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This is a tale of highs and lows. A woman in the USA recently took several boxes of her departed husband’s possessions along to a recycling centre in California. Unknown to her, one of the boxes contained an Apple 1 computer – one of only 200 ever made. The company running the tip, CleanBayArea, went … Read more
Skyworth has announced that it using Realtek’s chips in its UltraHD HDR TVs. Around 30% of Skyworth’s TVs shipped this year (the company is aiming to 13.2 million units) will use Realtek’s devices, said company president Yang Dongwen.
The UK’s Digital Television Group has formed an MHEG transition group. The new group will consider the challenges of introducing HbbTV 2.0-based interactive services to the UK’s DTT platform. They will also identify the requirements for discontinuing MHEG services. A white paper will be issued by the end of the year.
Ateme has said that Samsung is using the Titan transcoding solution, with HDR support, in its UltraHD HDR TVs. The products are part of Samsung’s SUHD line.
EE and partners have demonstrated a 4G Broadcast trial at London’s Wembley Stadium. A custom-built app enabled select viewers in the stadium, during the FA Cup Final last month, to watch a live-stream of the game. Viewers had control of camera angles and replays, as well as access to live game statistics and an interactive … Read more
Dow Electronic Materials, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) today announced it will discuss emerging technologies in the field of display at Society for Information Display (SID) Display Week 2015 in San Jose, CA, May 31 – June 5, 2015. SID Display Week is an annual worldwide event showcasing advancements in electronic … Read more
Sony has introduced new laser- and lamp-based 3LCD projectors, ahead of Infocomm this month. The VPL-FHZ60 (laser) and VPL-FH60 (lamp) are B2B models with HDBaseT connectivity and image enhancement functions. ‘Reality Creation’ and ‘Contrast Enhancer’ are already in use on Sony’s high-end home cinema projectors. Reality Creation is an algorithm that analyses and processes input … Read more
At the (almost) standing room only Display Week Business Conference to kick off the Society for Information Display’s yearly symposium and expo, the pre-show audience was flooded with marketing data from presentations documenting the past – benchmarking the present – and predicting the future of all things display. In his talk “Flat Panel Display – … Read more
The District Court in Dusseldorf, Germany has granted Osram an injunction against Asustek Computer in a patent infringement lawsuit. Osram had claimed that certain white LEDs, such as those incorporated in Asus’ Nexus 7 tablets, infringed one of its German patents. The court rejected Asus’ motion to stay the proceedings following an invalidity lawsuit raised … Read more
VESA has updated its Multiple Projection Common Data Interchange (MPCDI) standard, with changes intended to mitigate the colour differences that arise when blending the output of different projectors. Version 2.0 of the standard should enable greater performance in terms of colour consistency, brightness and intensity, says VESA. MPCDI was introduced in mid-2013 to standardise techniques … Read more
Forecast to grow 250% this year, smartwatch display shipments will reach a new record level in 2015, of 34 million units, says IHS. Demand for the Apple Watch will drive the increase. The display industry is still evaluating the staying power of smartwatch demand, in order to avoid oversupply in the coming year. Smartwatch display … Read more
The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA®) today released Version 2.0 of the VESA Multiple Projection Common Data Interchange (MPCDI) Standard. Developed by VESA’s Multi-Projector Automatic Calibration (MPAC) Task Group, the standard creates a standard data format for multi-projector alignment systems, allowing these systems to produce data that can be easily utilized and integrated by a … Read more
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