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The formation of the UHD Alliance was announced the day before CES officially began. A collaboration between Hollywood studios, consumer electronics brands, post-production and technology companies, the Alliance aims to establish standards for UltraHD and higher video, focusing on ‘better pixels’ (HDR, wide colour gamut, immersive 3D audio, etc). Samsung, LG, Sharp, Sony and Panasonic were among … Read more
This is a good summary of why the PC is not going away anytime soon. Meko’s monitor forecasts have been (relatively) positive for the same reasons, despite the clamour a couple of years ago about the end of the PC. http://www.eweek.com/pc-hardware/why-the-much-hyped-post-pc-era-never-arrived.html
Stream TV Networks is the developer of the Ultra-D glasses-free 3D system, which converts 2D content to 3D and eliminates ‘sweet spots’. It introduces a proprietary optical stack to a plasma, LCD or OLED display that directs light from the sub-pixel level, to create a 3D image. Last CES saw partnerships with several Chinese brands, including Chimei, … Read more
Unlike previous years, Sony’s whole stand was open before its press conference began – nothing was covered up, including the new products. However, there was little time to walk around and we chose to get a seat, instead! After a short stop-motion video (very Python-esque), Kazuo Hirai arrived to look back at the year that … Read more
Public display (PD) shipments grew 16% YoY in Q3’14, says DisplaySearch. LCD PD shipments were up 18%, while plasma shipments were ‘negligible’ due to the market exit of many plasma vendors. Following the start of an improvement in PD performance in Q2’14, QoQ growth reached 3% in Q3 – the market’s highest sequential growth rate … Read more
Transparency Market Research has predicted a 55.3% CAGR for the head-mounted display market between 2011 and 2019. At the start of the forecast period, Transparency valued the HMD market at $324.7 million, and expects it to be worth more than $9.2 billion by 2019. The full report can be accessed at http://tinyurl.com/otfx43l.
Thin-client company NComputing is reported to be in the process of being acquired by a ‘large hardware vendor’. Several sources contacted by CRN claimed that the desktop virtualisation company is in talks with a potentiual buyer, suggesting that an announcement could be made as early as this week. NComputing is ranked third in the global … Read more
There has been a major reorganisation at the top of AMD, with three executives leaving the company. The announcement came in an 8-K filing in which it was revealed that John Byrne, general manager of the computing and graphics business group, chief marketing officer Colette LaForce and chief strategy officer Raj Naik, had all left … Read more
CES Unveiled is a pre-CES ‘mini show’, in the style of Pepcom and Showstoppers. With tables costing significantly less than a stand on the show floor, these events are a great way to meet startups and smaller companies. The free food and drink don’t hurt, either! CES Unveiled, as the first press event of … Read more
Italy’s SIM2 entered into a collaboration with OV-LaserTec of China, to produce a compact pure RGB laser projector. The unit, which is still under development, is a bright red model with 1920 x 1080 resolution. Based on SIM2’s Alphapath platform, the new projector is a 3DLP unit using OV-LaserTec’s despeckle technology. Light output can vary … Read more
Two new touchpanel PCs have been launched by Advantech. The 12.1″ TPC-1251T and 15″ TPC-1551T units feature Advantech’s iDoor modular design; customers can use this to add desired functionality without adding unnecessary hardware and costs. The modules run Windows Embedded Server 7/Windows 7/Windows 8 on a 1.75GHz Intel Atom processor with 4GB of RAM (8GB optional). They are … Read more
LG monitors are now being distributed in the Czech Republic by 100Mega.
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