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James Hwang, chairman of rugged PC vendor Getac, has said that YoY shipment growth is expected to reach 15% this year. The rugged PC market’s average growth is between 5% and 10%. Getac recently began shipping its products to new clients, such as the US army and BMW, and expects three to five new customers … Read more
Japan’s NTT showed off a new professional video encoder LSI, capable of handling UltraHD at 60fps, in real-time. The encoder supports the HEVC codec. According to NTT, the LSI is the first every to comply with the Main 10 (4:2:2) profile. The single-chip nature of the encoder also reduces footprint to as low as 1/16 … Read more
Apple consistently out performed sales estimates of its iPhones but Digitimes is convinced Samsung will stay on top of the Smartphone heap The research arm of Digitimes (D-T) has released a prediction that flatly states Samsung Electronics will lead the rankings of top smartphone vendors in 2015 with more than 1/2 billion units coming from … Read more
In recent years, automobiles have edged their way into the consumer electronics world. While automotive applications such as car stereos and media players have always been part of the electronics industry, car brands are now showing up at consumer electronics shows including CES and MWC. They are showing off the latest car trends by integrating … Read more
TCL, one of the fastest growing TV brands in the U.S., unveiled its Roku TV™ line-up for the first half of 2015. In partnership with Roku Inc., TCL will bring to market 11 TCL Roku TV models across three new series: 3700 Entry-Level Series, 3800 Design Series and the top-of-the-line 3850 Decorator Series. Roku TV … Read more
If getting ahead of trends in display technology is important to your business, you need to be at Display Week 2015 in San Jose CA, May 31-June 5. Case in point: SID has given Best in Show and Display Industry Awards to exhibiting companies like 3M, Nanosys, and QD Vision for their quantum dot technology … Read more
ChipSip, the Taiwanese “system in package” design house has announced the release of its augmented reality headset called SIME. The smartglasses are of the one-eye see through type and are very similar to the Google Glass design. (If you think that Google Glass is not very appealing and nerdy looking, the SIME may not be … Read more
Sony is returning to NAB this April to showcase its latest developments around 4K technology and IP Live Production, as well as demonstrating its commitment to delivering end-to-end solutions that provide true value from acquisition to archive. Sony will expand upon its ‘Beyond Definition’ vision and show what exciting opportunities the future holds for the … Read more
12 of the 13 screens at the new Larry H. Miller Megaplex Theatres in Vineyard, Utah use Christie’s Solaria series projectors. Each of the Christie auditoria is capable of high frame rate projection, and 10 feature Dolby Surround 7.1. The cinema was opened earlier this month.
Every MP in the UK – all 650 of them – will be given an iPad Air 2 after the General Election in May. The plan will cost around £200,000 ($300,000) a year – although the House of Commons Commission claims that it will save as much as £3 million ($4.5 million) in printing costs. … Read more
Fraunhofer FEP will present a new OLED microdisplay at HMI 2015 in Hannover next month (13th – 17th April), which will combine display and camera functions. The new full-colour unit is bi-directional; it is a display element with an embedded image sensor. Thanks to this design, users can control images and video on the display … Read more
TDG analyst Joel Espelien has called Sony’s Playstation Vue streaming service, launched in the USA recently, “dead on arrival”. According to Espelien, the service was “well-intentioned” in development, but is out of touch with its target millenial male audience, suffering from a high price and lack of sporting content. The price is considered too close … Read more
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