Video of flexing on impact of Gorilla Glass
Video of flexing on contact of glass from Corning
Gorilla Glass 4 Testing Video
The video shows how Corning tests its Gorilla Glass 4 is tested
Importance of Ecycling: CEA Study says More People are Recycling Electronics
Recycling – A new study from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® shows electronics recycling receives continued support among consumers. According to the Recycling and Reuse Study, 2014 Edition, more than four-fifths of U.S. adults (82 percent) say recycling their old electronics is important or very important to them, and one-third of consumers surveyed (30 percent) recycled electronics products … Read more
Display Measurement in the Post-Phosphor Era
meBroadcast & Distribution – On November 18th, the New York chapters of SMPTE and IEEE-BTS and the Mid-Atlantic chapter of the SID held a joint meeting titled “The Calibration Conundrum – Display Measurement in the Post-Phosphor Era” There were three speakers: Gary Mandle is Senior Product Manager in the Display Systems Group of Sony Electronics. … Read more
Apple and Augmented Reality
Augmented Reality – Augmented reality is often cited as one of the key technologies for the next few years or decades, depending whom you listen to. If we follow the recent logic of many analysts, a new CE product cannot be launched successfully without Apple preparing a consumer model for the masses. Smartwatches may fall … Read more
What I Learned About TV in the Last Two Weeks
TV – Over the last two weeks several conferences and exhibitions in New York were dedicated to the TV industry in the USA. This includes the whole spectrum from content creation and producers to broadcasters, networks and ad agencies. They form a very large, profitable and complex business that is more and more influenced by new … Read more
Plessey Expands European Reach
Plessey has signed a distribution agreement with Syscom Electronique to expand its European network with coverage in the France and Tunisia markets for its GaN-on-Silicon LED products.
JCDecaux Brings Digital Network to Edinburgh Centre
JCDecaux has won a tender to act as the media partner for the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. The company will design, install and maintain 436 advertising bus shelters – the city centre’s first digital screen network. As well as this, interactive ‘LiveTouch’ screens will be installed in Princes Street and 60 large-format billboards (static and … Read more
Panasonic Opens Pop-Up Store In New York
Panasonic is opening a pop-up store in New York City’s Union Square area which will be open daily through to November 25. The store will feature a collection of Panasonic’s latest consumer products from the home, adventure, imaging, entertainment and beauty categories for shoppers planning their holiday gift-giving.
Q3’14 Worst on Record for US Pay-TV
The 13 largest pay-TV providers in the USA (representing 95.3 million video customers – about 95% of the market) lost around 150,000 net video subscribers in Q3’14 – compared to a loss of 25,000 in Q3’13. Leichtman Research Group (LRG) says that the top cable companies (49.5 million video subscribers) lost about 440,000 customers, compared … Read more
SkreensTV Brings Multi-Display to Consumer TVs
A device currently seeking funding on Indiegogo (24 days left of the campaign and 14% funded at the time of writing) promises to bring picture-by-picture functionality to any TV. ‘SkreensTV’ can handle up to five HDMI inputs and route them all to a TV as a single image. If funded, the product will come to … Read more
32″ – 42″ Panel Prices Will Rise in Q4
Pricing for 32″, 40″ and 42″ TV panels will continue to rise in Q4’14, say Asian sources. The situation is not expected to soften until Q1’15, when demand seasonally falls. Panel makers have lowered production of 32″ units to focus on larger, higher-end products such as 50″ and 60″ UltraHD panels.
