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Silicon Labs Claims Industry’s Smallest Tuner IC Footprint

Silicon Labs’ new Si2151 and Si2141 are the sixth-generation of the company’s TV tuner ICs. Developed for the global hybrid TV and digital TV markets, they support digital and analogue broadcasts and comply with both terrestrial and cable TV standards. The tuners are especially suited for use in the Chinese market, as they comply fully … Read more

Acer Achieves 2015 Carbon Goal Early

Acer America will manage to offset 100% of its carbon emissions this year, the company has announced – a goal it had set for next year. The purchase of more than 27 million kWh of green power, in the form of renewable energy credits, will offset emissions from Acer’s US facilities through to the end … Read more

Amazon Sticks It To Chromecast

Amazon already has its own set-top box (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 14), but is now challenging the growing streaming stick market with the Fire TV stick. Streaming OTT services such as Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Instant Video, the stick has 8GB of storage and 1GB of RAM, compared to Chromecast’s 2GB and 512MB. 1920 … Read more

Apple’s Warranty & AppleCare Programs:

Invitations have been sent out to an event on 9th September by Apple, effectively confirming the previously-rumoured iPhone 6 launch date. Unlike the company’s previous invitations, there is no hint of what will be shown (the iPhone 5’s event invitation was particularly in-your-face). However, Apple has a history of releasing its handsets in early autumn. … Read more

Headless Ghost Scares Up GPU

An interesting peripheral is seeking funding on Kickstarter (http://tinyurl.com/ojljme3). The Headless Ghost is a display emulator, which can ‘trick’ a PC into thinking that a monitor is attached. Because many PCs disable their GPU when a display is not detected, to save power, resolution for users connecting remotely is often limited. Additionally, some software, such … Read more

Konica Forms Metal Mesh With New Inkjet Tech

A transparent conductive film, which can be made using a new inkjet technology forming a metal mesh structure, has been developed by Konica Minolta. The company showed the film at Display Innovation 2014 in Japan last month. The mesh is formed of metal lines, each of which are 5

LG Engineers Speak About Transparent and Flexible Screens

Two of LG Display’s chief research engineers have spoken about upcoming display technology with the Wall Street Journal (http://tinyurl.com/ps33cjw). Lee Bu-yeol is LGD’s chief research engineer for transparent displays and Park Weon-seo is the chief research engineer for flexible displays. Transparent smartphones would be difficult to produce, said Lee, as all components would need to … Read more

Preparing for Electronica

Electronica 2014 takes place in Munich between 11th and 14th November. We will be at the show to bring you all the important coverage! Crystal Display Systems will show new display products, including a 15″ multitouch monitor with Baanto’s Shadowsense technology; a 19″ medical monitor, also with touch; a range of industrial interface cards; a … Read more

Shelf Share: A Revealing Research Tool

Deirdre Kennedy, an analyst for Gap Intelligence, has written extensively about shelf share in the retail space. Her explanation of the term is comprehensive and her examples are particularly relevant to the display trade. Shelf share is ‘the percentage of a store’s shelf that is owned by a particular segment’; it is similar to market … Read more

Dell Boosts Laptop Graphics Performance

A new product, designed to increase laptop framerates, is accompanying Dell’s Alienware 13 laptop on its European launch. Announced for the North America market in August, the Alienware 13 is a 13.3″ gaming device that is almost 40% thinner than the preceding Alienware 14, at 26.3mm. The chassis is constructed from carbon fibre, keeping weight … Read more