Vol 23 – Issue 43 – Page 2

Nintendo Denies Wii U Halt

by Bob Raikes

Eurogamer reported that Nintendo was to end the production of the Wii U game console, but Nintendo told a Japanese newspaper that it would continue production “as normal”. Sales of the Wii U have …

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DSS Russia “a Complete Success”

by Bob Raikes

Image:InvidisThe organisers said that the Digital Signage Summit Russia was a ‘complete success’ with more than 400 participants. The first day covered “Multimedia and digital signage in museums” while the focus on the second …

Tags:Back Panel| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Russia| Vol 23 - Issue 43

US Antitrust Officers Approve Ingram Deal

by Yvette Raikes

The sale of Ingram Micro to Chinese conglomerate Tianjin Tianhai Investment Co. Ltd. has been cleared by the US antitrust authorities. Although the deal has already been cleared elsewhere, the US officials have not …

Tags:Ingram Micro| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 43

Fove with Eye-tracking Open for Orders

by Bob Raikes

We have been reporting on the development of VR headsets with eye tracking from Fove since 2013. Now the company is coming to market with pre-orders now available. The Fove 0 will go on …

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MediaTek Plans 10nm for X30

by Bob Raikes

Mediatek plans to be one of the first companies to get to us 10nm processes for its chips and in the conference call around the Q3 results, the company said that the Helio X30 …

Tags:Chips| Mediatek| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductors| Vol 23 - Issue 43

Apple Granted Patent for Flexible Phones

by Bob Raikes

PatentlyApple has posted news of a US patent (9,485,862) granted to Apple that was apparently filed under the name of an Apple engineer until granting, so that it remained ‘under the radar’. The patent …

Tags:Apple| Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| Vol 23 - Issue 43

Google’s Daydream Headset Due

by Bob Raikes

Google’s Daydream VR headset is to start shipping on November 10th in Verizon stores and Best Buy. (Google Brings New Phones and VR Headset)

Tags:AR/VR| Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 43

Roku Plans OS 7.5 Upgrade

by Bob Raikes

Roku is planning to roll out Version 7.5 of its OS and will bring new features in Live TV pause (when OTA TV is being accessed and if the TV has a USB storage …

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Renesas Electronics Result 02/11/16

by Yvette Raikes

Renesas Electronics Corporation recorded Q2 net profits of ¥9.4 billion ($91.1 million), down from ¥27.5 billion ($266.5 million) a year ago, on sales which fell 16% to ¥152.6 billion ($1.5 billion) from ¥181.4 billion …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Renesas| Vol 23 - Issue 43

NEC New York Showcase 2016

by Matthew Brennesholtz

At the NEC Showcase in New York on October 26th, I had Keith Yanke, Sr. Director of Product Marketing at NEC Display Solutions of America, to guide me though the show floor exhibits. The …

Canon Releases New 1200cd Monitor for Dolby Vision Mastering

by Chris Chinnock

Canon was highlighting their new DP-V2420 and DP-V1710 24” and 17” HDR mastering monitors at the SMPTE conference. We have reported on them before (New Canon Projector and Broadcast Monitors Support HDR), but Canon …

RealD Develops Synthetic Shutter Solution for HFR

by Chris Chinnock

RealD has turned to signal processing techniques to create a novel way of processing frames of video. Called a synthetic shutter, the technique can be used with high frame rate capture and a shutter …

Tags:Cameras| HFR - High Frame Rate| Large Display Monitor| SMPTE 2016| Vol 23 - Issue 43