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Pixelworks, Inc. (NASDAQ: PXLW), a leading provider of power efficient visual processing solutions, announced that Pixelworks transcoding technology powers AirTV’s new “Local Channels DVR”. The recently launched Local Channels DVR allows users to watch live and recorded local channels in- and out-of-the-home, with no monthly subscription required. No Sling TV subscription is required to access … Read more
Pixelworks transcoding technology is powering AirTV’s new Local Channels DVR, which allows users to watch live and recorded local channels in and out of the home, with no subscription required to access recorded local channels or other cloud DVR recordings in the Sling TV app. Pixelworks’ proprietary transcoding technology preserves the HD picture quality of … Read more
Following complaints from owners of Sony’s A1 OLED TVs regarding a persistent dimming problem, Sony has released a new firmware update to fix it. FlatPanelsHD has released a detailed analysis of the TV’s performance following the update, which Sony says brings its dimming algorithm in line with its AF8 model. A firmware update released earlier … Read more
At this year’s Touch Taiwan exhibition, Innolux president Robert Shiao told the Taipei Times that the company will begin assembling TVs in India before the end of 2018, in order to take advantage of the country’s “Make in India” initiative and its tax incentives. Shiao refused to confirm nor deny speculation around potential clients for … Read more
Staffing shortages, low yield rates and delayed shipments of key components at have caused Apple to shift a significant proportion of orders for iPhone XR handsets from Pegatron to Foxconn, Digitimes according to a report attributed to China’s Economic Daily News (EDN). Pegatron was asked to fulfil around 50-60% of iPhone XR orders, with Foxconn … Read more
Worldwide paid SVoD subscriptions will increase by 409 million between 2017 and 2023 to total 777 million. Eleven countries will have more than 10 million SVoD subscriptions by 2023. Together, China and the US will account for more than half the world’s SVoD subscriptions by 2023. China will have the most SVoD subs from 2019, … Read more
Telefónica of Spain has upgraded the app of its pay-TV platform Movistar Plus with a newly redesigned user interface, which it says will allow its customers to browse and personalise content more easily. Users can see previews and more detailed information about channels before selection, alongside a raft of cosmetic upgrades to screens and menus. … Read more
Vewd has a new product manager, Sascha Prüter, who is from Google, where he was head of product for Android TV, so he has a very good sense of the strength of his opposition. Having said that, he confirmed to us that although Vewd has a full OS and everything up to the UI and … Read more
The Fraunhofer had a number of demonstrations of interest. First, we heard about the new JPEG XS ‘mezzanine’ codec designed for contribution applications and optimised for around 6:1 or 8:1 compression. It was developed (according to the Fraunhofer) as a combination of the Tico codec and the Fraunhofer’s Lici codec (although Intopix, which created Tico, … Read more
DisplayMate’s Ray Soneira has published its review of the display on the new iPhone XS Max. The new phone has more brightness, better accuracy and 22% more display area. As usual with Apple displays, the colour performance is impressive and Soneira said that in both Rec. 709/sRGB and in P3 mode, the colour accuracy is … Read more
WaveOptics, a designer and manufacturer of diffractive waveguides for Augmented Reality (AR) wearables and smartglasses, has opened a US headquarters in Los Angeles. The move will allow the company to support its US customer base Mike Lynch has also joined the company as president of its North American branch. His focus will be on developing … Read more
HP started by showing us its latest Z Book X2, a convertible tablet/notebook designed for content creators and using a Wacom pen and using an anti-glare display with UltraHD resolution. The display has touch and is part of the DreamColor range, so colour performance is good. The company was also showing the existing Z27X and … Read more
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