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TCO Reminds About New Requirements

by Tom Allen

TCO Development has issued a reminder to companies about its new generation of TCO Certified (TCO Tightens Restrictions in Seventh Generation). TCO Certified 7 requires that energy consumption in ‘on’, ‘sleep’ and ‘off’ modes …

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 …

Copper Raises OLED Efficiency to 100%

by Tom Allen

Scientists at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Cynora, and the University of St Andrews have made contributions to the advancement of OLED power efficiency, using copper. Specifically, the researchers measured the underlying quantum …

SMI’s High-Speed Eye Tracking Enables ‘Realistic VR’

by Tom Allen

SensoMotoric Instruments (SMI) says it has showed a system to lower the requirements of virtual reality processing. Using the ‘foveated rendering’ technique, VR performance can be between two and four times higher than is …

PeLEDs Have OLED-Beating Efficiency

by Tom Allen

Researchers at Korea’s Pohang University claim to have developed a perovskite LED (PeLED) with a luminous efficiency that can compete with phosphorescent OLEDs. The component could eventually be used in displays and lighting panels …

LEDs Put That Christmas Sparkle in the Air

by Tom Allen

We all remember the best Christmas traditions: stockings in the morning, the smell of turkey in the air, seeing the presents under the tree. No-one ever names ‘Hunting through a string of tiny lights …

High Resolution Without High Power Draw

by Tom Allen

Japan’s Kogakuin University, working with Fujitsu, has developed software that can scale smartphone video playback to UltraHD at 30fps, without consuming extra power. The new technology has been used in the ‘Xevic’ image processor …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Power Consumption| Smartphones| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 47

NRDC: UHD Will Add $1 Billion to US Energy Bills

by Tom Allen

In a new report, the USA’s National Resources Defence Council (NRDC) has said that UltraHD TVs use, on average, 30% more energy than HD (1920 x 1080) models. The Council estimates that this could …

The Regulation Battle for Display Power

by Bob Raikes

Our front page this week in Large Display Monitor, covers a story that Samsung is alleged to have used a special technique to detect test material that is part of the standardised video stream …

VW Scandal Revived in Samsung Sets

by Tom Allen

In a timely call-back to the Volkswagen emissions scandal, independent lab testers have accused Samsung of implementing a similar system on its TVs in Europe. The unpublished tests were performed by an EU-funded group …

Strategy Analytics: Smartphone Battery Performance – Bigger Does Not Necessarily Mean Better

by Tom Allen

Battery life is consistently one of the most important aspects taken into consideration when a consumer purchases a new smartphone; it is also one of the greatest causes of smartphone owner dissatisfaction. In a …

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Industry Responds to CEC Proposals

by Tom Allen

Earlier this year, the California Energy Commission proposed new regulations for energy consumption of digital signage displays and computer monitors in the state. Members of the industry have responded to the proposals, criticising them …

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