Vol 23 – Issue 14 – Page 6

Netflix Pushes Dolby Vision

by Tom Allen

We heard about Netflix’s HDR plans earlier this year (Netflix has HDR Plans), and the company has now fulfilled them. Marco Polo is the first series available in the HDR (Dolby Vision) format; Marcel’s …

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 14

by Tom Allen

Hisense has revealed two new UltraHD TVs for the German market, just before the European Championship football tournament. Both the 65″ M5500 and 433″ M3000 support DVB-T2 and HEVC decoding. They use Hisense’s Vidaa …

BenQ’s MW883UST is Education Solution

by Tom Allen

BenQ’s MW883UST projector is an interactive UST model for education, first shown at BETT this year and now launched in Europe. The projector uses a DLP chip, and can throw a 78″ image from …

Taiwanese Panel Makers Slip in Annual Comparison

by Tom Allen

AUO shipped 9.6 million large panels and 14.8 million small panels in March, with sales rising 35% and 26.6% MoM, respectively. In the first quarter, these figures were 24.4 million large (down 11.5% QoQ …

Asus Up in March

by Tom Allen

Asus’s revenues rose 37.2% MoM and 15.33% YoY in March, totalling NT$48.6 billion ($1.5 billion). Calendar Q1 consolidated revenues reached NT$119.3 billion ($3.7 billion), down 10.1% QoQ but up 6.6% YoY. Asus shipped 4.9 …

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Gartner Lowers IT Spending Forecast

by Tom Allen

Worldwide spending on IT devices and services will fall 0.5% YoY in 2016, says Gartner, to reach a total of $3.49 trillion (from $3.5 trillion). The new forecast is a revision from the previous …

SDC Confirms Work on Large AMOLEDs

by Tom Allen

During his keynote speech at Finetech Japan, Samsung Display EVP Kim Sung-chul said that the company is actively working on large AMOLEDs for various applications. Kim said that SDC will broaden its customer base …

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Chip Firms Enjoy Rise

by Tom Allen

Mediatek‘s consolidated revenues for March were up 61% MoM and 4.6% YoY, to NT$21.3 billion ($659 million): the company’s highest levels in five months. Calendar Q1 revenues were down 9.1% QoQ but up 17.6% …

Dune Chooses Sigma

by Tom Allen

Dune HD has chosen Sigma Designs’ SMP8758 SoC and Z-Wave technology to use in its new hybrid media player, the Solo 4k. The ARM-based processor enables UltraHD (via HEVC), IPTV and VoD content playback, …

Dish Adds UHD to Hopper

by Tom Allen

Dish’s Hopper 3 DVR can now be used to stream UltraHD content from Netflix.

Continental Speaks about Augmented Reality HUDs AT GTC 2016

by Norbert Hildebrand

During the GTC 2016 conference, Continental reported on its efforts in developing an augmented reality HUD that exceeds the capabilities of today’s automotive head up displays. While a HUD is increasingly becoming an automotive …

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Nvidia Shows Super Low Latency Display at GTC 2016

by Norbert Hildebrand

According to several articles by, Road to VR, Geeky Gadgets, Game Debate and others, Nvidia demoed a 1,700Hz display during its GTC 2016 conference in April 2016. According to the reports and a video …

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