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ARRIS’ acquisition of Pace created the largest set-top manufacturer, with 22% worldwide market share of the set-top box market. ARRIS is about three times larger than most competitors including EchoStar, Technicolor, Cisco, and Humax. Set-top semiconductor leader Broadcom was also acquired by relative newcomer Avago, an acquisition not directly impactful to the set-top market, but … Read more
This week in Orlando provided a full set of news for the Pro AV market on all levels. First, we had Display Summit 2015 and then InfoComm opened its doors to all things Pro AV. While InfoComm is still in full swing as I am typing this article, by the time you get to read … Read more
V-Nova has demonstrated the practicality of its Perseus signal compression technology in the Airbus Group pavilion at the Paris Air Show 2015. V-Nova wanted to show how Perseus was not limited to broadcasting, but could be used in industries such as aerospace and medical imaging.
Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB) and JT Bioscopen today announced that JT Hilversum will be JT Bioscopen’s second Dolby Cinema™ location in the Netherlands. Dolby Cinema, featuring Dolby Vision™ and Dolby Atmos®, is a premium cinema offering for moviegoers that combines spectacular image and sound technologies with inspired design to make every visit a completely captivating … Read more
The name of Huawei’s new tablet, the T1 10″, is slightly misleading, as it isn’t actually a 10″ (or even 10.1″) model at all – the display is 9.6″. According to Techradar, which asked Huawei for clarification, the company’s response was, ‘[T]he Huawei T1 has a 10″ screen and offers a 9.6 inch IPS LCD … Read more
Dutch company Fairphone is a phone maker with a difference. The company’s self-named smartphone uses ethically-sourced materials and is designed to have a long lifespan: it is modular, but in a different vein to Project Ara. Rather than users replacing the display module when they want a larger screen, or adding better speakers, the Fairphone … Read more
According to an AMD representative on the Overclockers UK forum, AMD’s new ‘Fiji’ chip (AMD Has Big Plans for UltraHD) does not support an important part of the HDMI 2.0 standard: the ability to transfer UltraHD signals at 60fps. Instead, users are recommended to use DisplayPort. Commentators agree that this will severely hinder the chip’s … Read more
Toshiba has announced a range of laptops that will go on sale at the start of July, just before the launch of Windows 10. Each one uses either a new AMD Carrizo or a fifth-generation Intel chip; they will run Windows 8.1, with a free upgrade to Windows 10 later in the month. The four … Read more
Around 1,500 police officers in Cumbria (UK) have been issued with a Samsung Galaxy Note 4 device, as part of an effort to modernise policing in the area. The move is part of a £1.8 million ($2.6 million) initiative by the Cumbria Constabulary. Samsung’s phones are pre-loaded with policing apps and services, so officers can … Read more
Radiocom, the Romanian national transmission company, has begun DVB-T2 tests. The tests are taking place in Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Iasi and Timisoara. All transmitters for DVB-T2 should be in place by the end of 2016.
The BBC is trialing a way for people to control their TV using the power of their thoughts. BBC Digital created the prototype with The Place. 10 BBC employees used a headset, measuring electrical activity in the brain, to open the iPlayer and start viewing a programme, without touching a physical controller. Concentrating hard enough … Read more
A second Dolby Cinema (Dolby to Take on IMAX in Large Format Theaters) is to be opened in the Netherlands. The location will be JT Bioscopen’s JT Hilversum theatre, following an opening in Eindhoven last year. It will be officially opened on 15th July.
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