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OEMs are beginning to specifically ask for recycled plastic to use in an increasing number of new components, says the USA’s EPEAT. The organisation claims to have been a key driver in the move, which has seen the price of some ‘secondary’ resins exceed that of new resin. In related news, the Institute of Scrap … Read more
As TCO Development updates its TCO Certified criteria, older versions are phased out. Several documents will be retired in 2014: * TCO ’03 Displays FPD (1st December) * TCO ’06 Media Displays (30th November) * TCO Certified Displays 5 (including 5.2) (15th November) * TCO Certified Tablets 1 (1st November) Partners requiring new certification can … Read more
Evonik and the Holst Centre have been working on a new semiconductor technology called iXsenic S for the last two years. The soluble Oxide-TFT material is now being used in mass production by ‘a key customer’, combined with a slot-die coating process, at a fab in Asia. “Evonik has the best n-type soluble oxide semiconductors … Read more
The market for polarisers will reach 400 million m
Chinese TV vendors will place steady panel orders in Q4, say Asian sources. UltraHD TV sales in the country are regular and vendors will be stocking up for the Chinese New Year in Q1’15, after their reserves fell following the national holiday in October.
Sources says that TV sales in China during the country’s National Day holiday, at the start of October, were down between 3% and 5% YoY this year. The energy-saving subsidies that boosted sales in 2012 and 2013 have now ended. However, the sources said that UltraHD TVs had a penetration rate above 20%.
Ofcom has been working on techniques to use ‘white space’ spectrum since 2012 (Display Monitor Vol 18 No 48). The regulator will use the results of technology trials (currently ongoing at London Zoo: http://tinyurl.com/mv44esj) to determine whether there is any disruption to other frequency bands. Ofcom hopes to roll out white space technology across the … Read more
Google has unveiled the first Android TV (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 40) product: a streaming media player for films, music and videos, called the Nexus Player. Produced by Asus, the Player will also be an Android gaming device, working with a gamepad (available separately). Users will be able to continue to play the same … Read more
Sling Media and ViXS Systems have worked together on a new network transcoder, which uses Sling technology and a ViXS XCode 5190 chipset. The device can perform 2560 x 1440 to 1280 x 720 transcoding, to deliver four independent video feeds to four separate mobile devices. The transcoder is designed to work with both new … Read more
Netflix has raised the price of its UltraHD streaming services, to $12, for new subscribers. Current members do not have to pay the new price until August 2016. Higher acquisition costs were given as the reason.
According to Parks Associates, more than 46 million households globally will subscribe to an UltraHD pay-TV service by 2018. Such services will be deployed to differentiate providers from their competitors. They are expected to be especially popular among younger consumers.
With the maturation of augmented and virtual reality, the need for 360 deg content is increasing. Users want to immerse themselves in a world that is different in every direction. To do this in CG is one thing
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