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TVs were Haier’s focus at CES; while the company has a range of mobile devices, it introduces them at different shows, including IFA. On the subject of IFA, several products from the 2014 show were on display at CES. These included the U9000 modular TV (similar to Samsung’s Evolution Kit-compatible sets), which is due to … Read more
Lenovo had a huge range of new products at CES, but was not showing publicly on the show floor. Fortunately, we have friends in high places and we were able to meet the company a couple of times at the Pepcom event and also in the meeting room in the Venetian. Lenovo is doing well … Read more
UL Consumer Technology, a global leader of product safety testing and certification for over 100 years, announced today the launch of a comprehensive service that offers customized product validation, advisory, testing, risk mitigation, interoperability, and global market access services. The services will help to assist manufacturers in supplying consumers with safer and more reliable wearable … Read more
According to Touch Display Research, the quantum dot component market will be worth more than $2 billion by 2016, and exceed $10.6 billion by 2025. Jennifer Colegrove, CEO and principal analyst, said that quantum dots are “one of the biggest breakthrough technologies for LCD in recent years”. Display Daily Comment Based on the number of quantum … Read more
Barco has signed a strategic partnership with MCD Medical Computers Deutschland, which will see Barco’s surgical displays offered to the healthcare industry throughout Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Reports from China claim that Mediatek is working on a processor with ten (deca) or twelve (dodeca) cores, neatly bypassing the 64-bit octa-core processors that are being released today. According to GizChina, the new chipset is code-named ‘Bomb’ and will use an ARM architecture. Comment Adding more cores introduces issues, such as higher battery consumption … Read more
A range of UltraHD products has been added to Crestron‘s DM 3.0 lineup. These include the DM-RMC-4K-SCALER-C (a 60Hz scaler); HDBaseT input (DMC-4K-C/DMC-4K-C-DSP) and HDMI output (DMC-4K-HDO) cards; plenium (DM-CBL-ULTRA-P) and non-plenium (DM-CBL-ULTRA-NP) type CMR HDBaseT cables; and 1×2 (HD-DA2-4K-E), 1×4 (HD-DA4-4K-E) and 1×8 (HD-DA8-4K-E) HDMI distribution amplifiers. MSI‘s 15.6″ GE62 laptop takes on industrial design elements … Read more
The second of the pre-CES press events, Pepcom/Digital Experience was also the largest this year, with an ’80s theme. I felt like Wade Watts stepping inside the room, which was festooned with Rubik’s cubes, sweatbands and leg warmers. There were also themed cocktails – if you ever get the chance, try the Flux Capacitor. The Alliance for … Read more
Toshiba’s stand was largely full of conceptual devices, although there were only a few product announcements. Security is more and more of a concern these days, so Toshiba has developed the Toshiba Zero Client Secured (TZCS) solution. It is a laptop-form factor zero client using a proprietary BIOS to increase security – although the ‘laptop’ … Read more
All LCD panel makers are increasing their business target for 2015, according to a survey by DisplaySearch, writes analyst Peter Su in a recent blog post (http://tinyurl.com/nzvumy9). Strong demand for LCD TV panels, rising TV variety and aggressive pushes of leading brands like Samsung, Sony and LG are behind the confidence. Collectively, panel makers are aiming … Read more
HP Zvr 3D Display is based on technology from zSpaceAt the Pepcom Digital Experience event, we got a chance to look at the HP Zvr 3D display. The 23.6″ monitor uses passive 3D technology to allow the user to see a 3D scene, behind the screen. The system uses a stylus to “point” to objects … Read more
The beginning of the end is here for Windows 7, which has moved out of ‘Mainstream Mode’ and into a phase known as ‘Extended Support’. The OS will continue to receive bug fixes and security updates until its official end of life in 2020, but will no longer be receiving new features.
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