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Apple Result 26/07/2016

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Apple reported Q3 2016 net profit of $7.8 billion, down 27% YoY from $10.7 billion. Turnover was $42.4 billion, down 15% YoY from $49.6 billion. The quarter saw record-breaking App Store turnover. Analyst Comment …

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AMD and Nvidia Compete in Video Stitching at Siggraph

by Tom Allen

Computer graphics event Siggraph is ongoing at the time of writing, and several announcements have been made by both AMD and Nvidia. Unlike previous years, virtual reality was a focus of the 2016 show. …

SNL Respondents Believe Consumers Will Pay a Premium

by Isaac Oburu

Irdeto, a digital platform security specialist and analyst firm SNL Kagan have released a report covering global UltraHD video. The report (‘A Clearer Picture of Growth: 2016 Global 4K UHD Industry Survey’) finds that …

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Ingram Micro to Distribute Partner Tech in Europe

by Isaac Oburu

Partner Tech, a German POS vendor, has chosen Ingram Micro as its first pan-European distributor. Ingram will distribute in the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, …

Samsung Quits TOLED

by Tom Allen

Just over a year since Samsung announced production of transparent OLED displays – and two months since the first customer was announced (Korean Hair Salon is First User of SDC’s Mirror OLEDs) – the …

LG Relocates from UK to Germany

by Tom Allen

LG has confirmed that it will move its European HQ from London and Ratingen, near Dusseldorf, to Eschborn in Germany. All employees who are willing to move with the company will be able to. …

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Eyevis DLP Used at Lufthansa Flight Training

by Isaac Oburu

The Lufthansa Flight Training GmbH (LFT) has 39 simulators with about 20 using ESP-LHD-1000 DLP projectors from Eyevis. The projectors were chosen partly based on their low minimum black level (0.003 ftL) for night …

Samsung’s Next Note in NYC

by Tom Allen

Samsung will reveal its Galaxy Note 7 on the 2nd August, say Asian sources. The handset will be shown off at an event in New York City. It is expected to have a curved …

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Light Field Workflow for Cinema

by Matthew Brennesholtz

On July 21st, SMPTE hosted a webinar titled “Content Acquisition Using Light Field Technology.” The content they are talking about is cinema-grade content, not gee-whizz photos for amateurs to play with. This has been …

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Sony Brings Laser to Euskalduna Centre

by Tom Allen

AV media managers at the Euskalduna Conference Centre in Bilbao, Spain, wanted to standardise their video projector pool in their conference rooms, to simplify maintenance. They chose Sony for the work, based on its …

Kramer Shines at Best of InfoComm 2016

by Isaac Oburu

Kramer bagged two “Best of InfoComm 2016” awards from rAVe Publications. The awards were: Best New Collaboration Packaged Product, for VIA Campus and Best New Pro AV Control System Hardware, for Kramer Control.

IHS Finds Oxide More Cost-Efficient Than a-Si

by Tom Allen

IHS has said in a research note that oxide backplanes are the most cost-effective TFT-LCD substrate for tablet PC displays. The firm calculated that the manufacturing cost for a 7″ 1920 x 1080 oxide …