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HD Guru has managed to find prices for all of Samsung’s 2014 UltraHD TVs. These ‘JU’ models are separate to the UN65JS9500 ($8,000) that was introduced at CES. The top-end is the JU7500 series (UNxxJU7500), which are curved. These TVs have a 120Hz refresh rate, edge-LED backlight with local dimming, Samsung’s ‘Wide Colour Enhancer Plus’, … Read more
In an event at its headquarters in Tokyo, Sharp has demonstrated a capacitive touch technology that is sensitive enough to register individual brush strokes. Photo credit: IDG News ServiceA special brush, with capacitive fibres, was used by Sharp staff at the demonstration to ‘draw’ on a 70″ LCD display. They wrote a series of Chinese … Read more
According to the latest report from the British Retail Consortium and KPMG, online sales of non-food products in the UK grew by 8.3% in February compared to a year earlier. The proportion of non-food sales purchased online was 17.5%, which is an increase of 0.9% over February 2014. The BRC said that there were some … Read more
Fraunhofer COMEDD has developed colour-tunable OLED lighting panels, and showed them off at the recent LOPEC event in Munich, Germany. Photo credit: OLED-InfoColour tunability is the feature most desired by lighting designers after flexibility, according to Fraunhofer. The organisation uses a stacked approach, with blue and yellow emitters on top of each other. This means … Read more
The Verge claims that Google is planning to release an update to Android Wear that will bring Wi-Fi support to devices running the OS. Other smaller updates will add gesture control and UI changes.
Last year, HTC offered a lower-priced version of the One M8 smartphone called the One E8; it sacrificed the metal body for plastic, as well as losing the duo camera. The HTC One E9, spotted at China’s TENAA certification centre, was originally thought to be the 2015 variant – but closer examination reveals some key … Read more
Netflix, according to The Hollywood Reporter, has shot season three of its original programme, House of Cards, in 6k resolution. Netflix apparently used cameras from Red to accomplish the high-resolution challenge, with Encore handling post-production. Each hour-long episode is roughly 5.5TB (!) in size, although UltraHD versions – a mere 2.5TB – will be delivered … Read more
Lattice Semiconductor has announced the closure of its acquisition of Silicon Image, at an estimated closing price of $606.6 million. The companies announced that they had entered into an agreement in January (Lattice Semiconductor To Acquire Silicon Image For Approximately $600 Million). The transaction was funded through a combination of cash on hand and $350 … Read more
Despite Apple putting up the majority of the $1.4 billion investment in a new Japan Display LCD plant, JDI will be free to mass-produce products for other vendors at the facility. According to the Japanese paper Nikkan, JDI will be able to take on other work as long as it does not conflict with ‘key … Read more
Taiwan’s two main BLU manufacturers, Coretronic and Radiant-Optoelectronics both reported declines in sales and shipments in February. Coretronic shipped 5.3 million BLU units, 24% down from January and said that it expects overall first quarter BLU shipments to drop 15% from Q4. LCD TV BLUs are forecast to grow over 10%, while for LCD monitor … Read more
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing(TSMC) recorded its lowest monthly sales since June 2014 in February, at NT$62.2 billion ($2 billion). This was 28.1% lower than January 2015 but 33.8% higher than February 2014. For the first two months of the year, TSMC’s increased 52.4% to NT$149.7 billion ($4.7 billion). The company has forecast sales in Q1 of … Read more
Motive and Tablet TV have entered into two licensing agreements for the service’s US and Canadian launch of mobile and VOD content services. They cover the technology used in the service and define the royalties that Motive will receive.
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