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AU Optronics (AUO) has spent NT$4.4 billion ($140.5 million) to acquire a 100% stake in its colour filter affiliate, Toppan CFI. AUO purchased a 49% stake in Toppan in 2006, a company that was established in Taiwan in 2001 by Japan’s Toppan Printing. Toppan CFI has 4.5G, 5G and 6G facilities in Tainan and a … Read more
Atheer Labs (Mountain View, CA) has developed an interactive, 3D, augmented reality “platform” which combines immersive 3D augmented reality with “natural” gesture-based interaction. The so-called Atheer AiR platform consists of a virtual reality user interface called Augmented interactive Reality or AiR OS and the so-called AiR smartglasses. There is a bit of interesting history regarding … Read more
IHS DisplaySearch released its view of the display supply chain in 2014 and 2015. The report looks at large, medium and small panel supply and demand as well as materials and display technologies. In recent years the display industry has not lived up to the dream of a fast growth industry it once was. After … Read more
Dell has announced a range of new additions to its state-of-the-art portfolio of education solutions to enhance the learning experiences of students around the world: the Dell Chromebook 11; Venue 10 and Venue 10 Pro tablets; Latitude 11 Education Series laptop and the Dell Interactive Projector S510. These new products join a great education portfolio … Read more
SES S.A. (NYSE Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) announced that its Ultra High Definition (UHD) demonstration channel is now available in the UK and Ireland. Broadcast via ASTRA 2E at 28.2 degrees East, the new channel will simulcast the UHD demonstration channel that is currently at SES’s primary European orbital position of 19.2 … Read more
Universal Display has revealed some details about LG Display’s flexible OLED capacity. During a conference call with investors, UDC said that LGD’s current monthly capacity is 14,000 substrates from its G4.5 fab – more than double the 6,000 substrates it was producing in 2014 (Display Monitor 21 No 5). UDC says that LGD is using … Read more
As many as 25% of older French TVs could be affected by the country’s switch from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4, says GfK. The firm estimates that about 10 million of the 40 million sets sold pre-2008 will not be able to decode a TV signal compressed with an MPEG-4, and will need to be changed.
SES Astra has extended its UltraHD demo channel for continental Europe to the UK and Ireland. It is broadcast using UltraHD Phase 1 specifications and encoded in the HEVC Main 10 standard. Analyst Comment At ISE, we spoke to someone demonstrating HEVC who said that they had returned a number of the TV sets they … Read more
Freeview, the UK’s most-watched digital TV service, has undergone a major rebrand in preparation for a new product launch that will introduce a mass market connected TV offer. The Freeview logo and visual identity have been refreshed to reflect the platform’s evolving service and will be introduced across Freeview’s product portfolio and brand marketing. The … Read more
While the Google Glass device has been pulled from the consumer market, Google did state that it will still supply the device for corporate applications. CopTrax, a wireless solution for video capture and upload of video files for law enforcement has announced the integration of augmented reality glasses into its product range. The device is … Read more
Trellie, a developer of wearable technology, has announced a partnership with a large jewelry manufacturer to incorporate the firm’s modular smart jewelry technology in its products. The firm’s product concept is illustrated in the photo of a ring with Trellie’s electronics module. Trellie believes that jewelry consumers will purchase various pieces of jewelry or handbag … Read more
A new scaler for digital signage LED videowalls was released by Calibre UK. The LEDView325DS is designed to be cost-effective while also providing high-quality scaling (CEO Tim Brooksbank is particularly outspoken on this topic). It is a hardware-based solution, not software, providing image resizing along each edge, independently. Per-input colour calibration is also a feature, … Read more
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