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Aymar de LencquesaingEric CadorFollowing the recent realignment of its business groups and geographies, Lenovo has named new leaders for North America and EMEA. Aymar de Lencquesaing, currently president of EMEA, has been named president of Lenovo North America. He joined Lenovo in 2013 to lead the company’s drive in the mobile space in EMEA, being … Read more
Canon Inc. announced today the development of XF-AVC, a new proprietary video format for the efficient recording of high-image-quality 4K, 2K and HD video footage. Mainly targeting professional-use 4K video camcorders, XF-AVC will deliver enhanced workflows across various stages of the production process, from shooting to editing. In recent years, the widespread use of digital … Read more
The DP-V2410 is a 24″ LCD reference display from Canon, with the ability to display both ‘more pixels’ and ‘better pixels’. Canon built the monitor for use on-set and on-location in both broadcast and cinema production. It can be used for quality control; focusing and exposure confirmation; and colour management and grading. The DP-V2410 has … Read more
Acer has won five Red Dot design awards, four of which are for the company’s notebooks. The Aspire Switch 12, Travelmate P645, Aspire R13 and Aspire V Nitro were honoured, as well as the Revo One RL85 mini-PC.
Insurance firm SquareTrade recently put the HTC One M9, iPhone 6 Plus and Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge through bending tests. Both the iPhone and Galaxy were found to bend – but while the iPhone deformed a little, the Galaxy’s display cracked. Samsung has disputed the test, saying that the 50kg of force in the test … Read more
Aixtron is to acquire privately held Silicon Valley-based PlasmaSi, for approximately $16 million. PlasmaSi enables the encapsulation of organic thin-films by depositing ultra-thin and flexible barrier films through its proprietary technology which are said to be particularly well-suited for next-generation OLED display products including mobile phones, hand-held devices, tablets, wearables and large screen HDTVs. Aixtron … Read more
AUO recently showed a range of new products at the China Information Technology Expo 2015, in Shenzen. As well as its existing range of UltraHD quantum dot LCD TVs (55″ – 85″), AUO debuted the world’s largest curved monitor and a circular AMOLED display for smartwatches. A key announcement by AUO was the reveal of … Read more
Gefen has released a new 8×8 matrix which is capable of handling UltraHD signals into its Toolbox line. The Toolbox 4k UltraHD 8×8 Matrix (GTB-HD4k2k-848-BLK) is a surface-mountable alternative to rack-mounted units. It is HDCP-compliant, routing up to eight UltraHD sources to the same number of displays via HDMI. Resolutions up to DCI-4k (at 24Hz) … Read more
Two new narrow-bezel video wall displays have been introduced by Eyevis, in the EYE-LCD range. The 55″ EYE-LCD-5500-XSN-LD-FX-700 has a 3.5mm bezel and 700 cd/m² of brightness, while the fanless 47″ EYE-LCD-4700-USN-LD-FX has a 4.9mm bezel and 450 cd/m². Both new displays are intended to be cost-efficient products with high-quality image reproduction. They consume 140W … Read more
Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) reported sales in the first three months of the year of NT$13.2 billion ($423.9 million), 11.6% down on the same period of 2014. In March, CPT’s sales reached NT$4.6 billion ($147.7 million), 19.9% higher than February but 19.6% down on March 2014. The company’s large panel shipments in March increased 8.8% … Read more
Samsung and LG have won Energy Star Partner of the Year awards, from the USA’s Environmental Protection Agency. Both companies won a Sustained Excellence award, while Samsung also took a Climate Communications award.
The first graphene quantum dots, made with high-quantum-yield nanodots (obtained through graphite intercalation compound synthesis), have enabled luminance above 1,000cd/m² in OLEDs. Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) worked on the quantum dots, in which graphene replaces cadmium. Carbon has recently begun to be used as a replacement for cadmium; … Read more
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