electrophoretic module. The goal of the new packaging is to include sensors with a bistable display that will show … Read more
ISE, which has been extended to a four-day show in 2016 (9th – 12th February), is now fully booked. All 43,000m² of exhibit space – an 11% increase on 2015 – have been taken. Samsung, which expanded its stand to the maximum allowable space last year, has taken the all of the new Amtrium building … Read more
Sony has acquired Softkinetic Systems, a Belgian software company. Softkinetic’s DepthSense range includes sensors, cameras, modules and other products covering gesture tracking, contextual awareness and 3D data acquisition. Sony’s purchase of the company is part of the push to develop range image sensors, as well as to integrate gesture recognition into its products. As well … Read more
Christie will have an extensive presence at Gitex 2015 (18th – 22nd October, Dubai), with projectors and large-area flat panel displays at stand C3-3. The Captiva projector (Christie Claims First UST Laser Projector) will be on show, with an ultra-short throw lens and a gesture-control solution. It will be the product’s first exhibition in EMEA. … Read more
ON Semiconductor (Nasdaq: ON), driving energy efficient innovations, has introduced an open imaging platform for low power video streaming applications. The MatrixCam™ video development kit (VDK) has been developed specifically to encourage greater video adoption within Internet of Things (IoT) products, as well as accelerating OEMs’ time to market. Among its key applications are home … Read more
Vivitek, a leading brand of visual display products, is today introducing the LED HD Qumi Q6, the new addition to its Qumi Series of pocket projectors. Designed for compatibility with any portable digital lifestyle and business mobile device, Q6 is lightweight and compact, offers high brightness and long life performance, to make it perfect for … Read more
A new addition to Vivitek’s portable Qumi projectors is the Q6: a DLP LED model that can wirelessly display content from a mobile device as a 90″ image. The Q6 can take content from all types of device, thanks to its MHL-HDMI and HDMI ports. A USB input can be used to take content from … Read more
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