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After being a fast adopter of S3D (Display Monitor Vol 17 No 23) and UltraHD (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 41), the adult entertainment industry is prepared to cash in on a technology that seems to be tailor-made for it: VR. Utherverse, a Canadian company, is preparing to launch Red Light Centre, a multiplayer adult … Read more
According to Warranty Week, there is a small group amongst the top 200 US warranty providers (US-based manufacturers spending $8 million+ per year on warranty claims) that has consistently reduced their warranty expense rates over the last 12 years. The group, consisting of just eight companies, have saved millions – if not billions – of dollars each … Read more
Microsoft has started to roll out the Lumia Denim update to Windows Phone 8.1 handsets. Denim provides several new and updated features, including an improved version of the Cortana virtual assistant and – for some devices – an updated camera app, which can shoot in UltraHD.
Asda and Roku have joined the Digital Television Group in the UK.
HTC has sent out invitations to a pre-MWC media event in Barcelona, starting rumours about the introduction of new products. The invitation shows a starry sky and the words ‘Utopic in progress’ – sufficiently abstract as to not give anything away! However, the HTC One M8 was launched in late March 2014, so a successor … Read more
The Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) expects China to purchase at least $4.5 billion worth of panels from the country this year.
A DTT tender process has begun in Romania. Regulat Ancom has already received five applications to run two new DTT multiplexes, from 2K Telecom; Radio M Plus; Regal; Cargo Speed; and Digital Video Broadcast. The licenses will run for 10 years and start on 17th June.
There has been much development and even more talk about new transparent-conductor technologies to replace the brittle and not-all-that-conductive indium tin oxide (ITO), which has been the dominant technology for creating patterns on touch sensors for many years and remains so today. The most commercially advanced alternative is theClearOhm silver nanowire (AgNW) ink from Cambrios. … Read more
You might not expect much discussion of display materials to go on at CES, but as CES increasingly becomes less of a consumer electronics show and more of an SoE (show of everything), an increasing number of technical conversations about materials, panels, chips, and components are held in hotel suites, cocktail lounges, and those pre-fab … Read more
Not many years ago, the North Hall at the International Consumer Electronics Show looked like a compact version of the the annual show put on by the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA). The hall bristled with garish but beautifully executed custom vehicles, and the air pounded with powerful custom audio systems exquisitely integrated into those … Read more
In an attempt to standardise a coding system for the Advanced Display Stream Compression (A-DSC) standard, VESA has issued a Call for Technology (CfT). The CfT includes requirements that apply to solutions, evaluation criteria and required items to be submitted. VESA intends to standardise a visually lossless compression system for high-bandwidth video, at lower compressed bit rates than … Read more
At CES 2015 this year, the energy and excitement over the exponential growth of wearable technology was palpable as you entered the exhibit hall at the Sands in Las Vegas. From giant multinational corporations such as Epson to shoestring startups that spring from university labs, hundreds of new products are poised to solve problems from … Read more
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