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TV Connect 2015 Roundup

Arris’s new remote looks attractive – and Ruwido was on the firm’s booth, so….Access was showing its latest developments. Access makes components (such as a browser) that are integrated into middleware. The company’s added value often comes from careful optimisation of software and hardware acceleration. The latest developments is in the area of metadata and … Read more

Getac Announces Significant Upgrades to Company’s Fastest-Selling F110 Rugged Tablet and V110 Rugged Convertible Notebook

Getac Inc., a leading manufacturer of rugged computers, today released the updated V110 rugged convertible and the updated F110 rugged tablet, making Getac’s fastest-selling products even better. The second generation F110 and V110 products each feature a fifth generation Intel Processor, Intel HD Graphics 5500, an eight-megapixel rear camera, a front HD webcam and an … Read more

Resolution on a Budget Promised by Dune HD

Dune HD was the sponsor of the show’s lanyards and badges, and had a prominent spot near the front of the hall. The company was promoting its new UltraHD products, which – it said – are ‘the first budget operator-ready solutions with HEVC and 4k UltraHD support’. Three new products were on show, all marketed … Read more

Tianma NLT America Introduces New 4K2K LCD with NLT’S Proprietary SFT2 Technology for Ultra-high Transmissivity

Tianma NLT America has introduced a new 19.5″ diagonal 4K2K resolution LCD developed by NLT Technologies Ltd. with a proprietary pixel structure that delivers high transmissivity and high-density color display. The new LCD utilizes NLT’s proprietary new Super Fine TFT2 (SFT2) technology, which is comparable to In-Plane Switching (IPS) and an evolutionary version of NLT’s … Read more

Canatu Launches High Transmittance CNB™ Transparent Conductive Film for Touch Sensors

Canatu, a manufacturer of next generation transparent conductive films and touch sensors, announces a new generation of high optical transmittance CNB™ (Carbon NanoBud®)transparent conductive films at PrintedElectronics Europe in Berlin on April 28th, 2015. Canatu’s Generation 6 CNB™ Film boasts significantly improved light transmittance. With zero haze, zero reflectance and high transmittance, CNB films have … Read more

Canatu Raises Light Transmittance

Canatu announced a new generation of high-optical-transmittance carbon nanobud (CNB) films at Printed Electronics Europe last month. The Generation 6 film features ‘significantly improved’ light transmittance over previous products, as well as zero haze or reflectance. On a sheet resistance of 100 Ohms/square, transmittance is 95% – and 97% at 150 Ohms/square. Canatu also said … Read more

Rice Uni Bringing Touch to Gaming in a Whole New Way

The USA’s Rice University is developing haptics for virtual reality, to provide gamers with physical feedback. The Hands Omni glove is a prototype, sponsored by VR company Virtuix. The glove inflates bladders underneath the fingers, to make it feel as though a gamer is actually holding a real object. Analyst Comment Is this wearable the … Read more

Albis Focuses on IPTV

Albis Technologies showed its Scenegate set-top boxes. These are designed to support both traditional (IPTV, broadcast and VoD) and value-added services (OTT, interactive, media sharing). The Scenegate 8073 is Albis’ newest STB, introduced at IBC 2014. It is an entry-level IPTV and OTT unit, with DLNA support and delivering 1920 x 1080 resolution. The box … Read more

Amino Rolls Out Smart Home to Non-IP Customers

Multiscreen solutions were the highlight of Amino’s stand. The company is an IPTV specialist and was highlighting the technology’s distribution capabilities. Amino was showcasing an UltraHD HEVC platform using its Aminet software, as well as the Live Advanced Media Platform and Premium Connect solution. The latter two products are used for multi-stream recording and multi-screen … Read more

Anga Com Replaces STB Vendors

Anga Com 2015 will take place in Cologne, Germany from the 9th – 11th June, and bookings have exceeded expectations. 440 exhibitors from 35 countries have booked space so far. Anga Com managing director, Peter Charissé, said, “We have been able to more than compensate the market-driven decline among set-top-box providers by new participants from … Read more

Clear Channel’s Storm Spreads Over Midlands

Clear Channel has launched two new sites, under its Storm brand. The first, the Hammersmith Tower, is on the Hammersmith Flyover in London – the sixteenth location in the city for the Storm network. The screen is 5.38m x 6.91m, with a 12mm pixel pitch on the main screen and 6mm pitch on the logo … Read more