Vol 23 – Issue 13 – Page 4

OLEDWorks to Prototype Amber OLEDs

by Tom Allen

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) awarded a $500,000 grant to OLEDWorks last year (OLEDWorks Takes Lighting Grant), to develop bright amber OLED lighting panels. NYSERDA has now presented the …

LG Videos Show Korean OLEDs

by Tom Allen

LG installed OLED displays in Korea’s Incheon Airport and outside the N. Seoul Tower last year (OLED ‘Sculptures’ to be Built in Seoul), and has now published a video showing off the finished work. …

New Studio Joins UHD Blu-ray

by Tom Allen

Paramount is the latest Hollywood studio to sign up to the UHD Blu-ray movement. ‘Star Trek’ and ‘Star Trek: Into Darkness’ will be released in UltraHD HDR, with Dolby Atmos, on the 14th June. …

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AOMedia Video Becomes Open Source

by Tom Allen

New members have joined the Alliance for Open Media (Leading Companies Collaborate to Avoid Codec Fees), which has also announced availability of code for its AOMedia Video project. ARM, AMD and Nvidia are the …

How Private do You Think You are in a Virtual World?

by Norbert Hildebrand

After Oculus released their first few headsets to the consumer, it’s worth paying some attention to the legal consequences that exist for early adopters. As we all know from updating our trusted smartphones, every …

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Sony Eases Home Cinema Entry

by Tom Allen

Sony’s VPL-HW45ES is its newest projector, intended as an entry model into the world of home cinema. Based on Sony’s SXRD (a variant on LCoS) technology, it acts as a step down from the …

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DTG and DTVP Schedule UHD Plugfest

by Tom Allen

The Digital Television Group (DTG), of the UK, and German TV Platform (DTVP) are to hold the second joint Plugfest on the 12th and 13th April, at the DTG’s headquarters in London. The event …

Unitymedia Will End Analogue in 2017

by Tom Allen

Unitymedia, the German cable operator, has announced that it will end analogue distribution to its network on the 30th June 2017. By then, the firm aims to have moved 95% of its customers to …

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Canatu Gains New CNB Customer

by Tom Allen

Canatu is celebrating another customer win for its carbon nanotube (CNB) Flex Film. The film, which detects touch signals, is used on the flexible OLED display of a customer’s curved wearable device. (However, Canatu …

LG Enables VR Through SlimPort

by Tom Allen

Analogix Semiconductor has announced LG’s G5 smartphone and LG 360 VR headset both feature SlimPort connectivity. The technology provides DisplayPort over USB-C, and is used to enable VR in the headset. The phone uses …

Ingram Changes in France

by Tom Allen

According to France’s Distributique, Ingram Micro France has dismissed new head Pierre-Yvon Méchali, just nine months after his appointment. He will be replaced in July by Sophie Deleval, currently leader of the company’s Belgian …

iPhone SE is Amalgam of Three Generations

by Tom Allen

In a teardown, IHS has revealed its early estimate of the production cost of Apple’s iPhone SE. The firm estimates that the handset costs about $160 to build; the entry-level US version, with 16GB …