Vol 23 - Issue 49

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Asustek Sees Small Fall

by Yvette Raikes

Asustek Computer saw November revenue of NTD48.73 billion ($1.5 billion), a reduction of 3% YoY, which resulted in January to November turnover of NTD427.43 billion ($13.5 billion), down 1%.

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Game & ESports Revenues to Grow

by Bob Raikes

Digitimes Research in Taiwan forecast that the market for gaming hardware, software and services is projected at a CAGR of 6.6% from $99.6 billion in 2016 to $118.6 billion in 2019. In addition to …

Tags:eSports| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 49

AR / VR Dreams versus Reality

by Norbert Hildebrand

AR and VR have been hot topics for us since they promised to enter the consumer market in 2016. As 2016 comes to an end many realize that the reality of AR / VR …

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Peraso Releases W120 WiGig Compliant Phased Array Chipset

by Bob Raikes

Peraso has announced a new W120 WiGig phased array chipset for consumer electronics. The W120 builds on the WiGig W110 Chipset, with support for high bandwidth applications such as wireless routers, VR devices and …

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Digital View Has 120Hz 4K Ultra-HD LCD Controller

by Bob Raikes

Digital View has said that it has a new integrated SVX-4096-120 LCD controller that can support UltraHD content at 120Hz. This new controller model was designed for 4K Ultra-HD LCD panels, and supports both …

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Hololens in Retail

by Bob Raikes

Essential Retail interviewed Leila Martine of Microsoft about the Microsoft Hololens and the plans in retail as the Hololens has started to ship in the UK. Martine (after correcting the augmented reality phrase to …

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Bastani Joins CTT

by Yvette Raikes

Cambridge Touch technologies (CTT) has named Babak Bastani as VP of Product. He has over 25 years of experience in ICs and smartphones, having worked for Samsung Cambridge Solutions, Cambridge Silicon Radio, Motorola and …

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DTG/German TV Plugfest Successful

by Bob Raikes

The DTG (UK) and the German TV-Platform said that the recent Plugfest at the Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institut in Berlin was successful with more than 60 participants from 29 companies who tested 22 UltraHD displays, receivers, …

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98% of OTT is in Home in UK

by Bob Raikes

TBI Vision reports data from GfK that suggests that in the UK OTT content is watched in the home 98% of the time and smart TVs are the most popular devices, although 90% of …

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Displaydata Plans new ESLs for Freezers

by Bob Raikes

DisplayData has announced a new ESL product, the Aura29F, which is designed for freezers and works down to -25ºC. The label is 3.4 x 1.7 x 0.5 in / 87 x 43 x 13 …

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DTG Testing offers Freeview Play Conformance Testing

by Bob Raikes

DTG Testing is offering testing services for the latest (D-Book 9) Freeview Play conformance. Any combination of the following elements is now available: Freeview HD/D-Book 9 Compliance Testing Metadata Delivery & Presentation Testing Platform …

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Nikon Promotes 360 Camera

by Bob Raikes

Nikon held an event in New York to promote its recently released KeyMission 360 action camera. The company showed content uploaded to YouTube and viewed on Cardboard and Daydream devices. 8ninths, a creative company, …

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