Vol 23 – Issue 18 – Page 2

NEC Supports Client Devices

by Tom Allen

NEC has designed its latest wide-screen monitor specifically for business users. The E245WMi features an optional mounting plate on the rear, to hold a client device. Adjustable in terms of height, tilt, swivel and …

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Greek Telcos Hit With TV Tax

by Tom Allen

The Greek telco market has been hit with a new tax, as part of an agreement between the country’s government and creditors. Local media report that the tax is 5% on each internet connection …

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Vuzix Updates iWear Components

by Tom Allen

Vuzix has begun to ramp up production of its iWear Video Headphones, and expects to reach full production levels within the coming month. This is due to the company receiving and qualifying newly revised …

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Nvidia Reaches 240Hz With 16nm

by Tom Allen

Gaming continues to be a demand driver for HDR and high frame rates on PCs, and Nvidia aims to fulfil that need with its new GTX1080 and GTX1070 graphics cards. These devices can support …

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Iiyama Adds OPS to 24/7 Displays

by Tom Allen

Iiyama’s latest digital signage display, available in three sizes, is a slim (71mm) model for 24/7 applications. The LHxx81S displays can be mounted in portrait or landscape orientations, either solo or as part of …

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IDC: Memory is Holding Back Chip Market

by Tom Allen

Worldwide semiconductor revenue will fall for the second consecutive year in 2016, to $324 billion: a 2.3% YoY decrease. The forecast comes from IDC, which also expects semiconductor revenues to log a CAGR of …

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Virgin Planning 4k STB

by Tom Allen

Virgin Media of the UK has announced that it will launch an UltraHD set-top box this year, which will offer both live and VoD programming.

Display Summit China Identifies Projection Industry Successes and Challenges

by Chris Chinnock

The Insight Media produced event, Display Summit China, has just concluded here in Yixing, China. I can’t speak for what the Chinese participants took away from the event, but I had some clear expected …

VR Research Suggests Including Low Resolution Content in the Peripheral Vision to Decrease Nausea

by Norbert Hildebrand

A recently published article from the Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, “Augmenting the Field-of-View of Head-Mounted Displays with Sparse Peripheral Displays” by Robert Xiao, Carnegie Mellon University …

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Osram Looks to Automotive for OLED

by Tom Allen

Arne Fleissner is a development engineer at Osram, and spoke about OLED lighting. Controversially, he began his discussion with the question, “Do we even need OLED any more?” OLED’s traditional advantages of large area …

AMOLED Narrows Gap with LTPS TFT-LCD

by Tom Allen

In a new research note, IHS has described the fast rise of AMOLED displays in smartphones, taking share from LTPS. LTPS TFT-LCD has dominated smartphone display shipments since Apple’s adoption for the iPhone in …

OLED Displays Will Dominate Printed Electronics

by Tom Allen

Raghu Das hosted the Printed Electronics keynote at the event. IDTechEx has worked in this space since 2001, and believes that it is now a $24.2 billion industry – including organic and flexible electronics. …