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Vitec to Unveil World’s First Portable HEVC Encoder and IPTV Solutions at 2015 NAB Show

VITEC, a worldwide leading provider of powerful digital video solutions, will exhibit exciting new products and its professional-grade video technologies at the 2015 NAB Show, April 13-16 in the Las Vegas Convention Center. Visitors to VITEC’s booth SL6305 can also register for a chance to win a GoPro camera. The VITEC booth will feature live … Read more

Magic Leap Shows a Glimps of Augmented Reality Game

Magic Leap made headlines after closing a financing round of over half a billion dollars last year. Just in case you wonder what you can do with that amount of cash, the company has uploaded the following video to give us all a hint of what to expect. The video shows a first person shooting … Read more

SiliconCore Granted Two Common Cathode LED Patents

SiliconCore has been granted two patents by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) which describe a common cathode LED system. The new patents, US 8963811 B2 and US 8963810 B2, both titled ‘LED Display Systems’, cover all methods of control and access to common cathode LEDs and all common architectural elements used to build … Read more

Li-Fi is not a Misprint…

We recently saw a news item stating that Yuyang D&U has started to commercialise Li-Fi and we thought it might be useful to give a bit of background on the technology. Yuyang has a deal with LG Innotek to develop the concept. Li-Fi is optical networking* and exploits the fact that LEDs are semiconductors and … Read more

Kyocera Introduces Robust 4.2” and 5.0” TFT LCD Displays for Outdoor Applications

Kyocera has introduced two small-form-factor TFT LCD displays that offer high performance and robust design for industrial markets. Available now, both products are designed to perform in harsh environment and extreme temperature applications including outdoor control panels, construction and agricultural equipment, avionics, and other devices that require reliable performance in the most punishing environments. The … Read more

Sibean Joins Next Generation Mobile Networks Alliance

SiBEAM, Inc., a pioneer and leader in millimeter-wave technologies for wireless communications, announced its membership as an active sponsor of the Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) Alliance, joining leading operators and manufacturers representing the full ecosystem of the mobile industry. SiBEAM brings to the alliance its expertise in millimeter-wave technology, including its production-proven beam forming … Read more

Kyocera’s Displays Withstand Extreme Temperatures

Two new small TFT-LCD displays have been developed by Kyocera, for the industrial market. They are available now and can perform in harsh environments and extreme temperatures (-30° – 85°), as well as outdoors. The 4.2″ display is the T-57152GD042H-LW-AAN. It has 480 x 272 resolution, with 700cd/m² of brightness and an anti-glare surface treatment. … Read more

Hon Hai Considering Sharp Investment

Hon Hai Precision is reported to be considering investing in Sharp but if it does, chairman Terry Gou would want to participate in Sharp’s management. The two companies signed an agreement in March 2012 which would have given Hon Hai an almost 10% share in Sharp for around $708 million (Display Monitor Vol 19 No … Read more

Apple Cuts Watch Targets on Display Concerns…

According to Taiwan’s UDN Mobile, Apple has halved its Apple Watch shipment targets. The new target is 1.25 million – 1.5 million units per month, from 2.5 million – 3 million. ‘Sources in Apple’s supply chain’ have apparently told UDN that the cuts have to do with the supply of AMOLED displays from LG Display. … Read more

Google Glass is Still Kicking

Google’s chairman Eric Schmidt has said that Google Glass has not been cancelled (Google Glass is off the Shelves for Now) – simply postponed. The project is “too important” to scrap, he told the Wall Street Journal. Google is still planning on making the product ready for consumers’ use. “We ended the Explorer programme and … Read more