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Universal Electronics Result 03/11/2016

by Jasmine Kang Sodha

Universal Electronics Inc. (UEI) announced FY16 Q3 net sales of $169.2 mn with net income of $7.8 mn, resulting in a net margin of 4.6%. Both the net sales and net income were marginally …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Remote Controls| Vol 23 - Issue 44

Introducing the All-New Fire TV Stick with Alexa Voice Remote—The Next Generation Of The Best-Selling Fire TV Stick—For Just $39.99

by Isaac Oburu

Amazon today announced the all-new Fire TV Stick with Alexa Voice Remote, the most powerful streaming media stick available. Up to 30 percent faster than the original best-selling version, the next generation Fire TV …

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Ruwido Looks to Improve Audio Search

by Bob Raikes

It’s always a pleasure to catch up with Ruwido, the developer of high end remote controls and the matching user interfaces. We met with Regina Bernhaupt, who is Director of User Experience Research at …

Tags:IBC 2016| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Remote Controls| Vol 23 - Issue 38

EIZO Announces Web UI Control and Customizable Event Response to VMS for Its IP Decoding Monitor

by Isaac Oburu

EIZO Corporation (TSE:6737) announced a firmware upgrade (version 4) for its IP decoding monitor, the DuraVision FDF2304W-IP, with a new web API that allows operators to maintain various settings via web browser or installed …

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Sony’s Universal Remote Uses Electronic Paper

by Isaac Oburu

Sony has released a universal remote that uses an electronic paper display and can show buttons chosen by the user. The remote is based on a concept called “Huis Remote Controller Huis-100RC.” ¥24.35 million …

Ruwido Highlights “Organic Haptic” Experience

by Bob Raikes

We caught up with Ferdinand Maier of Salzburg-based Ruwido, which makes high quality remote controls and software for the STB user interfaces to go with them. First we looked at one of the regular …

Samsung Kills Project XP

by Bob Raikes

Samsung has killed a project to transform TV remotes by developing a device based on a tablet, using staff and technology acquired with Boxee, according to Variety. Variety reports that a group based on …

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Samsung Abandons Remote Redesign

by Tom Allen

Samsung has abandoned its plan to redesign the TV remote (‘Project PX’), according to Variety. The company had wanted to replace the remote with a dedicated tablet, using technology gained following the acquisition of …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Remote Controls| Samsung| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 32

Mind-Control Tested by BBC

by Tom Allen

The BBC is trialing a way for people to control their TV using the power of their thoughts. BBC Digital created the prototype with The Place. 10 BBC employees used a headset, measuring electrical …

Tags:BBC| Large Display Monitor| Remote Controls| Vol 22 - Issue 26

Ruwido Updates ‘leaf’ Interface

by Bob Raikes

Ruwido, our favourite high end remote control developer, was showing the R157. This replaces the silvery look of other remote controls with a copper look. Ruwido doesn’t make STBs, but develops industrial designs that …

And Finally… – Vol 22 No 19

by Tom Allen

Virgin Media’s Paws TV remote – launched to celebrate the UK’s National Pet Month, in April – looks like a belated April Fools, but it really isn’t. Someone at the company really did sit …

The World’s Most Expensive TV Remote?

by Bob Raikes

Ooyala has posted a blog that explains how the company’s SDK can be used to enable the watch to be used to control the playback of video on an iOS device. This means that …

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