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Why Does matter Matter?

by Bob Raikes

We haven’t been covering smart home developments very much on Display Daily, but during CES I saw a number of references to support for ‘Matter’. So I thought I’d investigate to see if it …

Qualcomm Chips in Samsung’s QLED TVs

by Bob Raikes

Qualcomm said that its QCA9379 is being used in Samsung’s QLED TV product line to support dual-stream Wi-Fi 802.11ac and Bluetooth. Qualcomm said that they are among the first to use the chip. The …

Bluetooth 5 Boosts Capacity, Speed and Range

by Bob Raikes

The Bluetooth SIG has released details of Bluetooth 5, which is claimed to have eight times the capacity, twice the speed and four times the range of Bluetooth 4.2. Bandwidth goes up to 2 …

Tags:Bluetooth| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 49

Ilumi’s MeshTek Opens up New Projector and Smart Home Integration Options

by Chris Chinnock

ilumi solutions is a company you probably have not heard about – but put them on your radar. They are leveraging a little known Bluetooth technology called MeshTek that provides a new and clever …

Tags:Bluetooth| Cedia 2016| Internet of Things IOT| Large Display Monitor

Philips Combines Three Devices in One

by Tom Allen

Philips announced a small ‘3-in-1’ TV back in February and is now preparing to launch the set in Europe. Known as the PFS5231, it can serve as a TV, a computer monitor and a …

Bluetooth 5.0 Doubles Speed, Quadruples Range

by Tom Allen

The fifth generation of the Bluetooth standard will be released in late 2016/early 2017 – bringing increased range, speed and messaging capacity. The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) says that Bluetooth 5.0 will be …

Tags:Bluetooth| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 24| wireless communications

WiFi Power Reduced by ‘10,000 Times’

by Tom Allen

A team at the University of Washington (UW) have developed a concept that they call ‘passive WiFi’, which is up to 10,000 times more efficient than today’s wireless standards. It also consumes 1,000 times …

BrightSign Looks at Social Media and HDR

by Tom Allen

BrightSign had no new media players, but nonetheless had lots to show and talk about. We caught CEO Jeff Hastings, who had obviously been kept very busy – his voice was extremely croaky by …

Dialog Semiconductor Expands Power Management Market with Industry’s First PMICs for Smart TVs and Set-Top Boxes

by Isaac Oburu

Dialog Semiconductor plc, a provider of highly integrated power management, AC/DC power conversion, solid state lighting (SSL) and Bluetooth(R) Smart technology, today announced that the company is entering the smart TV and set-top box …

Tags:Bluetooth| Dialog Semiconductor| Smart TV| STBs

Mobiles and Monitors

by Tom Allen

We here at Meko publish two periodicals: Large Display Monitor, for anything larger than a notebook, and Mobile Display Monitor, for notebooks and anything smaller. Aside from these devices, there is little product crossover …

Eizo Upgrades Gaming Features – Adds Bluetooth Adjustment

by Tom Allen

Eizo has announced a new monitor in its ‘Foris’ gaming series. As a model aimed at gamers, the 27″ FS2735 features a high (144Hz) refresh rate, IPS panel and AMD’s Freesync anti-tearing solution. G-Ignition …

Rockchip Slashes WiFi Power Draw

by Tom Allen

Rockchip’s new low-power WiFi product, launched at Computex, is said to cut power consumption of IoT devices by up to 85%. The Rockchip RKi6000 is the company’s new SoC processor technology, with power consumption …