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ANGA Predicts Analogue Cable’s Death

The Association of German Cable Operators (ANGA) expects that the requirements for the termination of analogue TV signals on cable networks in Germany will be met by the end of 2018. The forecast is based on an assumption: that the pre-conditions for ASO will be in place nationwide by 2018. One of these conditions is … Read more

Medical Projector Reaches 14,000 Lumens

Eiki’s newest 3DLP projector is designed for medical training and educational applications. The EIP-UJT100 is a bright (14,000 lumens) model for large venues, with DICOM Simulation mode for greyscale image viewing. The projector can support 3D imagery, as well as blending, warping and four-corner keystone correction. It also features six lens options, with throw ratios … Read more

Large Battery Options for Handheld Group’s Rugged Tablet

The Handheld Group’s Algiz A10X-7P01-V2 is a rugged tablet PC, running Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 on a quad-core Intel Celeron CPU, with 4GB of RAM. It is compliant with IP65 and MIL-STD-810G protection, against solid and liquid ingress; temperature (-20° – 60°); humidity; shock; and vibrations. Resistive touch technology is used. 1366 x 768 … Read more

Taiwan Chip Makers Post Increased Sales

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) achieved a 15.4% year on year increase in sales in May to NT$70.1 billion ($2.2 billion), though this was 6.9% lower than the previous month. TSMC’s sales for the first five months of the year totaled NT$367.5 billion ($11.8 billion), 35.7% higher than the corresponding period of last year. United Microelectronics … Read more

Kopin Positive on New Applications (IC10)

Dr John Fan is CEO of Kopin, which makes microdisplays. Fan said that the company is looking strongly at going into wearables. He said that the headset is the most important wearable device, but is the most difficult to make well because of the channels. There are several categories of headset, one for “information snacking”, … Read more

Gagnon Warns on Inelastic Market for Large TVs (IC7)

In a talk over lunch, Paul Gagnon of IHS gave a good talk on TV trends. He was very interesting on the conservative nature of buyers of very big screens. The sales of very large (>60″) are really quite small. Price elasticity is very low in large TVs. Simply dropping prices doesn’t drive real volume. … Read more

Tactus Adds Feeling to Touch (IC6)

Tactus is a developer of IP for creating raised areas on touch screens, which it calls “Phorm”. This can be used to create better keyboards and input systems. The company has its first product coming out this year and its main manufacturing partner is Wistron. The first product is an add-on for an iPhone mini … Read more