Vol 21 – Issue 40 – Page 5

EE Chooses HbbTV for UK Service

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UK telco EE has launched an HbbTV service, EE TV, which is free to existing broadband/landline packages or

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Quantum Dot TVs Under Development in Korea

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LG and Samsung are working on quantum dot TVs, claims Korea’s Digital Times. Both companies are working on products that may be released next year. Display Daily Comments Samsung could use a QD-LCD TV …

Apple Named World’s Most Valuable Brand

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Apple is the world’s most valuable brand, according to Interbrand’s ‘Best Global Brands’ report. The brand is worth almost $119 billion (up 21% YoY), ahead of second-place Google ($107 billion, up 15%). Coca-Cola ($81.5 …

LG to Combat Google and Samsung With WebOS

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Google has Android Wear, Samsung has Tizen – and now it appears that LG is getting into the wearable OS market. According to a developer website, found by The Verge, LG is working on …

‘Crumpled’ Graphene Used in Stretchable Supercapacitor

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A research team in the USA has devised a way to create a stretchable supercapacitor, which can be used to store large amounts of energy. ‘The development of flexible electronic devices, such as wearable …

iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus – Which do you prefer?

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When Apple announced the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, many saw the iPhone 6 Plus as a way for Apple to participate in the somewhat elusive phablet market. The phablet market is basically …

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Tesco Raises Specs and Price

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Tesco’s Hudl2 tablet, successor to last year’s Hudl (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 37), features a larger screen – but correspondingly higher price. A deeper integration with Tesco services comes with Blinkbox and My …

Optoma Showcase Adds New Partners

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The Optoma Showcase, at Silverstone (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 33), will also see other companies displaying their solutions. As well as Optoma and Texas Instruments, Green Hippo, Harman’s AMX and Projection Artworks will …

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Media Broadcast Begins -T2 Trial

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German DTT operator Media Broadcast spoke out in support of the DVB-T2 platform in June this year (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 23). The company has now launched a pilot project to test -T2 …

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Siliconcore Brings 1.2mm LED to Infocomm

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Siliconcore will launch a new high-resolution LED display at Infocomm MEA, running from the 13th-16th October in Dubai: the Lavender 1.2mm. With a viewing distance of less than 1m, the Lavender 1.2mm can show …

SMPTE Webcasts Look to Content Delivery and Compression

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Educational webcasts will be run by the SMPTE through the end of November, including one by our own Pete Putman! The subject will be ‘Next Generation Display Interfaces’ (30th November, 5pm UTC), examining the …

Oculus CEO Hints at 2015 Rift Release

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In an interview with Bloomberg, Oculus VR founder and CEO Brendan Iribe has hinted that the Oculus Rift might (finally) reach consumers next year. Iribe said that the Rift will be available “pretty soon… …