Vol 23 - Issue 43

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Low-Cost Detachables and Slates in the Lead as Tablet Market Slumps

by Bob Raikes

IDC reported that the worldwide tablet market continued its slump as vendors shipped 43 million units in Q3 2016, a year-over-year decline of 14.7%. In contrast to the annual decline, 3Q16 shipments were up …

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Realtek Result 01/11/16

by Yvette Raikes

Realtek Semiconductor posted Q3 pre-tax profits of NT$813 million ($25.8 million), down 27% from the same period last time, on operating turnover of NT$10.3 billion ($326.3 million), up from NT$7.9 billion ($251.1 million). For …

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

Third Oculus Sensor Needed for Roomscale VR

by Bob Raikes

Earlier this year, Oculus said that it didn’t think that ‘roomscale tracking’ was needed for VR (Oculus VR: Roomscale Tracking is ‘Not Necessary’), but has now said that the system can offer roomscale tracking …

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

Smartwatch Market Grows Cold with Same Old Designs

by Steve Sechrist

In case you missed it, Apple’s non-growth in the Smartwatch market has hit a new high (errr, low?) with a whopping -72% market growth (year over year) according to data from IDC last week. …

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Hormel Brings Home the Bacon

by Matthew Brennesholtz

For the ultimate VR experience, Google Cardboard isn’t good enough for bacon lovers. To promote their line of Black Label Bacon, Hormel has introduced a paper VR viewer of their own called the Black …

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Crystalplex Gives Technology and Business Details

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Display Daily has reported on Crystalplex and their new quantum dot (QD) technology in the past, including “Crystalplex Gets Patent for Sapphire Quantum Dots” and “Crystalplex to Offer New Technology QDs.” (Subscription required for …

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Action Chip Uses PowerVR and is in Nibiru Headset

by Bob Raikes

Imagination Technologies said that Actions Semiconductor is using the PowerVR G6230 GPU core in its S900VR processor, which is an all-in-one solution designed for high-performance 360º panoramic VR devices. It is intended to provide …

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

Freeview Play Coming to LG Smart TVs

by Bob Raikes

LG said that owners of 2016 LG Smart TVs in the UK will be able to take advantage of the Freeview PLay service, which extends the EPG for DTT content to allow the downloading …

Tags:FTA (Free to Air)| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Smart TV| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 43

HTC Works with IHG on VR in Hotels

by Bob Raikes

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has done a deal with HTC in China to deliver VR experiences to their guests in Beijing, Shanghai and Sanya. Guests will be able to try VR in a “Vive …

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

TiVo Renews Licenses with Panasonic

by Bob Raikes

Tivo Corp has said that Rovi, a Tivo company, has renewed a licence with Panasonic Corporation for the supply of the company’s products for the Japan market, including G-Guide, G-Guide HTML and G-Guide xD, …

Tags:EPGs| Large Display Monitor| Rovi| Tivo| Vol 23 - Issue 43

Hisense Promotes B2B Business

by Bob Raikes

The president of Hisense Group, Liu Hongxin, unveiled the branding and visual symbol of Hisense’s B2B business on 25th October in Qingdao. From January to September 2016, Hisense B2B companies’ sales revenue is already …

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Absen LEDs Used at Paleo

by Bob Raikes

Alabama Média of France was responsible for the annual Paléo Festival de Nyon and used X5 LED panels from Absen. “These are really amazing,” said Alabama’s technical director Joël May, who has already been …

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