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Chino, CA, October 1, 2015 – The Tianma Group, Shenzhen, China, a leading global manufacturer of LCDs since 1983, has decided to merge its two U.S.-based subsidiaries – Tianma NLT America and Tianma Micro-electronics USA – to form Tianma NLT USA, Inc. This merger strengthens Tianma’s presence in the Americas and provides customers with a … Read more
Our front page this week in Large Display Monitor, covers a story that Samsung is alleged to have used a special technique to detect test material that is part of the standardised video stream test for power consumption. Once detected, the TV is said to have turned down its brightness and therefore reduced its power … Read more
Microsoft and Google have agreed to dismiss all pending patent claims against each other. The agreements sees about 20 different lawsuits in Germany and the USA dropped. Patents include those related to mobile phones, video decoding and wireless networking – including the cases related to Motorola Mobility, which Google sold to Lenovo in 2014. More … Read more
The Tianma Group of China has decided to merge its two US subsidiaries: Tianma NLT America and Tianma Micro-electronics USA. The new company will be known as Tianma NLT USA Inc. The move merges two LCD-focused companies, and – Tianma expects – will form one of the largest LCD sales and marketing organisations (for small-and-medium … Read more
Netflix has confirmed that it will launch its streaming service in Spain on the 20th October. Portugal will follow on the 21st October, and Italy on the 22nd October.
AMD has said that it will work with Oculus VR and Dell to drive PCs with the Oculus Ready certification (Oculus Lists VR Challenges). AMD will fit these PCs with its own Radeon GPUs. Samsung‘s UD video wall displays are now available in the DACH region, in 46″ and 55″ sizes. Toshiba‘s Taiwanese sales agent, … Read more
In a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, AMD has revealed plans to cut its workforce by 5% – more than 480 people. Most of the layoffs will be completed by the end of fiscal 2016. The company expects to take restructuring and asset impairment charges of about $42 million, as a result … Read more
Researchers at IBM say that a ‘major breakthrough’ has been made in the area of carbon nanotube (CNT) transistors – which may replace silicon when Moore’s Law finally fails to deliver. This coloured micrograph shows several transistors made from a single carbon nanotube. The yellow bars are metal electrodes of varying dimensions. The faint vertical … Read more
SES hosted a conference in London at the end of September, providing updates on the UltraHD rollout. Chris Forrester, journalist for outlets including Inside Satellite and Advanced Television, said that the format has taken “huge steps forward” over the last six months. UltraHD channels have been launched worldwide, and not only in mature markets. India, … Read more
Inventec has raised its stake in AIO PC manufacturer TPV-Inventa to 90%. TPV-Inventa is a joint venture with TPV, which originally held a 51% stake in the company. Since early September, Inventec has spent $35.4 million to buy up additional shares. It has been said that TPV-Inventa will conduct layoffs after the reorganisation. However, Inventec … Read more
Sources in Taiwan say that Foxconn and Innolux are considering whether to make a joint investment in a new G8.6 production fab in India. The facility, if built, would secure a more fully-featured supply chain in the area, said the sources.
Dish has announced its first UltraHD STB, the 4k Joey. Said to be on the way ‘very soon’, the box can decode HEVC, and supports UltraHD at 60fps over HDMI. It is also capable of connecting to Dish’s Hopper Whole Home Video Network.
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