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We have seen several OLED TV prototypes from Panasonic, starting at CES 2013 (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 3) and continuing until CES this year. At the show (Panasonic is Big on B2B), we saw a curved UltraHD OLED TV, and mentioned at the time that there might be more from the company at IFA. … Read more
Apple’s 27″ iMac is currently the only model with a retina (5k) display.Ming-Chi Kuo, a KGI Securities analyst and uncannily accurate Apple tipster, has said that the company is preparing to launch new iMacs with improved displays some time this quarter. According to Kuo, the new iMacs will benefit from improved colour saturation, using an … Read more
A new Microsoft Lumia flagship phone is expected to be unveiled later this year, alongside the launch of Windows 10 for mobiles. The Lumia 950 XL, appearing in leaks from China’s Wpxap, is thought to be that phone. Photos show a prototype, which apparently has a 5.7″ display (the Lumia 950 will be 5.2″) and … Read more
Acer is apparently committed to bringing Windows 10 to the masses, having announced two low-cost notebooks running the OS. Both the Acer Aspire Cloudbook 11 (11″) and Cloudbook 14 (14″), as the names suggest, rely heavily on the cloud for storage. They are similar to a Chromebook or Microsoft’s ‘Windows-with-Bing’ laptops. 802.11ac WiFi and 1.6GHz … Read more
Global shipments of VR devices will rise to 14 million units next year, according to Taiwan’s Topology Research Institute. The firm said that that its prediction was based on VR’s ‘clear market positioning’ and investments by international technology and entertainment companies. Gaming will be the primary application, at least initially.
Roughly 4 million homes in Spain are having their DTT signals affected by interference from 4G networks on the 800MHz band. These homes will have to install a filter to compensate. Installation will be paid for by telco operators (Telefonica, Vodafone and Orange) – but only in the first six months of their 4G network(s) … Read more
Western Digital has shown off a new storage device for UltraHD content. The ‘My Passport Cinema’ drive uses the Vidity system (Hollywood’s UltraHD Service Becomes Vidity). It will work with Vidity-compatible displays and other devices, with content from 20th Century Fox. The product will cost $90 and has 1TB of storage. From the 16th August … Read more
Netflix has grown by leaps and bounds from a distributor of DVDs to a major content creation and distribution powerhouse. It is leading the pack in the distribution of UHD content and now looks like it plans to become the largest producer of content, powering past rivals HBO, Showtime and others. The transition to UHD … Read more
The IHS Business conference 2015 will take place in Berlin at IFA, the global trade show for consumer electronics and home appliances. The fifth edition of the IHS Business Conference is a half day conference which will take a deep dive focus on Apps, UHD and the Chinese Consumer: New CE Industry Drivers? China has … Read more
As market consolidation continues in China, one in three smart phones shipped were from Huawei or Xiaomi in Q2 2015. Xiaomi regained its crown as the largest smart phone vendor in China with 15.9% market share, according to Canalys estimates. However Huawei is hot on its heels, growing 48% sequentially – the fastest growing vendor … Read more
This year, ASUS monitors have made significant progress towards low blue light and flicker-free functionality, obtaining TUV Rheinland’s low blue light and flicker-free certification for its various monitor models. ASUS is now the monitor manufacturer which has obtained the most low blue light product certifications from TUV Rheinland. With its pioneering R&D technology, ASUS has … Read more
The Matchstick streaming dongle (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 26) – a Chromecast rival using Mozilla’s Firefox OS – will not be launched. Despite being funded on Kickstarter earlier this year (Matchstick Sparks Kickstarter Rush), the company ran into problems with DRM development. These have proven more difficult to overcome than expected. Matchstick will instead … Read more
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