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Peerless works with NEC and had this monitor in its totemPeerless AV was making the most of its relationship with the Daytona Raceway which is very local to Orlando. The company supplies displays to the location (it is buying 700 displays from Peerless) and so the company had a Daytona-themed booth. The beer-based “happy hour” … Read more
German media authorities have decided that platform operators in the country do not have to distribute TV channels’ HbbTV services. The decision was made following ARD’s complaints that Kabel Deutschland was filtering out its HbbTV signals ahead of cable carriage.
Deutsche Bank has forecast 45 million unit sales for Samsung’s Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge smartphones this year – compared to Samsung’s own prediction of 70 million units (Samsung Expects Big Things of S6). The figure would be the same as Samsung’s previous most-popular flagship, the S4.
V-Valley in Italy has added more Eizo products to its offering. The distributor is now selling Eizo monitors for video-security, healthcare, publishing and data centre applications.
A team from the University of Ulsan, in Korea, claim to have developed a way to raise OLED efficiency by 3,000%! The research team was able to raise efficiency of iridium-doped phosphorescent emitters by strengthening their molecular structure. This was accomplished by synthesising molecules. The two carborane units in the new emitter molecule are tethered … Read more
Amazon is now streaming HDR content on its Prime VoD service in the USA. Plans were announced at NAB this year (Amazon to Offer HDR Content). Currently, content availability is limited to Samsung’s SUHD TVs. No technical details were shared.
Designed with content consumption in mind, BenQ’s 27″ EW2750ZL monitor features slim bezels and edge-to-edge glass. Cinema Mode automatically tunes content to look its best, adjusting image features such as resolution and colour. Resolution can be upscaled with BenQ’s Super Resolution technology. Another feature, to support productivity, is Smart Focus, which turns a single area … Read more
John Lewis has signed a partnership agreement with Vodafone in the UK to start selling mobile phones through some of its stores. The retailer has also strengthened its mobile offering with the addition of 25 new SIM-free models from brands including Samsung, Doro and Microsoft.
A smartphone from Chinese maker Meizu has been launched in Europe – in a slightly unusual way. Rather than standard channel sales, people interested in the MX4 Ubuntu Edition (yes, it runs an unusual OS, as well) can instead visit an ‘origami wall’ on Meizu’s website. Clicking on patterns in the wall has a chance … Read more
More than 29 million PC monitors were shipped worldwide in Q1’15, according to IDC. The figure represents a 12% fall YoY, and was 1.5% below the firm’s forecast. There were some bright spots – shipments in Japan, for instance, rose 2% after four consecutive quarters of declines. However, IDC is still predicting the trend of … Read more
Asian sources have said that Samsung’s SUHD TV sales have passed 10,000 units in the last three months. Sales are expected to continue to climb, to 15,000 units in the first half of 2015. The sources also said that curved TV sales have risen five times in 2015; 52,000 Full HD curved models have been … Read more
A reference code of Technicolor’s single-stream HDR solution is now available for testing. The solution is intended for broadcasters, pay-tv operators and OTT streaming services looking to migrate to HDR video. Technicolor’s solution creates a video benefiting from improved compression efficiency over unprocessed HDR files. It is also compatible with SDR displays. The solution enables … Read more
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