Sharp Cuts LCD TV Estimate
Local sources say that Sharp estimates that LCD TV shipments will reach 6 million units in the fiscal 2014/15 year, which ends in March. The company had been targeting 8.2 million units.
UltraHD Sport Broadcast Live in Japan
Japan’s Wowow satellite TV station has successfully broadcast two UltraHD programmes: a tennis match in Tokyo and a boxing match in Yokohama. The events were broadcast live from the company’s studio for Belle Salle Akihabara Event Hall in Tokyo, for public viewing on an UltraHD 355″ LED display. Wowow used the Barnfind Barnone BTF1-07 WDM system for … Read more
Pay-TV Rises in UK but TV Ownership Falls
According to UK regulator Ofcom, 61% of adults in the country take a pay-TV service, an increase from 58% in 2013. DTT coverage is ‘almost universal’ (98.5%), although there was an increase in non-ownership of digital TV (from 2% to 4%), which was most notable amongst 16-24 year-olds. 83% of households have internet access and … Read more
AT&T Adds Video Subs
73,000 subscribers joined AT&T’s U-Verse service in Q4, to reach almost 6 million for the year overall. At the end of the quarter, U-Verse TV penetration was about 22%.
Computer Graphics Drive Display Applications
French designer Benoît Dereau has produced a striking example of the capabilities of computer graphics (CG). His Unreal Paris video (embedded below) created using Unreal Engine 4 illustrates for me the manner in which advances in computer graphics drive display applications in gaming, architectural rendering and more. I watched Unreal Paris at my desktop computer monitor and found that the overall design, … Read more
Vuzix Delivers Working Enterprise Smart Glasses Solution to DHL for Warehouse Picking
Vuzix® Corporation (NASDAQ: VUZI) (“Vuzix” or, the “Company”), a leading supplier of video eyewear and smart glasses products in the consumer, commercial and entertainment markets, announced that its M100 Smart Glasses along with warehouse “vision picking” software developed by Ubimax, a leading wearable computing solutions company has successfully delivered hands-free warehouse solutions for DHL, the world’s … Read more
Lattice Semiconductor To Acquire Silicon Image For Approximately $600 Million
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC), a leading provider of programmable connectivity solutions, and Silicon Image, Inc. (NASDAQ: SIMG), a leading provider of wired and wireless connectivity solutions, today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement, pursuant to which Lattice will acquire Silicon Image in an all-cash tender offer of $7.30 per share, representing an … Read more
Microsoft Reports Q4’2014 Results Signaling a New Direction
The last financial results from Microsoft for the 4th quarter of calendar year 2014, which is the 2nd quarter of the Microsoft fiscal year, are showing a positive development overall. The following chart shows the top level view. Source: Microsoft The total revenue grew by 8% over the same period a year ago, while the … Read more
Protec Projection Maps on Moving Surfaces
Object tracking technology supplied by CAST BlackTrax Ltd (Toronto, Canada) was used by Production Technology LLC (Protec, Dubai, U.A.E.), at the Hamdan bin Mohammed Programme for Smart Government awards (HbMPSG) in late 2014. Protec is said to be the largest live events production and equipment rental company in the Middle East and the fifth largest of this type … Read more
Sensio Announces 4K 3D TV Distribution Format
On January 5th, Sensio (Montreal, Québec, Canada) announced a new 3D format at CES 2015 for streaming 3D content to UHD televisions called the Sensio 3D/4K format. According to the company, this format is compatible with all video compression codecs including HEVC. The format makes it possible to distribute 3D HD content without any stereoscopic compression loss, … Read more
SMI has partnered with OmniVision
Eye tracking: bringing back jamjar specs one face at a timeSensomotoric Instruments has teamed up with Omnivision to develop a new eye-tracking platform, for both consumer and professional applications. The platform combines OmniVision’s imaging solutions and SMI’s iView NG eye tracking software. It will be available to manufacturers this year. A video is available at http://tinyurl.com/pjc6rgd. … Read more
ZTE Unveils Blade S6 4G Smartphone Adds Six Features
The Blade S6, ZTE’s newest smartphone, boasts six key features – hence the name (Samsung is probably unhappy right now – TA). Gesture motion control (‘Smart Sense’) is the first feature. Users can make a gesture that will turn on the flashlight, activate a mirror app, take rapid photos, play music and enable other functions. … Read more
