Vol 21 – Issue 37 – Page 6

Connected Sets Approach 1 Billion in 2020

by Super User

Digital TV Research predicts that almost 1 billion TV sets (965 million) worldwide will be connected to the internet by 2020; up from 339 million expected at the end of this year. The figure …

Workaround Enables iPhone UltraHD Video Capture

by Super User

There are Android smartphones that feature UltraHD video capture as standard, and then there’s the iPhone. Apple’s device has no default way to shoot video at such a high resolution, but can take UltraHD …

Taiwan Doubles Global Semiconductor Growth in 2015

by Super User

The global semiconductor market will be valued at $336.3 billion next year, a 3.1% YoY rise, says Taiwan’s MIC. Primarily this is due to the Apple Watch and new Internet of Things products. Taiwan’s …

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Primeview Covers Varying Brightness Levels

by Super User

Primeview’s newest LED tiles are designed for indoor retail, broadcast, casino, corporate and control room applications. Each is rated for 24/7 use, with a 60Hz display rate. Each has a 5,000:1 contrast ratio and …

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Cypress’ Controller Enables Slim Huawei Tablet

by Super User

The Mediapad X1 is Huawei’s 7″ tablet: the world’s thinnest, the company claims, at 7.18mm. USA-based Cypress Semiconductor says that the thin body is partly enabled by its Truetouch Gen5 TMA568 capacitive touchscreen controller. …

Thoughts after IBC and IFA

by Super User

I’m writing this editorial in the plane on the way back from the Munich Digital Signage conference after spending 14 of the last 15 days at industry events. Add an extra day for travel …

Asda to Scale Back Electricals

by Super User

Asda in the UK says it is to scale back its sales of consumer electronics, blaming fierce price competition on goods such as TVs. Asda’s CEO, Andy Clarke, said that some of its larger …

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JCDecaux Takes Long-Term Tender in Strasbourg

by Super User

JCDecaux has won a seven-year tender, beginning in October, to operate advertising in Strasbourg Airport, Germany. The company will install new digital products as part of the process. These will include 4 70″ iVision …

Chinese Vendors Drive White-Box Growth

by Super User

Gartner predicts that white-box mobile devices will grow strongly this year: smartphones rising 50% YoY and tablets 15.6%. White-box products are typically aimed at the lower-end of the market, and Gartner expects both established …

DCC Labs Joins HbbTV

by Super User

Poland’s DCC Labs joined the HbbTV initiative in July, it announced earlier this month. The organisation, which licenses software and provides integration and migration services for IPTV, DVB and OTT devices, was previously a …

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Italian Customer Paid to Get Rid of Windows

by Super User

The High Court in Italy has ordered HP to pay a customer

The Future is Curved, Zytronic Believes

by Super User

Zytronica will present what it calls ‘an insight into emerging trends for human-machine interfaces’ at Electronica in Germany (11th – 14th November). A particular focus will be given to curved screens, with the centrepiece …

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