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LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 31

by Tom Allen

The new Bild 7 OLED TV from Loewe was announced in July (German Firms Move to OLED), but little information was shared. The firm has now said that it will support Dolby Vision, which …

Qualcomm Drives Iris Scanning on Note 7

by Tom Allen

Samsung is using Qualcomm‘s Snapdragon 820 processor on its Galaxy Note 7 phablet in select regions. The processor is key to supporting the iris scanning feature which is unique to the handset.

TPK Result 05/08/2016

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Touch specialist, TPK Holding, reported Q2 2016 net loss of NT$ 2.5 billion ($85 million), up 288% YoY from NT$ 618 million ($20 million). Turnover was NT$ 17.1 billion ($534 million). Lower shipments of …

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US UHD Sales Up 119%

by Tom Allen

The Digital Entertainment Group (DEG) has said that US consumer spending on home entertainment products was strong in Q2, up 6% YoY to $4.3 billion. There was a continued shift to UltraHD TVs, with …

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Galaxy Note 7’s OLED Claims New “Best Ever” Mobile Display

by Steve Sechrist

In the Olympics of smartphone displays, the Samsung mobile Galaxy Note 7 with its flexible QHD OLED technology is well poised to claim the gold medal. Simply put, the latest display industry shoot-out from …

Sony Develops Tuner for Super Hi-vision

by Tom Allen

Sony is preparing for 8k TV transmissions in Japan (which began this month) by introducing new demodulator and tuner modules. These are the first devices that can handle Japan’s ISDB-S3 transmission system. Samples will …

Singapore Uses Colour ePaper

by Tom Allen

LEDs illuminate the signs at nightSingapore has become the latest city to use electronic paper displays from Visionect. Eleven bus stops across the city now feature 32″ colour ePaper displays. Power is supplied from …

Eyevis Slim Cubes Chosen for Hindhead Control Centre

by Tom Allen

Eyevis‘ Slim Cube technology is being used to ease traffic congestion in the UK’s longest (non-esturial) road tunnel. Electrosonic chose to use the 50″ EC-50-LHD-SLIM LED projection cubes for a video wall installation in …

AMD Builds 1TB Frame Buffer

by Tom Allen

We have already covered AMD’s new WX workstation graphics cards (AMD and Nvidia Compete in Video Stitching at Siggraph), revealed in late July, but one development that we missed was the announcement of the …

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Sky Germany to Adopt UltraHD

by Tom Allen

Sky Deutschland will join Sky UK in launching UltraHD services this year. The broadcaster will launch a channel in the autumn, starting with live coverage of football games. A new receiver will be required …

SMI Working with Nvidia on Foveated Rendering

by Tom Allen

Nvidia and SMI are working together on a foveated rendering system, which was shown off at Siggraph last month. Foveated rendering is the practice of showing a very high-resolution image where a user is …

BBC Moves to VR in Olympics

by Tom Allen

The BBC has released an app which can be used to watch select parts of its Olympics coverage in VR. Events like running and cycling will be shown from multiple angles, but the opening …