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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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Coretronic Shipped 26 Million BLUs Last Month

by Super User

Coretronic’s revenue for last month slipped 5.2% from August to just over NT$7 billion ($230.2 million), though this was 9.1% higher than September last year. Sales for the third quarter grew 3% from Q2 …

Silicon Core Scores a World First

by Super User

There were two big topics for us when we met up with US small pitch LED specialist, SiliconCore Technology (SCT). The company said that it would show the world’s first 1.2mm LED display, but …

Vivitek’s Projectors Work With Many Networking Protocols

by Super User

Designed for the education market, Vivitek’s new short-throw projectors (the DX881ST and DW882ST) can act as a speaker for lecturers, through a microphone input. Both models support 3D display and, from December, will work …

Nexus Player Offers Gaming Continuity

by Super User

Google has unveiled the first Android TV (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 40) product: a streaming media player for films, music and videos, called the Nexus Player. Produced by Asus, the Player will also …

Money to Burn? Consider Vertu’s Bentley Phone

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Luxury phone brand Vertu has partnered with car manufacturer Bentley to produce a new – and expensive – smartphone. For slightly less than the deposit on a small house (

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Low-Cost Mobiles Push On-Cell Touch Growth

by Super User

Vastly more on-cell TFT LCD touch panels were shipped in the first six months of 2014 than all of 2013. NPD DisplaySearch data shows that total shipments in Q1 and Q2’14 exceeded 20 million, …