Vol 23 – Issue 15 – Page 3

EMEA Decline Reflects World Market

by Tom Allen

The EMEA PC market declined in-line with worldwide totals in Q1’16, with clear splits between the consumer/commercial and regional markets. Shipments were down 10% YoY to 19.5 million units, compared to a 9.6% fall …

Hands-on With Optoma’s GT1080

by Tom Allen

I was able to test Optoma’s GT1080 gaming projector recently, which we saw at last year’s Technology Exposed show (Technology Exposed Roundup). Being a gamer, it sounded like a good opportunity to put the …

Crestron Masters Conference Brings Software to the Forefront

by Matthew Brennesholtz

For years, people have been talking about the migration of professional and home audio video, from classic A/V with dedicated video cables, matrix video switchers and RS-232 control to a more IT-centric approach. Some …

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Leak Shows ‘PS4.5’ Specs

by Tom Allen

Sources speaking to Giantbomb, and Sony documents seen by the website, have revealed more (apparent) details about the PlayStation 4.5, or ‘PlayStation 4k’ (Rumour Claims ‘PS4.5’ Will Run Games at UHD). Internally known as …

Schott Glass Takes Innovation Award

by Tom Allen

Dr. Frank Heinricht, chairman of the board of Schott AG (right), with Klaus von Klitzing, Nobel Laureate in Physics (middle) and Jan Hofer, German journalist (left)Schott’s ultra-thin glass has won the 2016 German Industry …

Sky Takes V-Nova in Italy

by Tom Allen

Sky will use V-Nova’s Perseus codec on its IPTV platform in Italy, resulting in a halving of the average bitrate from 8Mbps to 4Mbps. One of the most important points about the news is …

Cambrios Gets a Second Chance

by Tom Allen

John LeMoncheck will resume his position as president and CEO of CambriosCambrios has restarted its silver nanowire business, following the liquidation of the company’s assets in February. Steve Victor, a senior MD at Development …

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Ateme Works With Technicolor on HDR

by Tom Allen

Ateme is integrating Technicolor’s HDR distribution technology into its Titan product. Titan is a multi-codec and -format video transcoding software. The use of Technicolor’s technology will extend HDR functionality available to content owners, distributors …

VR Revenues to Rise 440%

by Tom Allen

JP Morgan has forecast that the global VR market will be worth as much as $13.5 billion by 2020, compared to just over $2.5 billion this year. Gaming and entertainment applications will see the …

Huawei Competes With Tier Ones – in VR

by Tom Allen

Huawei has shown off a VR headset that is used as a ‘bring-your-own-display’ device, like the Gear VR. The Huawei VR will be used with the flagship P9, P9 Plus and Mate 8 phones, …

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‘E-Skin’ AMOLED is Thinner Than Cling Film

by Tom Allen

An OLED display prototype, developed at the University of Tokyo, is more flexible than any type seen before – and less than quarter of the thickness of cling film (Saran wrap, to our American …

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Most Netflix Customers Still American

by Tom Allen

In the announcement of its Q1’16 finance results, Netflix has revealed that its global customer base more than 6.7 million YoY. The firm now has almost 47 million customers in the USA and 34.5 …

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