Vol 22 – Issue 51 – Page 2

IHS: 2016 Will be Flexible Displays and Cheap VR

by Tom Allen

IHS has asked its analysts for their top predictions for the coming year, amassing them all in a new white paper (http://tinyurl.com/z2czht5). Many of the predictions revolve around China and the country’s future. Displays …

Canon Builds on Past Flagship

by Tom Allen

Canon is ending the year with a bang, announcing four new projectors with two different technologies. The DLP models are the LX-MU500 (1920 x 1200) and LX-MW500 (1280 x 800), both with 5,000 lumens …

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Large-Size Rollables Coming to CES?

by Tom Allen

A new gaming brand will be revealed by BenQ, called Zowie. Zowie products will cover monitors and peripherals, such as mice and keypads, with a focus on the competitive gaming (eSports) market. In monitors, …

Apple Agrees 7-Year Deal with Ericsson

by Tom Allen

Apple and Ericsson have been in legal battles over Apple’s use of Ericsson’s technologies in its iPhone and iPad devices for around three years now – and have finally reached an agreement. A seven-year …

2015 – Started with CES and an LED Story

by Bob Raikes

I had thought about writing a review of 2015 and the display stories that we had covered (and I still might), but the more I thought about developments in the year, the more one …

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VR in the Soviet States

by Tom Allen

VoD service Megogo has launched its own VR app, Megogo VR. The service, which is available in 15 of the former Soviet states, is available on Android now; an iOS app will follow soon. …

Toshiba Forecasts Record Loss

by Tom Allen

In a gloomy end to the year, Toshiba has announced that it will cut 6,800 jobs from its PC, video and consumer electronics divisions – representing 3% of the firm’s total employees. The cuts …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| toshiba| Vol 22 - Issue 51

BOE Signs G10.5 Supply Agreement with Corning

by Tom Allen

Corning is to establish a production base adjacent to BOE’s under-construction G10.5 fab in Hefei, China, from where it will supply glass substrates to the new plant. Glass production is expected to support BOE’s …

HEVC Advance Lowers Royalty Rates

by Milos Pavlovic

HEVC Advance CEO, Peter Moller, said, “We are…confident that the revised pricing structure and rates balance the needs of both HEVC users and patent owners”.HEVC Advance – one of the licensing bodies for the …

BT Partners with Netflix

by Tom Allen

UltraHD Netflix content can now be streamed to BT’s new UHD STB.

Peraso Speeds WiGig Rollout

by Tom Allen

Peraso Technologies has developed the W110 WiGig chipset, which is now in mass production. Targeting WiGig applications, the chipset includes the PRS1125 direct conversion 60 GHz RFIC and the PRS4001 baseband IC, to implement …

ETSI Developing ‘Universal’ Transmission System

by Tom Allen

Standards group ETSI is working on a solution to define a scalable, flexible decoding system for CE devices – from UltraHD TVs to smartphones. According to the Industry Standards Group (ISG) of ETSI’s Compound …