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An Apple 1 computer – one of only 13 still in existence – has been listed on eBay. The seller is Bob Luther, who is selling off his collection of Apple products. 10% of the profits will go towards the ALS Association. Luther sold an Apple 1 on eBay last year, for $365,000. The new … Read more
AU Optronics (AUO) appeared in a US court this week to deny charges that it had failed to implement an effective compliance programme, after the company was found guilty in 2008 of conspiring to fix LCD panel prices. According to the arraignment in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, which was … Read more
A Korean website, Inews24, says that concerns over profitability will keep Samsung from launching 7″+ flexible tablet products this year. The company will instead look to apply the technology to smartphones.
The Volvo XC90 has its own infotainment system, complemented with third-party productsThanks to a rapid expansion of connected navigation systems and in-car Wi-Fi, ABI Research predicts that Connected Automotive Infotainment Systems (CAIS) will grow at a 33.8% CAGR over the next five years. More than 342 million systems will have shipped between 2015 and 2020. … Read more
Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent say they have entered into a memorandum of understanding under which Nokia will offer to buy all of Alcatel-Lucent’s equity shares through a public exchange offer in France and the US. The all-share deal values Alcatel-Lucent at €15.6 billion. Nokia said that the combined company would create “an innovation leader in next … Read more
Hisense announced the 55TX810 last December, but we missed the announcement at the time – our apologies. Release details have now been shared, so we are revisiting the model. The 55″ TV is a curved LCD set, with UltraHD resolution, smart functionality and wireless connectivity in the form of Miracast and DLNA. Despite being announced … Read more
Eizo’s Flexscan T23 81W touch screen monitor has been chosen by the USA’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), for use in En Route Information Display Systems (ERIDS). ERIDS are used to map flights and manage important information. Eizo’s 23″ monitor will be rolled out to more than 1,200 workstations this year.
The Connected100 survey, by the Connected100 research group, has shown that the key TV innovation drivers in coming years will be OTT (87.5% of respondents) UltraHD (77.5%) and TV Everywhere (70%). Linear broadcast (7.5%) will lose out to personalised services accessed through the cloud or connected devices.
ViXS has launched the XCode Pro 370 decoder, which integrates new features such as high dynamic range (HDR) and 12-bit colour. The chip has been launched to support the use of UltraHD in production and distribution. ViXS will begin sampling for the device in Q3.
Taiwan’s E-Lead Electronics has developed a low-cost automotive HUD, showing it at the Taipei AMPA & AutoTronics show earlier this month. In-car HUDs usually take the form of a dedicated transparent display (‘combiner type’) or a windscreen and projector combination (‘windscreen type’); information is projected onto these displays. Another form factor uses projectors and mirrors … Read more
Market researcher Accenture has bad news for the TV market. In a new research report titled ‘Digital Video and the Connected Consumer’, TV was the only product category to experience double-digit usage declines across different media types, worldwide, among viewers of ‘nearly all’ ages. Consumers are instead turning to PCs and mobiles to consume video … Read more
On April 13th, Vizio issued a pair of press releases on its Reference Series LCD displays and its partnership with Dolby. The partnership with Dolby will allow Vizio to incorporate Dolby Vision high dynamic range (HDR) technology into its displays. According to Vizio, these are the first Dolby Vision-enabled televisions. That evening, I attended the … Read more
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