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Huawei Chooses Cypress

by Tom Allen

Huawei is using Cypress Semiconductor’s TrueTouch capacitve touchscreen controller in its Mediapad X2 tablet PC. The TruTouch TMA568 controller enables gloved finger tracking and water tolerance.

Tags:Back Panel| Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 27

Samsung Tops Consumer Satisfaction

by Tom Allen

Samsung has taken the highest consumer satisfaction score for both sub-50″ and 50″+ TVs, according to research by JD Power and Associates in the USA. This is the second consecutive year that the company …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| LG Electronics (LGE)| Samsung| USA| Vizio| Vol 22 - Issue 27

LG Takes TV Crown at CE Week

by Tom Allen

LG’s 64.5″ EG9600 OLED TV was crowned ‘King of TV’ at Value Electronics’ 11th annual TV shootout event. This year, the shootout ran as part of CE Week in New York City. This was …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLED TVs| Panasonic| Samsung| sony| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 27

Lattice Provides IR Control to ZTE

by Tom Allen

Lattice Semiconductor has announced that its iCE40 LM field-programmable gate array is being used in ZTE’s Star 2 flagship smartphone. The chipset is used to perform IR remote control and sensor hub functions.

Tags:Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductors| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 26| ZTE

Samsung Scoops Awards at Infocomm

by Tom Allen

Samsung received three awards for its digital signage at Infocomm 2015. Digital Signage Magazine presented the company with its ‘Best of Infocomm’ award; Rave Publications‘ readers voted for Samsung as ‘Favourite Display Manufacturer’; and …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| Infocomm 2015| Large Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 26

LG Agrees OLED TV Promotion Deal With Google

by Tom Allen

LG has signed a marketing agreement with Google, which will see the search giant help to promote LG’s OLED TVs on its various platforms, such as YouTube. LG’s Kim Ki-wan (centre left), head of …

Tags:Advertising| Back Panel| Google| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLED TVs| Vol 22 - Issue 26

Sony Selects Quantel for 8k Post-Production

by Tom Allen

Quantel is providing a ‘Pablo Rio’ 8k system to Sony PCL, in Tokyo. The system enables high-resolution editing, colour-correction and finishing for the post-production pipeline. This is the world’s first Pablo Rio 8k installation …

Tags:Back Panel| Japan| Large Display Monitor| NHK| sony| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 22 - Issue 26

Xiaomi Chooses Synpatics

by Tom Allen

Xiaomi is using Synaptics’ Clearpad touchscreen and display driver solutions for its Mi Note and Note Pro smartphones.

Tags:Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Synaptics| Vol 22 - Issue 26| Xiaomi

V-Nova Shows Flexibility in Paris

by Tom Allen

V-Nova has demonstrated the practicality of its Perseus signal compression technology in the Airbus Group pavilion at the Paris Air Show 2015. V-Nova wanted to show how Perseus was not limited to broadcasting, but …

Tags:Back Panel| Codecs| Events| France| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 26

Cumbria Police Lower Admin Time With Samsung

by Tom Allen

Around 1,500 police officers in Cumbria (UK) have been issued with a Samsung Galaxy Note 4 device, as part of an effort to modernise policing in the area. The move is part of a …

Tags:Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 26

Dolby Vision Expands in Netherlands

by Tom Allen

A second Dolby Cinema (Dolby to Take on IMAX in Large Format Theaters) is to be opened in the Netherlands. The location will be JT Bioscopen’s JT Hilversum theatre, following an opening in Eindhoven …

Tags:Back Panel| Dolby Vision| Large Display Monitor| Laser Projectors| Netherlands| Vol 22 - Issue 26

Epson and BenQ Perform Well at Infocomm

by Tom Allen

Epson’s Brightlink Pro 1430Wi projector has won the Commercial Integrator’s ‘Best’ award, in the Interactive Whiteboard category at Infocomm 2015. BenQ also won awards at the show; its HC1200 was chosen as the projector …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| BenQ| Epson| Infocomm 2015| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 25