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Samsung Result 29/10/15

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Samsung Electronics reported a significant increase of 29% in Q3 2015 profits to KR₩ 5.5 trillion won ($4.7bilion ), up from KR₩ 4.22 trillion YoY, down from KR₩ 7.5 trillion QoQ. Turnover saw a …

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JIN Relocates Fitness Tracker to the Head

by Tom Allen

JIN, a Japanese company, has shown off a wearable health tracker with a difference – it is a pair of glasses. Like wrist-worn trackers, the Jins Meme glasses have an accelerometer and gyroscope. JIN …

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Samsung Testing 820 Chip for Next Flagship

by Tom Allen

Samsung is testing and improving the Snapdragon 820 chip, in preparation for using the device in the Galaxy S7 smartphone. According to Business Korea, Samsung will release two versions of the phone: one with …

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Samsung’s ‘Tablet’ is so Large it Needs a Handle

by Tom Allen

The Galaxy View is Samsung’s latest large tablet offering, first seen in a teaser during the company’s IFA press conference – and it is truly massive. Can an 18.4″ device even be described as …

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LG Result 29/10/15

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

LG Electronics reported net profit for Q3 2015 increased to KR₩ 124.8 billion ($106.8 million). Turnover for Q3 remained flat with a modest 0.7% increase to KR₩ 14.03 trillion ($12 billion). Each reporting segment …

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Nokia Result 29/10/15

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Nokia reported Q3 net profits increased by 4% YoY at €475 million ($519 million) compared to €457 million ($500 million). The net profit increased in spite of a decrease in turnover of 2% YoY, …

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Astronomers Build 364,000″ Image of Milky Way

by Tom Allen

A team of astronomers at Germany’s Ruhr-Universität Bochum have built the world’s largest-ever image of the Milky Way galaxy – so big, in fact, that it would take 5,200 70″ UltraHD TVs to display …

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Comcast Will Produce UHD HDR STB

by Tom Allen

Comcast has said that it is preparing an HDR-capable UltraHD STB for launch next year. The Xi6 will be ‘more advanced’ than this year’s Xi4, which was Comcast’s first UltraHD STB.

BT TV Enjoys Best-Ever Quarter

by Tom Allen

106,000 new TV customers joined BT in Q3, taking its net total to 1.3 million. This quarter saw the launch of BT’s UltraHD package and a new UltraHD STB.

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Smartphones Approach Record High, Despite Challenges

by Tom Allen

355.2 million smartphones were shipped worldwide in Q3 this year, according to IDC: 6.8% up from the 332.6 million shipped a year ago. Although the result represented the second-highest quarter of shipments on record, …

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We Need a Definition for a High Dynamic Range Display

by Chris Chinnock

I am at the SMPTE Fall Conference in Hollywood, where I am learning all about the ecosystem for High Dynamic Range (HDR), Wide Color Gamut (WCG) and High Frame Rate (HFR), among other topics. …

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Christie Lights Up CGV’s Starium

by Tom Allen

CGV, a cinema multiplex chain in South Korea, has installed Christie’s CP42LH laser projector in the CGV Starium, which houses a 32m-wide screen! The upgrade replaces an existing lamp-based Christie projector. The CP42LH is …