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NEC and S[quadrat] Secure Best LED at Infocomm

by Tom Allen

NEC showed its LiFT (3M Slims Touch at ISE) LED displays at Infocomm, which are developed with Germany’s S[quadrat]. One of the products – the L015Si – won an award for Best Direct View …

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 25

by Tom Allen

A source speaking to PC Games N has said that AOC will launch a pair of UltraHD monitors this year: one flat and one curved. Both displays will use Nvidia G-Sync, said the source. …

Starbreeze Plans Low Persistence and Eye Tracking

by Tom Allen

Road to VR‘s Ben Lang spoke to Emmanuel Marquez, CTO of Starbreeze VR, at E3 this month. We first began covering the firm about a year ago, when its HMD became famous for its …

Tags:Head Tracker| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 25

What Will Brexit Mean for Tech?

by Tom Allen

Last week, the UK public voted to leave the European Union – despite warnings about such a move by business leaders and independent bodies like the IFS. Although there have been questions raised about …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 25

BBC Abandons MHEG

by Tom Allen

Interactivity is currently enabled through the BBC Red Button serviceThe BBC has announced that it will move away from its current MHEG standard and begin to use HbbTV – the hybrid broadcast standard used …

Will Apple Drop OLED for LED?

by Tom Allen

Supply chain sources claim that Apple will move away from LG’s plastic OLED display in the next Apple Watch. Instead, the company will use a micro LED screen. Apple acquired micro LED maker LuxVue …

Tags:Apple Watch (iWatch)| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 23 - Issue 25

Samsung Shows Off Immersive TV in Experience Zones

by Tom Allen

To promote its 2016 TVs, Samsung is opening pop-up experience zones in cities around the world. Beginning in Jakarta, Indonesia, the zones – where customers can see the TVs and share photos on social …

KDDI Takes Rovi G-Guide

by Tom Allen

KDDI, the Japanese service provider, has chosen to use Rovi’s G-Guide HTML for entertainment discovery on its new Android TV-based IPTV STB. The new box – the first to use G-Guide HTML for IPTV …

Sky Creates ‘Biggest Movie Service’ in Europe

by Tom Allen

Sky will relaunch its Sky Movies service as ‘Sky Cinema’ on the 8th July. It is described as ‘the biggest dedicated movie service in Europe’, with a new film added every day, and will …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| Sky| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 25

Epson Demos 4K 3LCD Home Cinema Projector

by Matthew Brennesholtz

AT CE Week in New York on June 22, Epson introduced four new home cinema projectors, all offering 4K and HDR processing. Two of the projectors, the Pro Cinema 6040UB and Pro Cinema 4040, …

Intel Kaby Lake Processors to Support HDR – Maybe

by Chris Chinnock

The web was rampant with leaked information on Intel’s new Kaby Lake-S platform and its reported support for HDR. Intel has not confirmed this, the information below is rumor, not fact. Nevertheless, such support …

BOE Names UDC as Top Supplier

by Tom Allen

BOE Technology Group has presented Universal Display Corp. with the 2016 Supplier Award for Collaborative Innovation. This award recognises UDC for its performance, collaboration and innovation in providing BOE with technology solutions. This, of …