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Canon saw Q2 profits of ¥68.2 billion ($559 million), down 16% from the year-ago profit of ¥80.8 billion ($663 million), on revenue of ¥974.4 billion ($7.99 billion), up 5% from ¥926.8 billion ($7.6 billion) a year earlier. For the first six months there were profits of ¥102.1 billion ($837 million), a drop of 20% from … Read more
ViewSonic will show off a prototype of a new curved monitor at Gamescom in Cologne this month. Seen for the first time in Europe (after previously being shown at trade shows in the USA and China), the XG3401 (name is not final) will support AMD’s Freesync technology. Resolution of the IPS panel is 3440 x … Read more
Flextronics has officially changed its name. The company will now be known simply as ‘Flex’, to reflect the fact that it is ‘more than just an EMS, supply chain solutions or a ‘tronics’ company’.
AUO is developing 65″ LCD TV panels combining quantum dots, UltraHD resolution and HDR technology, say Taiwanese media reports. These panels will also be released in 55″ and 85″ sizes, in the second half of this year. They are curved units with a direct-LED backlight system. Local dimming and 110% NTSC gamut coverage are expected.
Sky is said to be finalising the development of a new set-top box, which it hopes will help to defend against OTT operators and BT. The box, called SkyQ, will also help to integrate the company’s European operations. The original Sky box was launched 10 years agoAccording to The Telegraph, the SkyQ box will be … Read more
Voxon, Co. (Adelaide, Australia and San Francisco, CA) has developed a volumetric 3D display called Voxiebox. Voxiebox works by rapidly moving a flat screen up and down. An extremely fast video projector synchronously projects appropriate image slices on to the moving screen. The speed of the screen “vibration” is such that it blurs to invisibility … Read more
Capacitive Touch Takes Off In Growing Wearables Market Synaptics Inc., the leading developer of human interface solutions, today announced that Huawei has selected the Synaptics® ClearPad® touchscreen solution for its stylish smartwatch. Huawei chose the state-of-the-art ClearPad capacitive touch controller for its proven reliability, low power, and highly responsive human interface qualities such as use … Read more
Huawei has chosen to use the ClearPad touchscreen solution, from Synaptics, for the Huawei Watch. The ClearPad touch controller was chosen for its reliability, low power draw and responsive qualities.
The Daily Telegraph has reported that Sky, the dominant pay TV and DTH supplier in the UK, is to release a new SkyQ STB The report said that the box, developed under the “project Ethan” name, can support the recording of four channels and side-loading of content onto mobile devices as well as supporting UltraHD … Read more
A further new white LED patent which covers, among others, YAG phosphors has been granted by the European Patent Office in favor of Nichia Corporation (“Nichia”), namely EP 2 276 080. MUNICH, July 27, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — With the grant of this new patent, Nichia has immediately started to enforce the patent against Everlight. On … Read more
Patent disputes between Japan’s Nichia and Taiwan’s Everlight Electronics have been on-going since 2012. The two companies have been pursuing litigation against one another over LED patents. Everlight won a victory in late 2014 and early 2015, when courts in Germany, followed by the USA, declared two of Nichia’s patents invalid. Nichia has now obtained … Read more
Specialist trolley addresses demand from corporate and education markets for attractive yet robust, mobile solution. Watford, UK, 27 July 2015 – AV technology pioneer Peerless-AV today announced a bespoke trolley for the SMART kapp™ 42″ digital capture board. The SR542-KAPP Trolley fills a hole in the market for a complementary trolley for the SMART kapp … Read more
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