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Chip Firms Post Gains in March

by Helen Vince

Taiwan’s two major chip firms reported strong monthly performances in March. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) reported a 15.4% month on month and 44.7% year on year increase in sales in March, reaching NT$72.3 billion …

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Asustek’s March Sales Up 21%

by Helen Vince

Asustek’s sales in March improved 21.1% sequentially to NT$42.1 billion ($1.3 billion), which was flat year on year. In the first three months of the year, Asustek’s sales were just 1.4% higher YoY at …

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Notebook ODMs Post MoM Increases in Sales

by Helen Vince

Quanta Computer and Compal both reported sequential increases in sales last month, with Quanta rising 45.5% to NT$80 billion ($2.6 billion) and Compal seeing a 37.3% rise to NT$74.9 billion ($2.4 billion). Quanta’s sales …

ASO is Coming to Brazil

by Tom Allen

Analogue switch-off will begin in Brazil this November. 93% of households must have access to digital TV before switch-off can proceed.

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Xbox TV Support Crosses Atlantic

by Tom Allen

Members of the Xbox Preview programme in the USA and Canada can now start watching live TV through their console. Xbox owners will need to buy an OTA TV tuner from Hauppauge, as well …

Immersive Sound Options Grow with DTS Entry – Standards Remain an Issue

by Chris Chinnock

At NAB 2015, DTS announced a new immersive sound solution aimed at theaters as well as consumer use called DTS:X. This appears to be a re-branding of the company’s previously developed Multi-Dimensional Audio (MDA) …

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RealD TrueImage Now Available as Cloud Service for High Quality Image Enhancement

by Chris Chinnock

In July 2014, I had a chance to visit RealD’s Boulder facility and to learn more about its TrueImage processing technology (see RealD’s TrueImage Technology is Pretty Amazing). At NAB 2015, RealD announced that …

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Are More or Smarter Primaries the Solution to Metameric Failure in Laser Projectors?

by Chris Chinnock

With laser projectors, three very narrow primaries create a very large color gamut that is very close to the 2020 color gamut. But research has shown that with very narrow primaries, people can perceive …

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Archiving and Light Levels Top IMAX Concern List

by Chris Chinnock

A panel discussion at the Technology Summit for Cinema featured IMAX CQO, David Keighley and Jan Yarbrough, Senior Colorist, Motion Picture Imaging at Warner Bros. Both were in agreement that theaters are often too …

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01 The Impact of the Digital Film Transition on the Industry

by Chris Chinnock

The SMPTE-organized Technology Summit on Cinema at NAB kicked off with a panel on the lessons learned in the transition from film to digital. Here, panels noted that the idea of moving to digital …

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HDR Arrives on Amazon

by Tom Allen

Amazon is to follow in the footsteps of Netflix, rolling out high dynamic range content this year. Prime customers in the USA, UK and Germany will be the first to receive the HDR programming, …

Six15 Aims at Commercial Markets

by Norbert Hildebrand

In 2012, Vuzix sold its defense team Vuzix TDG (Tactical Display Group) to TDG Acquisition Company, LLC and the new entity was called Six15. This new company also signed a deal with Vuzix in …

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