Vol 21 – Issue 41 – Page 2

Icahn Enterprises Sees TV as Large Opportunity for Apple

by Norbert Hildebrand Don't Use

TV – In a recent open letter to Apple’s CEO Tim Cook, investor and billionaire Carl Icahn describes what he expects from Apple. Owning roughly 53 million shares in the company, his number one …

Best Buy Enters the Internet of Things

by Norbert Hildebrand Don't Use

Internet of Things – What will we be talking about after wearables are being worn by everyone? Many think it will be the Internet of Things. This term describes the connection of everything in …

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20.1 Cinema Audio Solution Coming from Barco

by Chris Chinnock Don't Use

Digital Cinema – Barco (Kortrijk, Belgium) announced that it has completed the acquisition of IOSONO (Erfurt, Germany), a technology company with expertise in immersive 3D sound. The transaction creates a new company called Barco …

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Interview with Novasentis – Feel your Display

by Norbert Hildebrand Don't Use

Emerging Technology – Haptic display technology has long been in discussion and solutions have so far fallen short of expectations. In an interview with Dr. Christophe Ramstein, President and CEO of Novasentis we explored how far …

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3D’s Plus-one

by Len Scrogan Don't Use

3D in Education – In a previous article, Stereo Symbiosis Needed in the Education Market, I wrote that the growth trajectory of 3D will not accelerate to the degree desired without help from other, …

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Next Generation TV System Attracts Competing Efforts

by Aldo Cugnini Don't Use

Broadcast & Distribution – Last week, Sinclair Broadcast Group and Technicolor (formerly Thomson Broadcast) announced the successful deployment of Technicolor’s ATSC 3.0 4K/UltraHD testbed platform, including receiving an over-the-air signal. Based on various MPEG …

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Panasonic Highlights Projection & UltraHD

by Super User

Panasonic was in the main Gitex area rather than in the Infocomm space. The first product we looked at was the ET-D75LE90 ultra-short throw lens that the company showed at Infocomm – this was …

Acer Removes Flicker From Prosumer Models

by Super User

Acer’s prosumer CB display range, which began with the CB280HK (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 30), has grown with the addition of the CB270HU and CB290C. Both feature Acer’s flicker-free backlight technology, sRGB gamut …

Evonik and Holst Centre Commercialise Soluble TFTs

by Super User

Evonik and the Holst Centre have been working on a new semiconductor technology called iXsenic S for the last two years. The soluble Oxide-TFT material is now being used in mass production by ‘a …

Samsung to Market 60GHz Wireless in 2015

by Super User

Samsung has said that it will commercalise 60GHz wireless products next year. Data transmission speeds are as much as five times faster than today’s Wi-Fi (4.6Gbps). A 1GB film can be transferred in ‘less …

Blackberry Returns to Classic Form Factor

by Super User

A leaked image, apparently of the Blackberry Classic smartphone, shows a return to the company’s traditional physical keyboard form factor. Image source N4BB claims that the phone will have a 3.5″ LCD screen; 720 …

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Philips Promotes Soft Blue – AOC Looks to Mobile

by Super User

MMD had a single booth, but with Philips monitors on one side and AOC on the other. On the Philips side, there was nothing since our meeting with the company at IFA (confirmed by …