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Sky Deutschland Introduces New UHD STB

by Milos Pavlovic

Sky Deutschland, a German pay-TV broadcaster, will launch the Sky+ Pro in Germany and Austria as well as its UltraHD/4K offer in Q4″16. The UHD box has 1 terabyte of hard-disc space and can …

Tru-Vu Brings Military Monitors to Public Use

by Tom Allen

Tru-Vu’s new VMMOB-19 Series of daylight-viewable 19″ monitors were originally designed for the US military. They have been tested to withstand extreme heat (85°) and cold (-30°), as well movement across rugged terrain. All …

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V-Nova Brings Perseus to IBC

by Tom Allen

V-Nova has announced that its Perseus compression software will be demonstrated at IBC 2016 in Amsterdam (stand 14.K17). These will include mobile VoD platforms; live 1920 x 1980 sports over mobile at sub-1.5Mbps; IPTV …

Wisechip Promises Transparent PMOLED in 2016

by Tom Allen

Wisechip has said that it will show flexible (40-60mm bend radius) and transparent PMOLEDs at Touch Taiwan. Mass production will begin this year. Image: OLED-Info

HY-Line Distributing Sharp’s LQ315D1JG93

by Isaac Oburu

Hy-Line in Germany is now distributing a new 31.5″ display from Sharp: the LQ315D1JG93. It is a B2B model that can be used in the wider temperature range of of -10 ° C to …

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The Dragon is Awake: Chinese Dominate Mobile Phone Rankings

by Tom Allen

Although smartphone sales are slowing, they still grew 4.3% YoY in Q2’16, to 344 million units, says Gartner in its recent report on the mobile phone market. Total mobile phone sales, including featurephones, were …

E Ink Expects Quarterly Rise

by Tom Allen

E Ink Holdings has said that it expects its revenues for this quarter to grow by 20% compared to Q2, although YoY growth will be mostly flat (from NT$4.3 billion ($135.8 million) in Q3’15). …

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MSI Produces Slew of VR-Ready Laptops

by Tom Allen

Nvidia’s new VR-ready GTX 10-series graphics cards, for notebooks, are already seeing use in products from several companies, with MSI announcing perhaps the most comprehensive release to-date. The company is using the GPUs in …

ABOX42 to Unveil Smart STB at IBC 2016

by Isaac Oburu

ABOX42 is set to unveil its new Smart STB platform M30 at IBC 2016, that will take place in Amsterdam from 8th to 12th September 2016. The STB has a built-in Smart Home Gateway …

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Intel Unveils Project Alloy – a Merged Reality Headset

by Norbert Hildebrand

At the Intel developers conference 2016 in San Francisco, California, this week, Intel CEO, Brian Krzanich, announced the development of a ‘Merged Reality’ headset. They call this Project Alloy and want to redefine what …

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So AR/VR Will be Big – What Does That Mean for the Display Industry?

by Norbert Hildebrand

Every day we hear from another market research firm how AR/VR will be big business. The latest announcement from IDC is making AR/VR a $162 billion industry by 2020. This means that the current …

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New White Paper: Visual Resolution of Display Screens

by Isaac Oburu

This new white paper, written by display metrology expert Michael Becker at Display Metrology & Systems (DM&S), is designed to explain and illustrate the meaning of luminance modulation as the basis for the perception …

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