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Broadcast & Distribution – At CCW (Content and Communications World), we had a chance to take a more careful look at Adder’s KVM (keyboard, video and mouse) extension solutions. KVM extension is needed when computers or servers are located in one location and the keyboard, mouse and monitor are located somewhere else. For example, edit … Read more
Ever since Apple used the marketing moniker, “Retina Display”, the mobile device and display industry has been asking itself: how far will this resolution arms race go? How high do we need to go before we truly can say that the display meets or exceeds the true limits of the Human Vision System? Apple claimed … Read more
Acer saw sales for October drop 9.25% sequentially to NT$28.2 billion ($921.6 million), though this was slightly higher year on year. Sales for the period from January to October were 9.5% lower than the same period of 2013 at NT$272.4 billion ($8.9 billion). The company has also released its third quarter results, recording its third … Read more
A total 22.5 million large panels were shipped in October from Taiwan’s four major panel manufacturers. This was just under 1% lower than the previous month but represented a year on year improvement of 14.4%. The total number of large panels shipped so far this year from Taiwan reached 217.4 million, a 1.7% increase from … Read more
Broadcast & Distribution – Quantel has a nice presence in the sports broadcasting segment where its Enterprise sQ servers are used to store live video feeds on a frame by frame basis. This allows for instant editing. And, since these servers are networked over fiber Ethernet connections, editing can be done in one location, content … Read more
Broadcast & Distribution – At CCW, a panel of experts discussed the details of the ATSC 3.0 development program – an effort to replace the existing over the air system with a new one that will provide the features and technology to last for another 20 years. And as panelists noted, they are seeing broad … Read more
Large Displays – Apparently, cruise ship passengers having an interior room can sometimes find their in-cabin experience a bit claustrophobic. Not surprisingly, one reason for this is the lack of an outside view. Royal Caribbean is addressing this issue in a unique way: with the instillation of so-called virtual balconies. A virtual balcony is based … Read more
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) says that its findings in the latest BRC-KPMG Online Retail Sales Monitor for October suggest another record online Christmas this year. Online sales represented 18.2% of total sales in the non-food category last month, its highest penetration level since Christmas 2013. The overall electrical sector performed strongly, though the AV … Read more
A team at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has a developed a printing technology that could be used for sensors and displays. KAIST’s nano-printing system can deposit thin layers – just 10µm – onto flexible and curved objects. Associate professor of materials science, Jung Yeon-sik, said that the work could contribute … Read more
Entropic has announced that it will no longer produce SoC devices for use in set-top boxes. The company will continue to supply its STB SoCs that are already in production and believes that the business will contribute ‘meaningful revenue’ for the next three years. However, Entropic’s new focus is on its core connectivity business.
The CEA has predicted a 2.5% YoY increase in spending on technology products during the end-of-year shopping season in 2014. The organisation’s chief economist, Shawn DuBravac, made the announcement at CES Unveiled New York recently. The figure only covers spending in the USA. Five themes were outlined by DuBravac. These were: * An improving economic … Read more
Acer’s XB280HK UltraHD gaming monitor has won a Popular Science 2014 ‘Best of What’s New’ award, in the hardware category.
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