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68.4 million PCs (including desktops, notebooks and convertibles) were shipped in Q2’15: down 9.5% YoY, according to Gartner, which is the steepest shipment fall in the industry since Q3’13. For the year as a whole, Gartner expects a 4.4% decline in PC shipments. Although there were several factors contributing to the result, Gartner highlighted three … Read more
Foxconn Electronics reported a 5.6% month on month and 0.5% year on year increase in sales in June, to NT$318.5 billion ($10.2 billion). Last month’s result brought sales for the quarter to NT$972.6 billion ($31.3 billion), down 4.1% sequentially but 10.6% higher year on year, while for the year to date, Foxconn achieved a 12.7% … Read more
Innolux reported declining sales and shipments in June, with revenue falling 3.3% sequentially and 17.5% year on year to NT$30.3 billion ($976.1 million). In the second quarter, Innolux’s sales were 6.4% lower than Q1 and 15.6% down YoY to NT$93.8 billion ($3 billion), while for the first six months of the year, the company’s sales … Read more
Everlight Electronics recorded a 10.4% month on month increase in sales in June to NT$2.4 billion ($77.3 million), though this was 4.1% lower year on year. Fellow LED packaging service provider Unity Opto Technology, however, saw sales fall 7.5% sequentially to NT$603 million ($19.4 million), 4.4% down on June 2014. Everlight’s second quarter sales were … Read more
Faster-than-expected UltraHD penetration means that content protection is a ‘growing concern’ says ABI Research. As UltraHD content availability rises, studios are demanding stronger protection. The best protection is built into hardware in combination with software security. ABI writes that legacy hardware – including STBs and smart TVs – could face difficulties in playing modern UltraHD … Read more
According to research by Digitmonitor TV, 48% of households in the Czech Republic now rely on the free-to-air DTT platform for their primary TV service. This is an increase of 5% from last year. Approximately 59% of households in the country use the DTT platform.
Anacom, the Portuguese regulator, has opened a consultation on its draft decision regarding DTT coverage requirements. The consultation is open until 31st July. The draft decision covers DTT platform operator MEO’s land coverage obligations and the right to use frequencies.
Westinghouse has shown off a new line of UltraHD LCD TVs at an event in New York City, which range from an affordable 41.5″ set to a mammoth 84.5″. All of the models (41.5″ WE42UC4200, 49.5″ WD50UC4300, 54.6″ WE55UC4200, 64.5″ WD65NC4190 and 84.5″ WE85NC4210) are smart, with Wi-Fi connectivity. They also feature UltraHD upscaling, HEVC … Read more
Multidyne provided video and fibre technology to the US Open at Chambers Bay Golf Course last month. The company’s Silverback 4K5 camera-back transceiver was used as a fibre link to an X-Mo 4k camera system. This enabled content to be captured in DCI-4k at 1,000fps.
SES subsidiary HD+, in partnership with Technisat, has unveiled its first UltraHD TV with an integrated HD+ decryption system. The TV, shown at the IFA Innovations Media Briefing in Germany, does not require a CI+ module to show HD+ content. Consumers who own the TV (‘TechniMedia UHD+’) will have access to 50 channels via the … Read more
A team composed of researchers from several universities and a corporation and led by Yoichi Ochiai, an Assistant Professor in the Digital Nature Group at the University of Tsukuba (Tsukuba, Japan), is developing a volumetric imaging device based on the use of femtosecond lasers. Drawing upon an icon of pop culture, the system developed by … Read more
ATR, the French based manufacturer of turboprop aircraft, has signed a contract with Elbit system from Israel to provide the ClearVision Enhanced Flight Vision System (EFVS) with the Skylens wearable display for the ATR-72 600 series as well as ATR-42 600 series of airplanes. ATR makes two types of airplanes the ATR 42 (50 seats) … Read more
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