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Announced in April, Acer’s Chromebase AIO PC – running Google’s Chrome OS – is now available. The DC221HQ is said to be the first AIO running Chrome. Because Chrome has low hardware requirements, Acer was able to use ARM-based components. For instance, an Nvidia Tegra K1 SoC (quad-core Cortex-A15 CPU and Kepler-based GPU) runs the … Read more
Marketsandmarkets has published a new report on the global display market: including LCD, LED, OLED and electrophoretic types. The report (paid: http://tinyurl.com/ptorcva) analyses the display market to 2020. CAGR is expected to be 6% over the next five years, with the overall market reaching a value of $155.5 billion by 2020.
Anandtech has posted an article analysing the varying power consumption levels of Samsung’s AMOLED displays, in the Galaxy S4, S5, S5 LTE-A and S6. A white image (forcing the OLED display to draw the most power) was used in the tests. The older Galaxy S4 was, naturally, found to have the least efficient display. Most … Read more
In the UK, Prestigio has signed a partnership with Game to launch various products across the retailer’s 320 stores. Devices which will be available include the Prestigio Grace X3 Multiphone and Prestigio Multipad 3017. Earlier this month, Prestigio also signed a deal with UK homeware retailer, Robert Dyas, to sell its flagship Android tablets.
China’s OnePlus has teased more information about its upcoming smartphone (OnePlus Plans Second Exclusive Handset), the OnePlus Two. On Twitter, the company announced that the phone would use a USB-C connector, incorporating special features developed by OnePlus.
The US Department of Justice has given its approval to Nokia Networks’ proposed merger with Alcatel-Lucent. Nokia has already gained approval for the deal in Serbia and Brazil, while the EU’s antitrust regulators are scheduled to make a decision by 27th July. In April, the two companies entered into a memorandum of understanding under which … Read more
Blackberry recorded a net loss in the first quarter of $28 million on turnover of $658 million, which compares with a net profit a year earlier of $23 million on turnover of $966 million. The loss was partly attributed to a fall in smartphone device sales to 1.1 million units, compared with 1.6 million units … Read more
Sources in Asia say that Samsung is preparing to compete with Apple’s next iPhone – expected in the second second half of 2015 – by pushing R&D on its next Galaxy flagship. The so-called Galaxy S7 will be released two or three months ahead of schedule, say the sources.
31% of broadcasters see no potential gain from HDR or HFR A survey by Quantel and Snell predicts that 60% of broadcasters only consider UltraHD as relevant to the future (on a two-to-five-year timescale). The survey only briefly touched on UltraHD TV – mostly it was examining attitudes towards IPTV. Only 19% of the respondents … Read more
Manhattan TV is to launch a range of Freeview Play set-top boxes in the UK early next year. There will be a standalone receiver (T3) and two digital recorders (T3-R), with 500GB and 1TB of storage.
In addition to Da-Lite, several other screen companies were demonstrating their products at Infocomm as well, although none of the others had product introductions comparable to the Parallax screen. Several of them already have high-contrast front projection screens for this market, including DNP’s Supernova and the Screen Innovations Short Throw screens. Screen Innovations short throw … Read more
At Infocomm Da-Lite was demonstrating their Parallax high contrast front projection screens. There are two members of the Parallax family, the Parallax 0.8 and the Parallax UST 0.45. These are structured screens designed for short-throw and ultra-short throw projectors mounted below the screen. The screens have structure and microlayers that block and absorb light. Light … Read more
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